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[berkman] Donnie Dong on separate Internets
Donnie Dong (Hao Dong), a Berkman Fellow, is giving a Berkman Tuesday lunchtime talk.
NOTE: Live-blogging. Getting things wrong. Missing points. Omitting key information. Introducing artificial choppiness. Over-emphasizing small matters. Paraphrasing badly. Not running a spellpchecker. Mangling other people's ideas and words. You are warned, people.
Donnie begins by asking us to play "spot the difference": Google's homepage on March 14 (3.14 — the Google pi logo) and Google.cn (Google's Chinese home page) on that day. Besides not having the pi logo, the link to gmail is missing on China.cn, there's no sign-in link, therte's a link to tianya.cn, and the Chinese version has an official government ICP license number.
Tiany.cn is a massively popular social network. At the hot topics in the forums, there can be millions visitors and millions replies. (Donnie shows one topic that has over 4 million replies, and it was only posted in February of this year.) There are hundreds of boards and board masters, organizationally structured in a way similar to the Chinese government: A secretary general, branching powers, judges, appeals judges, etc. The structure works well. The rules say that no posts can be deleted or edited, so people consider carefully what they are writing. You can petition for a change to any edits made by the board master, but that's embedded in an administrative bureaucracy. This is "decentralization under a super power," he says.
QQ.com is an instant messenger app with over 1.4 billion accounts. It offers many kinds of services, all based on IM. It is a closed system with an open API.
Douban.com is a Web 2.0 site. ("Douban" is a Chinese dish.) Douban provides links to media (books, DVDs), etc., and enables its 36M people to comment, review, and discuss them. Everything posted at Douban is public. "Douban has a lot of Habermas' public sphere." But, Donnie adds, it strongly supports censorship.
Donnie points to common features of Chinese Web sites. First, they accept Web 2.0 ideas, but make user-generated contents controllable. Second, they only comply with Chinese culture. Third, they provide integrated services, not an open API. Fourth, they are driven by instant messaging, with a bulletin board management style. The Chinese Internet is not driven by email but by IM.
Google has never made money in China, Donnie says.
Donnie points out the "music" link on the Google.cn page. Google.cn actually is provided by t0p100.cn [I may not have transcribed accurately]. You can download legal music there. But at mp3.Baidu.com you can search the Internet and download what you find. Baidu has been sued, but it's been defended by the safe harbor laws. Google has been copying Baidu, but not very successfully, Donnie says.
Until 2005, the Chinese control over the Net was accomplished mainly by technical control. From 2003-9, there was more and more legal enforcement. In 2010, there is a legislative rebooting. There is now a jungle of licenses: domains, commercial websites, webcast website, news website, online games…
The switch from tech to law has increased certainty because the authorities have explained why sites are being shut down. It has also caused important discussions to occur. But, the law is immature and thus enforcement is somewhat arbitrary. And the "clouds of licensing systems" are still difficult to navigate. But, these are temporary.
Hillary Clinton said there is a single Internet, says Donnie. "I do not think it is really true from the cultural, legal, and linguistic aspects." Tim Wu, in Who Controls the Internet, says that the Internet is splitting, and there are under-appreciated advantages of this. "I agree," says Donnie. Can we get along with each other in this world if the Net splits? "I think we can," he says, because the Net consists of autonomous systems connected without hierarchy. We have to look at the Internet as pluralist, he says.
What we should really care about, he says, is that those with wealth, who have more access to the Net, do not replicate the economic/social divide on the Internet. [This is based on a brief conversation with Donnie afterwards.]
Q: The Chinese language itself is a barrier, in both directions, but not with Taiwan. Are the sites accessible?
A: Most of the Taiwanese Web sites are accessible in China, including the official government sites. Some sites that advocate Taiwan's continuing autonomy are not accessible.
Q: What will be the effect of the announcement that access to the Internet is a basic human right?
A: The BBC had a survey that showed that 80% of people believe that, and that news was published all over the Chinese Web sites without problem. The problem is the law from the 1990s. I believe they will be changed sooner or later.
Q: To what extent does the system of govt bureaucracy account for the siloed nature of their services?
A: I think those structures were based on the notion that the Internet is just like other public media, such as TV.
