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Updated 3/21/2016
Our formal Privacy Policy is not yet written. Below are the technical details that will guide the development of our Privacy Policy.
The details on your "My Public Profile" page are always public. If you are concerned about this, consider using a fake name you only tell your friends.
Your email address is always private. You can change it at any time.
We will never sell or rent your email address. We do not send marketing emails to our users: if we were ever to create a marketing list, it would be separate from our database of users and opt-in only.
We do send transactional emails to our users: email confirmations, reset password instructions, and notifications of messages you receive through our site.
If you do not wish to receive notifications from us about messages you receive from friends and the owners of groups you join, you may unsubscribe from them.
The list of Groups you own is always public.
Privacy of your Dogs, Logs, Group Memberships, and Recent Activity (for users following you) depends on your "Privacy" setting, found on the "My Public Profile" page.
If you set "Privacy" to "Everyone", anyone (including anonymous visitors such as search engines) will be able to see your Group Memberships, Dogs,Training Logs, and Recent Activity.
If you set "Privacy" to "Followers Only", others will be able to follow you without needing approval. Followers will also be able to see your Group Memberships, Dogs,Training Logs, and Recent Activity.
If you set "Privacy" to "Invited Followers Only", you will have to click either the "Follow" or the "Allow Access" button on a person's profile page to allow them to see your Group Memberships, Dogs, Training Logs, or Recent Activity.
Groups "Privacy" setting is essentially the same; participation and inclusion in the group require permission unless this setting is left on "Everyone".
Any specific Dogs or Logs you add to a Group are visible to its participants.
If there is a specific user that is causing problems for you, you can "Block" that user. They will not be able to interact with you, or see your Dogs, Logs, or Recent Activity.


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Unvarnished Homeschooling
Tips, Activities and Crafts
teaching little ones about life
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Garbage Disposal
Garbage Disposals. I have lived without them. I have lived a few years with them. Every rental is different and we have had multiple throughout our four short years being married. I never realized how much I would miss those handy, loud, sometimes frightening beasts, until I was used to using one and then suddenly didn't have one anymore.
It didn't take me long to readjust, as I never grew up in a house that had one, but my husband on the other hand did. So I didn't think it would be a big deal, until I found egg shells, peelings and all sorts of grossness stuck in the bottom of the sink that I had to scrape out by hand.
The solution?
That's right, a common, stick in any possible place, sometimes annoying, plentiful, useful plastic bag.
Put one handle over the sink faucet putting the bag in one sink and spinning the faucet over the other. Then peel away in the open bag and rinse off, whatever your pealing, freely in the other. Then when you're done just take the bag off and throw it away. Problem solved. No mess. No dirty, icky hands. No inconvenience. My favorite part, coming from working in a small kitchen, is that it frees up counter space and eliminates the back and forth juggle between washing things off and pealing.
May not be the most environmentally thoughtful solution, but sometimes you have to work with what you have. If you have a backyard compost, instead of dumping it in the trash, turn the bag inside out over your compost pile and "TADA!" easy enough.
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I love coming up with new ideas. Using old things and turning them into something new.

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- ❝ Very popular App! Interrupting phone calls is just the start. Guaranteed to scramble any cop scans too. Yes, very popular indeed.❞
- ―In-game description.
Jam Communications[1] (more well known as Jam Coms) are a type of digital crafted item in Watch Dogs.
The tool takes advantage of electromagnetic radiation systems that are controlled by the CTOS (microwaves for cell/ mobile phones and radio for others). As with other digital tools, the item requires a code to be stolen in order for the tool to be crafted.[2]
In order to craft Jam Coms, Aiden needs one System Key and one Electronic Part. Like other tools, it can be crafted at any time in the field.
Jam Coms can also be bought from Tobias's shop.
The tool is primarily available for the player to kill all communications signals for a particular radius. Usage of the tool affects cell/mobile phone signal and police tracking.
Jam Coms can be used to prevent a police pursuit in two ways. First, by preventing a civilian from calling the police. Secondly, by pausing a police scan. It can also prevent enemies from calling for reinforcements.
Jam Coms is also useful in certain online multiplayer matches such as when a player is being hacked by another player in Online Hacking. The tool can be used to pause the process of installing the backdoor, giving the victim extra time to profile the hacker. Jam Coms can be used during Mobile Challenges to disrupt the Companion App user from arming hacks and dropping in police cars.


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Magic Beans is run by New Englanders, and as anyone raised in a cold climate will agree, staying cooped up indoors all winter just isn't in our blood. Most of the expectant parents we're working with at this time of year are due between now and March, the coldest months of the year, which means that part of their necessary preparation for baby requires preparing for those sudden horrible, frigid temperature drops (like the one we're experiencing today).
In my 5 Winter seasons with Magic Beans, I've learned the most forgotten preparations lie in how to actually keep a child warm outside the house. Blankets are popular choices to drape over your child and go. But they require constant adjusting or they come untucked or fall off the stroller, and aren't meant to keep anyone warm when up against wind or precipitation. Instead, the best way to keep your child warm all winter is a stroller footmuff, sometimes called a Bundleme or Ganoosh, depending on the brand. Footmuffs are basically small "sleeping bags" that fit into the stroller and use insulation and the child's own body heat to keep them warm.
There are zippers lining the outer edges for easy access in and out of it; slots in the back to allow the harness to be used; and if you're lucky, a
hood on top is there to hold all the heat in. Compared to a snowsuit, stroller footmuffs are warmer; they allow more mobility of little limbs; they regulate temperature better and most importantly… will not anger your child into a screaming fit by being jammed into thick heavy fabric that keeps their body in "starfish" position.
Getting the footmuff is just the beginning (and we have a great buying guide to get you started on that ): I've got a few more tricks up my sleeve to help you keep your baby warm. Ready?
#1. Get your footmuff early! (Like: today!)
If you're going to spend the money on a seasonal item, there's no point in waiting until January to get one. Buy yours early and get the most use of it! And if your child is at a stage where they just love to yank off their adorable, yet expensive, socks, shoes, hats and mittens… you really should get them into a "catch all" footmuff.
(There are even footmuffs that adjust to provide more or less warmth for varying seasons, like the new Skip Hop Three Season Footmuff, reviewed here. It would be great for the chilly day we're having right now!)
#2. Pick out the right winter gear for your situation
Families of newborns who drive often are going to find great use of the car seat cover by 7AM Enfant. It's the fastest to install, remove, and re-install of all the Winter gear.
City families with babies that complete errands by foot are going to prefer the heavier, warmer fabrics in the brand new 7AM Enfant Nido. The Nido is unique in that it can safely be used in the car seat because it doesn't interfere with the harness, but can also be used in the stroller when you're past the infant car seat stage.
And if your baby is now a toddler, take a look at the aforementioned Skip Hop Stroll & Go 3 Season footmuff or the JJ Cole Extendable Polar Bundleme. Each has a built-in hood, has an adjustable length, and has some of the warmest stuffing you'll find.