Q: How does the censorship look from the inside?
A: As Rebecca MacKinnon said, most of the citizens don't feel the censorship. There's so much information available, so much news, so many services, so many forums. And if you really want to get some information, you can find a way to. And if you really want to express something, you can. The filtering mechanism can't work perfectly, and their are many examples of this.
Q: What's wrong with the system?
A: Because it reflects the old mass media, not on the Internet's nature. It's old logic. If we can reform the law so that it fits the Internet better, the question will be less urgent.
Q: You're optimistic about the future of the split Internet. But there should be a common denominator wherever you go. A core function of the Net is to foster the circulation of info. What about the Chinese attitude toward copyright protection?
A: You can compare the systems of censorship and copyright protection. In China, there is a great deal of "freedom" (in quotes) in using copyrighted materials, even though China's copyright laws are pretty much the same as everyone's. The govt could do a campaign to fight piracy just as it does to fight pornography, and it could be very effective.
Q: It's normal that a medium would be adapted to local needs. But do you think there is something about the Net's design and essence that is core so that if it were changed, it's not the Internet?
A: I believe everyone in the world has universal rights that should be complied with. But I'm suggesting that the separated parts of the Net could have universal principles and universal protocols.
Q: What separates the Internets?
A: Infrastructurally, linguistically, culturally, legally. By infrastructure, I mean the physical base of the Net. The protocols are the same.
Q: Can you compare the Chinese Internet to other linguistically isolated cultures? E.g., Would you say that Japan has a different Internet as well?
A: The term "pluralism" itself has many layers.
Q: What's the effect on the ordinary Chinese citizen on Google's departure? A Nature poll says that Google is the first choice of scientists in China.
A: Google won't quit all of China. (This is just a guess, he says.) Resourceful users will be able to get to Google even after it departs.
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March 20, 2013
Connor Hellebuyck, Michael Matheson and Kevin Roy were unanimous All-Rookie team selections
Wakefield, Mass. - The Hockey East Association announced the six-member 2013 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team on Wednesday afternoon. The first-year players will be honored alongside several award winners at Thursday's annual championship awards night at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass.
The All-Rookie team was highlighted by three unanimous selections, including: UMass-Lowell goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (Commerce, Mich.), Boston College defenseman Michael Matheson (Pointe-Claire, Que.) and Northeastern forward Kevin Roy (Lac-Beauport, Que.). They were joined on the team by Providence College netminder Jon Gillies (South Portland, Maine) and a pair Boston University players in defender Matt Grzelcyk (Charlestown, Mass.) and forward Danny O'Regan (Needham, Mass.).
Among the other individuals who will be honored at Thursday's banquet will be Providence College senior Tim Schaller (Merimack, N.H) as the Gladiator Hockey Best Defensive Forward. Schaller posted 20 points (6g,14a) skating in all 27 league games for the Friars with a +10 plus/minus rating. Vermont junior forward Chris McCarthy (Collegeville, Pa.) took home the Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award, given annually to the player who has consistently demonstrated superior conduct and sportsmanship on the ice. McCarthy notched only three penalties for six minutes in 27 league contests to go along with 25 points (12g,13a). Boston College senior Patrick Wey (Pittsburgh, Pa.) was tabbed as the Old Time Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman this season. He finished league play with a +8 plus/minus rating with nine points (1g,8a) in 26 games for the Eagles.
The Turfer Athletic Scoring Champion went to Boston College sophomore forward Johnny Gaudreau (Carneys Point, N.J.) with 36 points (12g,24a) and freshman Connor Hellebuyck won the Stop It Goaltending Champion Award posting a 1.38 GAA, a .948 save percentage and a record of 11- 1-0 for the River Hawks. The Army ROTC Three Stars Award was awarded to New Hampshire's John Henrion (Holden, Mass.) and Maine's Martin Ouellette (St.-Hippolyte, Que.). Henrion was named a Star of the Game eight times and No. 1 Star in five games, while Ouellette was tabbed on 11 occasions and was named No. 1 Star twice this season. New Hampshire will also receive the Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award for the fourth year in a row. The Wildcats were the lowest penalized team in the league averaging 9.5 minutes per game.