If you're the kind of family that is undaunted by the very coldest of temperatures – we're talking below zero temperatures – then you need the specialized 7AM Enfant Blanket 212 Evolution Footmuff. It's not actually a blanket; instead, it is the warmest of all the winter gear we sell. It's pretty much an adult winter parka with highly water resistant fabric all over. This will keep your kid warm through everything old man winter can throw at you.
#3.Your footmuff keeps heat in, but your plastic rain cover keeps the cold air out!
This is my favorite winter trick! Your footmuff will work hard to keep heat from escaping to create that super toasty pocket for your child. But when the temperature drops and the wind chill picks up, your child will feel the cold leaving them susceptible to wind burned cheeks and a lowered immune system. Keep the cold air from even reaching them by keeping a rain cover handy for especially chilly temps. The rain cover creates a climate controlled bubble of warmth around your child at all times.
For parents using an infant car seat this winter, the Uppababy rain cover works on all of our infant car seats, and it has breathable mesh for airflow and is highly durable. You'll easily get two kids worth of use out of it.
To find the absolute best fit for the needs of your family, come and test out the winter gear at any Magic Beans store. We'll help you try everything out, make great recommendations, install your footmuff for you, and teach you how to install and use it, too.
And… if you want to pick up a treat for yourself, how about some 7AM Enfant Stroller handmuffs for you? Mama needs to stay warm too!


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Airport Transfers Cambridge
If you're going to or from an airport it could be advantageous to complete your trip in comfort of a specialist airport transfer service. Airport transfer choices are diverse therefore could select a luxury chauffeur driven car right through to an executive minibus hire, which is an economical way for numerous people to visit for business or leisure in convenience and style.
Spend less on Hassle
Its plenty less hassle to own somebody select you up at home and drop you off at the terminal you might be leaving from the time you will be traveling by atmosphere. This may save the effort of having to-drive your self through most of the hectic traffic or capture a crowded train or coach service. Going by air is stressful so it's best to get started your trip as straighforward that you can through a professional airport transfer service.
Save On Parking
Parking costs at airports is considerable in addition to greater part of the parking lots tend to be quite a distance from the terminals meaning you will have to arrive early to help you park and catch the airport shuttle coach to your departure point. You can save time and money by organizing is found and dropped off by a specialist airport transport solution. You'll also not have to bother about the protection of one's vehicle whilst you are away.
Business Hire
If you are going for business or perhaps you have actually a customer or colleague that requires transport to or from the airport then a business airport transportation solution are advantageous. This may supply a hassle no-cost way to organize transportation to and from airport and if you choose one of several luxury solutions then you can travel in convenience and magnificence. A specialist chauffer will also be in a position to supply local knowledge in the most useful travel tracks which can help stay away from sitting in traffic jams and queues needlessly. Most professional airport transfer solutions offer arrival tracking feature. What this means is it is possible to arrange a pick up and make sure the vehicle will be truth be told there awaiting the traveller, whether their journey has arrived very early or has been delayed. This is certainly a rather practical service and especially helpful when you consider how many times flight arrangements do modification in the last minute.
Special Events
Airport transfer solutions also provide chauffer driven vehicles available for transportation with other destinations like business seminars, weddings and day trips. This is a cost effective and convenient way to arrange travel for company or leisure reasons. If you as well as your colleagues are travelling to a conference then it will likely be less costly for you yourself to hire a minibus in most cases instead of to all the travel individually. This can in addition conserve the effort people all trying to arrive on time and discover someplace to park near to the occasion center.
Voyager provide Cambridge Executive Travel with many services from corporate partnerships to solitary events particularly Airport Transfers Cambridge


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Aviation Scales
Intercomp is the world's largest manufacturer of fully electronic aircraft weighing systems. Our scale design is recognized by our customers to be the most robust and reliable scale currently offered. We offer the most comprehensive line of roll on platform scales and top of jack load cells to weigh everything from helicopters, single engine aircraft, UAV's to the world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380.
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Intercomp scales are used for testing and verification by airframe manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Cassidian, Embraer, Bell, Sikorsky and others during design, flight test, production & delivery. The world's largest airlines and maintenance centers use Intercomp scales during scheduled C&D checks and/or required weight & balance intervals. View Intercomp's Global Customer Base Here.
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Twelve extraordinary Doctor Who stories, each featuring a monstrous villain from the Doctor Who world.
On every planet that has existed or will exist, there is a winter . . .
Many of the peoples of Old Earth celebrated a winter festival. A time to huddle together against the cold; a time to celebrate being half-way out of the dark.
But shadows are everywhere, and there are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things, lurking in the cold between the stars.
Here are twelve stories - one for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas - to remind you that to come out of the darkness we need to go into it in the first place.
We are not alone. We are not safe. And, whatever you do: don't blink.
Written by popular children's author, and lifelong Doctor Who fan, Dave Rudden.
Dave Rudden is a former actor, teacher and time-displaced Viking currently living in Dublin. He is the author of the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, and enjoys cats, adventure and being cruel to fictional children.
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I recently received an encouraging letter from a pastor who brought his youth group through our Creation Museum on their way home from a youth conference. He was blessed by the museum visit and by the reaction of the young people who were with him. He writes,
A few weeks ago . . . we stopped by the Creation Museum and spent about half of the day. The Museum greatly impacted the hearts and lives of our young people! Many of them attend government schools and have never been exposed to the clear teaching on biblical creation.
As we were getting on the bus to return home, a thirteen year old girl was on the phone with her mom. She explained to her mom, "I found out today that I have been lied to my whole life! I found out the truth today." I was delighted to see the positive responses so many of our young people had, as their faith was strongly encouraged.
I plan one day to return with my family and others in our church so they can enjoy the great work that God has used you to raise up there at the museum. Thank you again for the excellent experience. Our faith has been strengthened.
— J. S., pastor
I have met many students over the years who, once their eyes have been opened concerning how they've been brainwashed by the government-run public schools, TV, magazines and so on in evolution, realize they have been "lied to" concerning their origins. I love to hear testimonies from young people who have been impacted by the Answers in Genesis ministry and the Creation Museum. So many of them really become "on fire" for the Lord.
I encourage you to consider bringing your youth group to the Creation Museum—it's sure to be a life-changing experience for them. And there's no better time than this year. For all of 2015 we have a special Two Buy Two promotion in honor of the life-size Ark project that will open late summer 2016—buy two tickets, and get two tickets free! (The "two buy two" phrase alludes to Genesis 7:9, where the passage describes the animals entering the Ark "two by two.") This promotion was specifically designed so you can bring as many young people to the Creation Museum as possible, so be sure to come "two by two."
Many groups of young people spend at least two days at the Creation Museum (every ticket is a two-day ticket) and also use the spectacular zip line course—the biggest and best in the Midwest And during the whole month of October, 2015, kids are free* in celebration of Alien Invasion at the Creation Museum!
Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
This item was written with the assistance of AiG's research team.


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Disney bought the Star Wars franchise from Lucasfilm a while back. Some were not so happy with the idea of a "children's movie studio" buy a beloved and "adult" franchise. Others saw the awesome new possibilities that this major studio could offer to the franchise, one being a massive expansion of the Star Wars galaxy across various forms of entertainment and merchandising.
There are movies, books, TV shows, animations, spinoff stories, toys, collectables, LEGO and more. But now you will be able to enjoy Star Wars in a completely unique way; through comic books.
The Marvel Star Wars: The Force Awakens comic book adaptation will come in a six-part series on 22 June 2016. The series was written by Chuck Wendig and was illustrated by Luke Ross. Here is a first look of what to expect from this exciting new medium to enjoy one of the most popular franchises in history. Below is the cover for issues #1 of the Marvel Star Wars comic book series which was created by Esad Ribic and there are also some pages from the first issue. You might recognise some of the scenes from The Force Awakens movie like the capturing of pilot, Poe Dameron as well as a look at Rey enjoying her food portions. We also see new villain Kylo Ren and rough Stormtrooper, Finn. The new adorable droid, BB-8 also makes an appearance on this first look.
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EREA currently has four (4) Full Members, namely Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, and one Associate Member - Burundi.
Every National Regulatory Institution (NRI) in the energy sector or association of regulators of the energy sector in each Member State shall be eligible to become a Member of EREA. An NRI or Association of Regulators that was not a Member upon the coming into operation of the Constitution shall become a Member upon the approval of its application by the General Assembly and upon accession to the Constitution.
The categories of membership, rights and obligations of members, application for membership and withdrawal from membership are detailed in Sections 59-74 of the EREA Constitution. Please download the Constitution here.


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It's a whole new year with new tasks, new thrills, new experiences, and new challenges and we say bling it on!
The more people we meet the more we see how everyone has their own inner sparkle. It is through our experiences and sometimes trials that help to mold us into the diamonds we are all today.
Here's some ideas on how to get your bling on this year
Tip 1: Bling your plain t-shirt up a notch
Long statement necklaces are a no fuss way to enjoy some bling in your daily life. A longer chain means more layering possibilities.
Tip 2: Bling out your pretty eyes
Sparkly things pair perfectly with sparkly eyes. Choose a color that accentuates your eye color or just choose something shiny to draw all eyes on your eyes.
Tip 3: Break up solid colors with some bling
Mix it all up by adding bling to a solid colored ensemble. This double layer necklace brings on the bling in a subtle way that doesn't look like you are trying too hard. These natural crystals add the bling while keeping it cool and casual.


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Reference API
The resource referenceprice represents a reference price for the given location. A location is represented by either a countryId, a regionId, a cityId, and a districtId or by WGS84-coordinates (latitude and longitude). The result represents the reference prices for the neighbourhood and the quarter. Creating or modifying reference prices is not supported by the API.
https://rest.immobilienscout24.de/restapi/api/ibw/v2.2/referenceprice/jsonp/region/{regionId}/city/{cityId}/district/{districtId} (same as above, just JSONP)
Supported media types
- XML (Accept: application/xml) (default)
- JSON (Accept: application/json)
Authorization requirements
- At least a System Key is required for this operation. See Authentication via Two-legged OAuth for further details.
- A special API permission
Path Parameters
For the request with IS24 geo hierarchy
- regionId - id of a federal state of the IS24-Geo-Hierarchy
- cityId - id of a city of the IS24-Geo-Hierarchy
- districtId - id of a district of the IS24-Geo-Hierarchy
For the request with WGS84 coordinates
- latitude - the latitude of the point you wish to use for the request (WGS84 coordinate - required)
- longitude - the longitude of the point you wish to use for the request (WGS84 coordinate - required)
Query Parameters
the id of the real estate for which the information should retrieved. Currently, the following types are supported:
only for houses. the size of the siteArea as integer. Minimum valid value is 0.
to make sure that new building prices are received although construction year is older than this year. If no firstTimeUse is given, portfolio real estate will be assumed.
the size of the livingArea. If no livingArea is available the service assumes 100 sqm. Minimum valid value is 0.
The price of the real estate in EUR. Minimum valid value is 1. For realEstateType APARTMENT_* the price is per sqm and for HOUSE_* is the price is the total price.
Object category of the real estate. See objectCategory
The year of construction of a real estate. This parameter is used to determine the age class of a realestate. The construction year must be a 4 digit number smaller or equals the current year and greater or equal then 0 (optional). If no constructionYear is given, portfolio real estate will be assumed.
Possible values for objectCategory
- 0 - no information
- 3 - roof storey
- 7 - maisonette
- 15 - bungalow
- 17 - semi detached house
- 18 - single family house
- 20 - country house
- 24 - villa
- 25 - terrace house
- 27 - wooden house
- 38 - freehold flat
- 40 - terraced flat
- 117 - ground floor
- 118 - apartment
- 119 - special real estate
- 122 - single family house (detached)
- 123 - mid terrace house
- 124 - end terrace house
- 126 - apartment (other)
- 127 - raised ground floor
- 128 - half basement
- Status 200 OK.
The requested operation was successful.
- Status 204 No Content.
No comparison real estates where found. The real estate price is greater than higherTwiceStd or lower than lowerTwiceStd. --> Please display message: Für diese Berechnung liegen zu wenige Angebotspreise vor.
- Status 400 Bad Request
Input Parameter validation failed (including invalid objectCategory) or geoCoding failed. --> No QuickCheck info should be displayed at all, i.e. no place holder.
- Status 500 Internal Server Error
An internal Server error has occurred.
"averagePriceTotal": 690,
"averagePricePerSqm": 6.9,
"simpleStd": 1,
"twiceStd": 2,
"lowerSimpleStd": 5.7,
"higherSimpleStd": 8.1,
"lowerTwiceStd": 4.5,
"higherTwiceStd": 9.3,
"livingAreaAvg": 61,
"siteAreaAvg": null,
"districtName": "Berlin - Adlershof (Treptow)",
"comparisonCount": 15781,
"newBuilding": false


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The University of Connecticut is increasing fees for room and board, transit and some academic programs.
UConn's Board of Trustees approved the hikes at its meeting Wednesday morning.
The school will increase its housing and board fees over three years by slightly less than 3 percent a year.
U.S. & World
The transit fee would go from $120 to $160 a year, but only if the state approves its UPass program, which would allow college students to ride for free on any Connecticut public transit bus.
The board also approved creating a $350 fee per semester for international students to cover UConn's costs of administering visa compliance.
UConn President Susan Herbst said she will create a committee to look at ways to simplify the school's fee structure.
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New paint makes the entire home smell clean and neat, and can bring sellers top dollar. If your home has chipped paint, exposed wood, or surfaces that looks faded, it's time for new paint. If your carpet is worn, dirty, outdated, or an unusual color or style, you might consider replacing it.
Many houses do not sell because of these problems. Don't think that buyers have more money than you to freshen up a home. They typically don't. They will simply look elsewhere for a home that needs less work.
Please let me know when you are ready to sell and I can help you prepare your home for today's market.
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Email is a crucial business tool for all those working on the web and yet we never discuss how to manage it effectively.
I originally wrote this post for Smashing Magazine and it is republished here with their kind permission. If you are not already subscribed to Smashing Magazine then you are missing out.
In the 1950s when we began to see the emergence of consumer electronics like vacuum cleaners and washing machines, there was a belief that household chores would be done in a fraction of the time.
We know it didn't work out like that. Our definition of clean changed. Instead of wearing underwear for multiple days, we started having a fresh pair everyday and so the amount of washing required increased. In short the technology allowed us to do more, not less.
Our work environments have followed a similar trajectory with tools like email allowing us to communicate more, rather than making life easier. In fact many people are now overwhelmed with the amount of email they receive.
The problem of email
Email has changed our expectations of communication and most of us feel like we need to be constantly available. We are tied to our email enabled devices and like Pavlov's dog we have to check email every time the bell rings (or beep chimes).
We are constantly available, constantly interrupted and continually overwhelmed.
Going offline isn't the answer. Despite what many of us believe as web designers we do not just build websites. We provide a service to our clients. We therefore have a need to keep our clients happy and that can only be done by regular communication. Clients need constant reassurance their project is in hand and continual chivying to ensure they provide the feedback and contributions we require to do our job.
Like it or not email is an evil necessity. But that doesn't mean it needs to rule us. We can tame the beast and it all starts by doing less.
Like any beast, the more you feed email the bigger it will become. Its time to put email on a diet. We achieve this in a simple way; we use email less.
Send less
Believe it or not it is perfectly possible to do considerably less with email and still effectively communicate with our clients and colleagues.
You probably don't need to send out anywhere near as many emails as you do. You can almost certainly reduce the number of people you copy in on your emails. Remember the more email you send out, the more emails you will get back. It's that simple.
Email is not always the best form of communication. Often a face to face meeting or a phone call are much more effective. After all the minority of communication is what we say. Tone of voice and body language are critically important in good communication.
Instant messaging (IM) is another options you may wish to consider. Although it can be intrusive at times, it can be perfect for quick questions. Email encourages longer form communication, while IM tends to be shorter.
That said, there is no reason why emails need to be long.
Write less
Here is an interesting fact. The less you write in emails, the less people will write when replying to you. We tend to mirror the behaviour of others and so if you want to receive more concise email, start writing emails that are to the point yourself.
You may feel these are less friendly and can come across as cold, but these are problems that can be worked around.
Try adding a link to five.sentenc.es to your signature as this site perfectly explains why your emails might come across as brusk.
An even easier option is to adopt the 'sent from a mobile' signature that many people use these days. That will provide a nice excuse for getting to the point.
Please don't misunderstand me. Being friendly and personable with clients is important. I just don't think email is the place to do that. If you want to chat, pick up the phone.
For me, email should feel more like Twitter than traditional mail. In fact, many are abandoning email entirely and turning to Twitter as their primary communication tool.
If this feels a step too far, try adding a summary of your email at the start. This makes it easier for the reader to just scan the summary if they are busy. Also, you will find people start doing the same for emails they send to you, making reading email much quicker.
As well as sending less email and shortening the emails you do send, it is also possible to reduce the amount you receive.
Receive less email
The easiest way of receiving less email is to tell people that they do not need to reply. Putting abbreviations such as NRN (no reply necessary) or FYI (for your information) into the subject area will reduce the number of emails you get back. But that won't stop unsolicited email.
Most of us get a lot of unsolicited email despite the excellent spam filters email services provide. These emails are often newsletters we never remembered subscribing to or companies from whom we once made a purchase. Whether we did actually ever agree to receive these emails or not, the fact is they now clutter up our inbox.
When you are in the midst of wading through email, you may be tempted to just delete these and keep going. However, I would encourage you to take the time and find the unsubscribe link.
The problem is that these companies will not just contact you once. They will email you again and again until you take the time to stop them.
If they don't provide an unsubscribe link, create an email rule that automatically deletes them. In the long run those few minutes now, will save you time and distractions later.
If you really are too busy to find those unsubscribe links and click on them then try out a service called Unroll.me. They make unsubscribing even easier.
However you do it, unsubscribing from mass emails will dramatically reduce your email load. But don't stop there, you might also want to consider unsubscribing to newsletters you did signup for.
Email should only be for communication
Part of our problem with email is that we have tried to turn it into something it is not. For example many people use email as a place to read news by subscribing to newsletters. However, email wasn't really meant for that and there are ample apps (such as the wonderful Feedly) that provide this kind of functionality.
Others use their email client as a repository for files that have been emailed to them in the past. This makes little sense as they have a much more powerful filing system built into their operating system.
Finally a lot of people have a tendency to use their email client as a task manager. They mark emails as starred or unread to remind themselves that they need to take action on an email. However, there are much better tasks managers out there that will enable you to work much more efficiently.
Not only do our attempts to turn email into something else fall short, they also clutter up the email client making the job of reading, writing and responding to emails less efficient.
If you want to tame the email beast, make sure you use email as a communications tool and not a way of managing files, reading news or managing tasks.
Although the above techniques will reduce the amount of email coming in, it does nothing to mitigate our biggest problem; we are addicted to email.
Breaking our addiction
Earlier in this post I stated we have an almost pavlovian response to the audible notification of incoming email and although this was said slightly 'tongue in cheek,' it is in fact true.
When we hear the beep of incoming email we find it hard not to look. With email being checked every five minutes by default and most checks resulting in some kind of email, this equates to over 32,000 interruptions per year! That is a phenomenal figure.
Do we really need to be checking email that much? Almost certainly not. The majority of email that comes in is either unsolicited or can wait a few hours. In fact the number of emails that require urgent action are relatively rare.
The problem is that we perceive these few urgent emails as important. In many cases they are not. Its just a matter of training our clients not to expect an immediate response. Of course that is not always possible.
What we need is a way of being notified about only the important emails. Fortunately this is relatively easy to achieve. You start by turning off notifications in your email client. These are just too indiscriminate, notifying you about every email that comes in.
Next you signup for a service like Awayfind.com that will notify you by text or app when an email meeting specific requirements comes in. For example only receive notifications from a specific client or relating to todays meetings.
If you don't want to pay for a service like this, then you could achieve a similar thing with IFTTT.com.
The point is to free you from constantly being interrupted by email. Now you know that important emails will reach you instantly, you will be able to open your email client only a couple of times a day. Personally, I check email first thing in the morning, lunch time and at the end of the business day. That way I know I will still respond reasonably promptly to all email without interrupting my workflow.
When you do check your email its important to be organised in the way you deal with it.
Organising your email
A lot of people make dealing with email more complicated than it needs to be because they are not organised. The biggest culprits of this are those who never move email out of their inbox.
Having an inbox filled with hundreds (or even thousands) of emails increases the time it takes to process new email coming in. With so much clutter it becomes confusing what needs to be dealt with and what has been read. No matter how in control you may feel, things are bound to fall between the cracks.
Your inbox is the place where email arrives, but it shouldn't stay there. Instead each time you open your email client you should clear its content. That does not mean you have to instantly act on every email, it just means you need to read it and make a decision about it.
After reading an email you have five options of what to do about it:
- Act on it. If you have time to act on the email immediately then do so. This might be replying or completing a task outlined in the email. However, don't feel obliged to act on an email immediately if you have higher priorities.
- Defer it. Too busy to deal with the content of your email immediately? No problem. Turn it into a task that sits in your task manager. You can then deal with it in your own time and can see the email task alongside your other tasks.
- File it. Many of the emails we receive have no actions associated with them. But they do provide useful information. In such cases archive the post for future reference. With today's powerful search tools there is little need to file it in a folder, but it should be moved out of the inbox.
- Delete it. If the email is spam or has no long term value then once you have read it feel free to delete it.
- Delegate it. Some emails you receive will require action, but you may not be the best person to do them. In those cases delegate the task by forwarding the email on to the appropriate person.
The point is that your inbox is just a holding place for unprocessed email. Once you have read it and decided what to do with it, it should move out of your inbox making room for the next set of emails that require processing.
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You may look at your inbox and be intimidated by the thought of having to process all of those emails. All of this might just sound like too much hard work. However, I promise you it is worth it.
If you find your inbox too overwhelming, declare email bankruptcy. Instead of trying to process all of those emails just archive everything but the last week's worth of email. The chances are that if there are unresolved emails from more than a week ago its too late to respond now anyway.
Archiving the majority of email will enable you to process what is left. Work through each email and decide what to do with it. If you receive a lot of email then this may take some time, but its worth it. Remember you don't need to act on each email immediately. You can defer action until later using your task list. The trick is to make sure everything is processed out of your inbox. Do that and I promise that you will never look at email with the same horror again.
So those are my tips on managing email, but what are yours? What do you think of email clients like Mailbox, or have you a completely different approach I have not covered? Let me know in the comments, I would love to hear your perspective.
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I serve these as an appetizer at room temp or as a hot accompaniment to steak, chicken or hearty seafood dishes.
Make Ahead – Up to 1 day ahead, blanch and wrap asparagus with cheeses and asparagus (don't bake), cover and keep in the fridge. Toast panko, keep in a plastic bag. Poach eggs, once the eggs are cooked keep covered in a wide bowl of cold water.
- 24 asparagus spears- washed and trimmed
- 24 slices, 12oz- prosciutto sliced thin
- 1/3 cup- cream cheese- at room temperature
- 1/3 +1/2 cup parmesan cheese- finely grated
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 8 eggs
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- ¼ teaspoon thyme, dried.
- Pre-heat oven to 425°.
- Bring a large pot with 8 cups of water to a boil, blanch asparagus for 1 minute for thicker stalks and 30 seconds for thiner. Remove asparagus from pot and rinse under cold water until no longer warm. Drain and Set aside.
- In a medium sauté pan over medium heat add olive oil, stir in panko and thyme. Toast for about 3-5 minutes, stirring often. Remove from the heat.
- In a small bowl, mix cream cheese and 1/2 cup parmesan cheese together.
- On 2 parchment or sil pat lined sheet pan lay prosciutto in 1 layer. Spread 1-2 tsp. of cheese mixture on top of every prosciutto slice. Place one asparagus on top of prosciutto, leaving the top 2 inches exposed and wrap prosciutto around the asparagus. Lay the wrapped asparagus 1 inch apart.
- Pour 6 cups of water and vinegar into a medium (12") sauté pan over medium/low heat. Heat until just before the water simmers. Fill a medium bowl with very warm water. Crack 3 eggs into separate small bowls and pour 1 down the side of the pan into the water repeat with 2 other eggs, around the pan. For over easy eggs cook for about 3 minutes or until the whites become opaque, remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and place in the bowl with warm water to keep the eggs warm while you poach the remaining eggs.
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese over the top of all the prosciutto wrapped asparagus. Bake on the top rack for 4 minutes or until all the cheese has fully melted.
- Lay asparagus on a platter or individual plates, scoop out the poached eggs with a slotted spoon and lay over three asparagus, repeat with remaining eggs and asparagus. Top with bread crumbs. Serve.
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Bill Evjen is an active proponent of .NET technologies and community-based learning initiatives for .NET. He has been actively involved with .NET since the first bits were released in 2000. In the same year, Bill founded the St. Louis .NET User Group (www.stlnet.org), one of the world's first such groups. Bill is also the founder and former executive director of the International .NET Association (www.ineta.org), which represents more than 500,000 members worldwide.
Based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Bill is an acclaimed author and speaker on ASP.NET and XML Web Services. He has authored or co-authored more than fifteen books including Professional C# 2008, Professional VB 2008, ASP.NET Professional Secrets, XML Web Services for ASP.NET, and Web Services Enhancements: Understanding the WSE for Enterprise Applications (all published by Wiley Publishing, Inc.). In addition to writing, Bill is a speaker at numerous conferences, including DevConnections, VSLive, and TechEd. Along with these items, Bill works closely with Microsoft as a Microsoft Regional Director and an MVP.
Bill is the Technical Architect for Lipper (www.lipperweb.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, the international news and financial services company. He graduated from Western Washington University in Bellingham,Washington, with a Russian language degree. When he isn't tinkering on the computer, he can usually be found at his summer house in Toivakka, Finland. You can reach Bill at email@example.com.
Scott Hanselman works for Microsoft as a Senior Program Manager in the Developer Division, aiming to spread the good word about developing software, most often on the Microsoft stack. Before this he worked in eFinance for 6+ years and before that he was a Principal Consultant a Microsoft Partner for nearly 7 years. He was also involved in a few things like the MVP and RD programs and will speak about computers (and other passions) whenever someone will listen to him. He blogs at http://www.hanselman.com and podcasts at http://www.hanselminutes.com and contributes to http://www.asp.net, http://www.windowsclient.net, and http://www.silverlight.net.
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Neuron News has been on a bit of break since mid-September, and we will be trying to roll out more activity in the near future as best as possible. This break was initially due to a brief return to the theater with a role in a local production of Glenngary Glenn Ross by David Mamet at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Illinois.
Now, our family is getting very close to welcoming in our latest addition, Andrew, who will be due anytime from now until early December. So, we are quite busy taking care of the "nest" and making sure Mommy is taken care of as best as possible.
One rather interesting experience I enjoyed with our first child, Elizabeth, was watching her brain develop from the first cry in the hospital room to my first observation of an inkling of a consciousness. This observation was certainly un-scientific, but there was just something… something noticeable in the way her eyes became a little more focused; there was something behind those eyes that didn't seem to be there yesterday.
I hope to document these observations with Andrew–which I'm sure will be quite subjective–with his development from little living blob of cells to something more; something with a brain that has developed beyond simply pumping blood and expanding and contracting lungs. I do believe that a baby is born without a sophisticated "consciousness," whatever that might really mean as we still have no scientific understanding of our notion of sentient beings. But, there is a transition. A transition from non-thinking to thinking; from basic biological mechanics to … something more.
It is a profound and amazing process, and I can't wait to witness this transition once again.
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PORTSMOUTH-October sales of single family homes and condominium units continued an impressive rally, according to statistics released by the Seacoast Board of REALTORS. The 13-sample seacoast towns saw a 47.5% increase in single family sales over a year ago. October is the fourth straight month that sales exceeded 2011 levels and the eighth of 10 months that registered gains.
Condominiums registered an impressive 69.2% jump from October 2011, also the 8th month this year that sales exceeded the previous year.
Further, the 90 October single family transfers exactly matched September totals, while condominium units were up 33% from last month. All this coming at a time of year when the market "normally" should be cooling.
Noteworthy, also, was that the number of active single family listings reached the lowest total for the year, a statistic that could portend increased prices over the winter. Still, the median sale price for the past 12 months was $325,000, down a negligible 1.51% from the previous 12-month period.
For the year the single family market is now up 27.2% and the condominium market up a robust 35.2%.
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These come in forms of website articles displaying excerpts from other people's homework assignments. Here you will either find a topic similar to or even on the same subject as your assignment. This can be helpful because it can give you ideas about sub-points you perhaps never would have thought of. Seeing the writing process of your peers can also be an excellent learning tool. Something to keep in mind, however, is that often a free service doesn't always mean the best service. Remember that information you're researching may be out of date, incorrect or perhaps worst of all, plagiarized. Make sure you do thorough research before using any ideas or information that is not your own. Keep in mind the consequences. Also, remember that finding homework samples online is quick, and requires minimal effort, but it also is time-consuming, so be wary of how much time you're spending in the hopes of finding answers. After all, there are more resources available than just the Internet.
With today's technological advances, students often forget about the benefits that can be had by taking trips to their local college, high school or public libraries. Here you can find books relating to the subject you're assigned to discuss, and from there you can gather more than enough necessary information to complete the task well and on time. You could even check out books that deal exclusively with format: in this case, the format in which your assignment is instructed to be completed in. You could see how it is a term paper is to be properly laid out, and see what others did for their assignment. Plus with the use of your student ID or library card, you can get this valuable information at no cost! An important aspect to keep in mind, however, is that, even though, the information is free, it isn't just yours to take. Proper steps need to be made to give credit to the rightful author or owner of your source, no matter what method of information retrieving you use.
Do you have a sibling, cousin, parent or friend who knows a certain amount about the topic you're assigned to discuss? A no-cost way to get some ideas on your school project can be directly discussing the matter with people around you. Perhaps you know someone in the family with an education suited to help you in this instance. Talk to a teacher if you're lost, and they'll give you guidelines to follow to ensure your success. Perhaps up in the attic all your brother's schoolwork was kept for safekeeping, and you can see what he did on his important assignments.
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This is a story about how you shouldn't stop, ever. This is a story about my wife, number 26, who, yesterday in our annual Easter hockey tournament– the GTHLA Summit of the Arts (formerly the Exclaim Cup)– scored her first tournament goal after countless games and countless Easters. I was changing in a nearby dressing room at the time when a team-mate, Paul Chisholm, burst in yelling "Janet scored! It was beautiful goal!" My wife– who is five foot three and started hockey nine years ago when she was 40– scored her first regular season goal this year, too– off the goalie's stick, then off her facemask, then to her feet, then past the goalie– but this one was different: an expertly angled tip in the goal crease off a hard slapshot from the point, deflected bar down over the goalie's shoulder and into the net. Paul said that the crowd and the players on both teams exploded with cheering and hollering. The referee gave her the puck and she brought the puck to the bench, and if she didn't celebrate like a kid– being a Steve Yzerman fan, my wife long ago thought she'd follow his example if she ever scored– she certainly looked like one carrying the puck to her team-mates: legs pushing with excitement, smile ribboned across her face, eyes alight with the amazement of the moment. Her shift ended awhile later and the rest of the team hugged her when she got to the bench. J started playing just after our kids were born, and, growing up, they've known her as a small woman who shares the ice with giants, and who, until now, plays simply for the sake of playing; stats, or lack thereof, be damned. But now she's a scorer– hard to live down, I know– but watching her all these years– and having, myself, played against and with men and women from every corner of the world with remarkable and inspiring stories to fill chapters of books– my wife is my favourite hockey player for the heart and courage and joy she's shown her family, friends and others around her: grinding out plays and holding strong despite the occasionally madness of the game and maintaining a sense of play that celebrates life. The team that my wife scored against, Looking to Score, has been celebrating their own team-mate, another middle-aged woman, Suzanne Crew, over these past few months. Sue, whom J and I have both played with and against, is in the hospital this Easter with a terrible, life-threatening illness and, when J scored I couldn't help but think of our bed ridden hockey friend, and how both women– how all non-tradfitional players in this tournament, really– play every shift like it's both their first and last. So maybe that's a lesson, too. Sure, don't stop, but, also, keep going a little harder. Keep burning to play and keep burning to live, as both women are doing. Show people that you do it because you love it and because you love it, others will love it, too. Hockey is beautiful and life is beautiful. And, occasionally, the puck finds the net.
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When you work in direct mail advertising (that would be the nice way of saying 'the junk mail biz') you always hear that a 1%-2% response for any given mailing is a totally satisfactory response rate.
What that means from the other side is that for every one person who sends me a question, there are a hundred of you wondering. So when someone wrote last week to ask about zodiac degrees and the Sabian symbols, it was obviously time to explain.
Assuming we all know that the zodiac is a circle and that circles have 360 degrees, there's really no giant mystery there. But Sabians?
First of all, what is a Sabian symbol? The Sabians are a series of 360 symbols provided by blind clairvoyant Elsie Wheeler to astrologer Marc Edmund Jones back in 1925. Having heard of Elsie's ability to 'see symbols,' Jones traveled to her home in San Diego (California), bringing with him a deck of small index cards, each of which had a degree of the zodiac written in tiny light lettering on the back corner of the card.
Together, Ms. Wheeler and Mr. Jones go sit in a park. And once seated there, he takes out the cards and shuffles them well, after which he hands Ms. Wheeler one of the cards at random. She tells him what she 'sees' from the card and hands it back. He writes that down on the card just return, shuffles again and hands her another card.
Marc Edmund Jones
What came of that session are the beautiful and highly metaphorical images called Sabian symbols. There are many books on the subject, the most basic of which is Marc Edmund Jones' The Sabian Symbols in Astrology released in 1953 and still in print today. Astrologers and students of symbolism have examined these symbols and found a unique progressions and patterns throughout the whole of the series.
They're truly remarkable and once you get used to working with them, rather wonderful. There is in them the light of Elsie's blindness and Jones' continuous shuffling of the deck: they are illuminating and confounding all at once.
Perhaps the most complicated if enlightening book on the subject I know of is a book called An Astrological Mandala: The cycle of transformation and its 360 symbolic phases by esteemed philosopher/astrologer Dane Rudhyar. But I'm warning you - read this book at own risk! Not only can Rudhyar be as addictive as potato chips but reading his thoughts may alter your whole view on life!
So anyway....those are the Sabian symbols. As for why 'Sabian,' the term is an implied reference to an ancient monotheistic sect who worship apparently focused on the seven planets known at the time (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) as manifestations of angels.
Most of what we know about the Sabians comes to us through the Hebraic writings of Maimonides and Arabic writings of Wahshiyya; that the name is used for this particular set of symbols may well be because of the 'inspired' nature in which they were delivered to mankind.
Title page to "Guide for the Perplexed" by Maimonides
This question about zodiac versus Sabians came to me from a reader asking why, when back in July all the astrologers were yakking and chit-chatting about a solar eclipse at 19 Cancer, so many of them kept referring to a Sabian symbol for 20 Cancer?
Answer: Sabian symbols count actual degrees. In other words, the zodiac starts at zilch (zero) and goes from there. But when you count out Sabian symbols, you look at the zodiac and that very first degree - you know, 0 Aries? That's the first degree of the zodiac.
So in Sabian symbolism, 0 Aries is the first degree of Aries or Aries 1.
Thus, when you get to the zodiacal degree 19 Cancer and you're talking about a solar eclipse taking place in that degree, to look it up in a book of Sabian symbols you look for 19 + 1...or 20 Cancer.
For those who care about this sort of thing, this is also the way the ancient Maya used to count. Which is useful, since this Friday we're going to talk about the Mayan Tzolkin - that very famous and unique sacred 'Long Count' calendar which ends in 2012.
And now that we're all together on numbers Sabian and zodiac it will be all the more interesting to see what that examination of of the Mayan Tzolkin has to tell us.
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The Seagulls will hope to cause an FA Cup upset on the South Coast this evening by disposing of Premier League opposition to progress to the last eight.
Brighton continue to linger on the fringes of the Championship play-offs and are tantalisingly close to a FA Cup quarter final as they seek to exorcise the demons of last season.
Defeat to Crystal Palace in the play-off semi-finals spelled the end of Gus Poyet's reign in charge and cast a cloud over a side who had won such acclaim for a positive brand of football under the Uruguayan.
Thankfully Oscar Garcia - proving an extremely wise appointment day by day - was on hand to pick up the mantle and transform Albion into a solid defensive outfit, with the free-flowing football still very much the modus operandi implemented by the former management setup.
Ahead of their FA Cup clash with Hull City this evening, here are the five players which will prove crucial if the Seagulls are to ensure a run in the competition extends into the last eight.
Gordon Greer:
The Seagulls skipper is one of the main reasons only QPR have conceded less goals than Garcia's side this season as their playoff push gathers momentum.
Greer has been excellent for a resolute Brighton side and, alongside Matthew Upson, has formed one half of a defensive partnership winning numerous plaudits and providing a platform for the club's more expressive individuals to weave their magic further upfield.
His season has gone from strength to strength, culminating in a first international cap for Scotland towards the end of 2013.
Inigo Calderon:
The Spanish right-back is the unsung hero in this Seagulls side and offers a goal threat on top of his steady defensive offerings.
Calderon has struck twice this season in the league for his side, with only Leonardo Ulloa and Andrew Crofts scoring more for a side struggling for inspiration in the final third.
Aside from Ulloa, there appears to be precious little threat at present and it is something that must be remedied if they are to ensure progression to the quarter-finals. Calderon can certainly help out here.
The former Chelsea midfielder has helped to soften the blow following Liam Bridcutt's departure to Sunderland in the January transfer window and offers some of the combative qualities his previous midfield contemporaries possessed.
Ince provides little in the way of goalscoring threat but did notch in the fourth-round win at Port Vale and had been one of the key reasons behind Albion's continued defensive prowess this season.
He will be tasked with dealing with the creative threats in the Hull midfield of Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore and has the ingredients to unsettle the duo.
The youngster has broken through into the first-team setup this season and continues to impress with his dazzling performances on the wing which have kept out more illustrious names in Will Buckley and Kazenga Lua Lua in check.
While the duo could once again sit on the bench, March may be the beneficiary of Buckley's injury struggles and earn himself another chance to impress.
His service from wide positions and ability to trick his way past defenders could prove paramount to any chance of a Seagulls win but he must be willing to do the defensive work against the visitors' 5-3-2 formation.
Leonardo Ulloa:
The undisputed king of this side, his return from injury has been timely in the club's pursuit of the top six and his eight goals leave him well clear as the top scorer.
He has scored the club's last two goals in consecutive 1-0 successes and as Albion go in search of a fifth home win on the bounce and a chance to reach the quarters for the first time since 1986, it is essential that Ulloa is firing.
Hull's defence have been equally as water-tight on occasions this season and the Argentine is pivotal to breaking down their steely resolve with his aerial presence and excellent hold-up play.
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Colgate is shifting its focus away from laundry detergent to focus on categories includes oral care, personal care and pet nutrition.
"This acquisition will strengthen Colgate's positions in the shower gel and deodorant categories in several key countries in Europe and our overall personal care business in that region," said Colgate CEO Ian Cook.
Unilever bought the Sanex brand from Sara Lee Corp. as part of a larger acquisition of Sara Lee's body care and European detergent businesses completed in December. European regulators said it must sell the Sanex brand for the deal to be approved.
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Roll your own
If you have got two projects using the same functionality, then write a Rubygem to promote code reuse and modularity. Writing a gem is not a new thing. In fact, there are 6,710,940,000 gems and counting, as per the rubygems homepage.
Years ago Jamis Buck said in one of his blogs that if you don't understand the inner workings of a gem, don't use it as a dependency. Very fair comment indeed! I'm guilty of using the gems without really knowing their inner workings. To be honest, as a modern day programmer with a constant client expectation to deliver solutions, it's okay to take your eyes of the ball.
However, I decided to make amendments when it came to integrating a react app into rails. I wanted to learn and fix the issues that comes with integrating and therefore, decided to start it from scratch. If you wish to use, there are a couple of nice integrate react with rails gems out there, namely, react_on_rails and react-rails.
What are we going to do
Recently, I have crossed over to the Javascript world and been doing a lot of React, ES6 (with babel) and webpack and I wanted to use the same ideas in a Rails project.
There are a few things to keep in mind:
- A react component will serve as the client talking to the rails as a backend.
- The rails will be used a backend.
- It's not an isomorphic application meaning there will be no server-side rendering of react components.
- It should play nicely with rails asset pipeline.
As part of this article, we are going to set-up a react app in both development and production-mode that will play nicely with a rails app.
Setting up a rails app
As a seasoned rails developer, I expect you guys to know how to do this.
Setting up a react app
- Create a directory called
clientat the same level as the
- Create a file called
package.jsonin the
clientdirectory. Package.json is to npm what Gemfile is to Bundler. Copy the following contents into the client/package.json. Most of it is pretty self-explanatory except the scripts section. Npm allows you to create these tasks inside the scripts section runnable from the command line via
npm runcommand. Under
startstarts a webpack dev server useful for reloading the app whilst working in development.
buildis for building the app locally and uses the default webpack config and finally,
build:prodbuilds the final distributable js file using webpack's production config.
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- Create
webpack.base.config.jsin the
clientdirectory with the following contents:*
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- Create
webpack.config.jsin the
clientdirectory with the following contents. This is the default config used by webpack.
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- Finally, create
webpack.production.config.jsin the
clientdirectory with the following contents. This is mainly used for creating a production ready distributable bundle. It is invoked with a
-poption at the command line to trigger automatic minification.
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Create a directory called
src/jsin the
In the
src/jsdirectory, create a file called
app.js. This is the entry file for webpack. Entry file is the file webpack uses to workout all the other dependencies that it needs to bundle up in the final distributable file.
app.jsfile should have the following contents. This is the entry point for the app. Here it's rendering the react app in a dom node with the id
react-app. Make sure a dom node with the same id exists in the layout file of your rails app, otherwise, react will have no place to mount the app.
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- One last thing, create the following directory, src/js/components and in there create a root react component called App.react.js with the following contents. As you can see, the
Appis written in ES6 classes and takes advantage of the modular dependency provided by ES6 out of the box.
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- Open a terminal window and navigate to the client directory that we created above.
- Run
npm run build. This will create a bundle.js (development version) and to
- Make sure to refer to it from the layout file. I added it to the
config/initializers/assets.rbas a precompiled file:
Added it at the bottom of the layout file with a script tag to ensure the DOM node that react app depends upon is there before react's mounting kicks in.
Opened the rails root page in a browser to check the react app is being mounted correctly and
React App(the contents of the App.react.js component) is being rendered on the page.
Phew, further investigation things!
- Firstly, you will see there is an error in the dev tools. The app still works fine. This means the at the time of the mount react didn't find the DOM node which seems bizzare because it works fine. I noticed removing the line of code that brings in
application.jsin your rails layout file fixes this issue.
- You will also notice a lot of sock.js errors in the dev tools. This is because the in the webpack development config we've set it up to communicate with the local webpack dev server and update any changes to the app via websocket. I haven't quite worked out how the webpack-dev-server communication with this will work, so ignore those for now, or just build the bundle.js using webpack production config.
And, that's it!
Update: 06 December 2015
The following error
is my fault. In my
app/assets/javascripts/application.js, I had the line to include the bundle.js file and since this file is brought into the layout in the head section - when the DOM node that react app needs is not ready - it throws an error. We use
bundle.js as a precompiled asset, so we don't need to bring it in as part of
appication.js. There's an easy fix in Sprockets for it. If you would like to ignore a file in your directory you use the
stub call. So, my
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Are we now in a market where buyers looking for a home are competing more than ever before with buyers looking for an investment? I am also curious if investor buyers are more frequently paying cash in today's market than what we are used to. Let me know your thoughts on my blog or on Facebook (http://on.fb.me/jOieJB)
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America's Best Affordable Places, 2011
Yahoo! Real Estate | May 27, 2011
As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for. Unfortunately in real estate, value is a trade-off. Someone in Manhattan is willing to pay $2,200 per month to rent a studio apartment so as to be near jobs and cultural amenities, sacrificing square footage. For someone in Las Vegas, where housing is inexpensive—the city's median home value is about $115,000, according to real estate site Zillow.com—and the labor market is tough, the reverse is true. What if you could have both proximity to work and quality of life at an affordable cost?
Home Prices in U.S. Probably Kept Falling as Housing Absent From Recovery
Bloomberg | May 30, 2011
U.S. home prices probably slumped in March by the most in 16 months, indicating residential real estate will keep weighing on the expansion, economists said before a report today.
More than 500 Cities see more homes become rentals
USA Today | May 30, 2011
Nationally, 34.9% of occupied homes were rented in 2010 compared with 33.8% in 2000, according to Census data. (In Spokane, we were parallel with the national average increase as we saw an increase of 1.2%. Check out the list to see if your city is on there. ~Anthony)
April pending home sales down 26.5% from year earlier
HousingWire | May 27, 2011
Pending home sales fell substantially in April with unusual weather and continued economic softness hindering a recovery in the housing market, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Real estate market anticipates 25% rise in hotels transactions
Business Day | May 31, 2011
The property market in the past six to 12 months has seen increased activities in its commercial segment with a significant rise in capital investment hovering between 10 and 20 percent. Investors, especially institutional ones, see rising demand and high yield on investment in this segment contrary to the residential segment where demand is relatively low at the upper end of the market.
Home Loans: A Call to ARMs?
Wall Street Journal | May 28, 2011
One of the signature loans of the housing boom—the adjustable-rate mortgage—is looking more attractive than it has in years. For some buyers, it may be an even better deal than a fixed-rate mortgage.
Foreclosure Activity Tumbled in April
Wall Street Journal | May 28, 2011
Banks initiated fewer foreclosures in April than in any month since late 2008, even though the number of loans in foreclosure remains near records, offering the latest evidence that banks are struggling to repair hobbled foreclosure processes.
Report: Investment Buyers Strengthen Foreclosed Home Sales
DSNews | May 27, 2011
While home sales have slowed from the typical pace seen at the start of the spring buying season, the foreclosure market is performing better than the market for all other homes, according to the RPX Housing Market Report from Radar Logic Incorporated, a real estate data and analytics company based in New York.
From the National Association of Realtors®:
Investors to Dominate Market for Next 2 Years
Real estate investors are expected to outnumber the typical home buyer three to one for the next 24 months, and investors say they're ready to compete against first-time home buyers for the best property deals, according to a new study by Move Inc.
Buyers Better Hurry: Rates Reach New Lows
The purchasing power for home buyers got even better this week. For the sixth straight week, fixed mortgage rates inched down, reaching new lows for the year.
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