The Hockey East Association is a 10-team Division I college men's hockey conference founded in 1984 and an eightteam Division I women's league which began play in 2002-03. The men's league has won eight NCAA championships in the past 20 years. Since 1999, Hockey East has won six NCAA Championships and have placed 20 teams in the Frozen Four, along with 53 teams in the NCAA Tournament.
2013 Hockey East Pro-Ambitions All-Rookie Team
(top six point getters are selected, regardless of position)
Goalie: Jon Gillies
(South Portland, Maine)
Goalie: Connor Hellebuyck
UMass Lowell
(Commerce, Mich.)
(unanimous choice)
Defense: Matt Grzelcyk
Boston University
(Charlestown, Mass.)
Defense: Michael Matheson
Boston College
(Pointe-Claire, Que.)
(unanimous choice)
Forward: Danny O'Regan
Boston University
(Needham, Mass.)
Forward: Kevin Roy
( Lac-Beauport, Que.)
(unanimous choice)
2013 Hockey East Award Winners

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Marlin Nabors & Jonathan Knight
Jonathan and Marlin first met at a coffee shop in Indianapolis in 2004. From the beginning, they balanced each other out. Marlin is from Flint, Michigan, and worked at a college in the city; Jonathan is from rural Indiana and worked at an organic dairy farm. Marlin was fascinated by Jonathan's quiet intellect; Jonathan thought Marlin was sophisticated and outgoing.
Six months later, a college in Boston offered Marlin a job in student housing. He and Jonathan decided to take the plunge, and moved to Boston in 2005. Jonathan found a job in financial administration at Harvard. They married in 2006, and bought their first home in Hyde Park in 2008.
But the federal government penalizes them for their marriage by making them file separate taxes and pay more than other couples. Since they married in 2006, they have paid thousands of dollars more in taxes than if they had been able to file jointly.
"For us, as a married couple just starting out, it's a lot of money," says Jonathan. "We just bought our first home and are working to fix it up. I do a lot of the work myself, and my dad even came from Ohio to help me install new appliances. But every penny counts."
They have a solid foundation for their future together: the support of their families, friends, and community; good jobs; and a home. Marlin is now associate dean of students at Southern New Hampshire University. Jonathan recently received his B.A. in Extension Studies from Harvard University.
"We want to plan for a future in which we aren't discriminated against just for being a married couple," says Marlin. "We think our country can do better than having a system of first- and second-class marriages."
As they grow in their careers Jonathan and Marlin know that their finances will change. As a couple whose marriage is treated equally by the federal government, they may pay more in taxes. It's a price they're willing to pay—for equality and for the safety net the federal government provides for spouses.


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6 Early-Season Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Adds
The season hasn't even started yet, and we're already talking waivers? You bet your bottom, Billy Bob! It's never too early to peruse the wire and find a couple of goodies to please the palate.
In reality, you're probably not going to want to add any of these guys right now. If you're looking to fill the hole of a guy on the disabled list (Coco Crisp, nooooooo), then now might be the time. But, for the most part, the guys you drafted were drafted for a reason.
These guys are more the ones you want to keep an eye on as opening day rolls around. If they get off to a decent start, then you'll want to deploy the troops and get these puppies on your team. Let's get to it!
Matt Shoemaker, SP, Los Angeles Angels
Remember how I said you might not want to add any of these guys just yet? It is your civic responsibility as a living, breathing, fantasy-loving human of this earth to add Matt Shoemaker this instant. I realize he's already owned in 41.4 percent of ESPN leagues, which makes him very borderline eligible here, but it's so not cool that he's even that widely available.
In 121.1 innings as a starter last year, Shoemaker had a 2.89 ERA and 2.88 FIP while striking out 8.16 and walking 1.56 per nine. Those are crazy good numbers that are largely sustainable. His BABIP against should rise a bit and his strand percentage will come down, but even after that, an ERA in the 3.40-range is more than realistic.
When you look at the end of your bench for pitchers, what do you see? If you see older guys with limited upside, no bueno. I'm cutting bait right now for the guy whose ceiling is 15 times higher. So what if Shoemaker doesn't work out the same as he did last year? Nary a soul that has spilled tears over a lost John Lackey.
Brandon McCarthy, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers
Brandon McCarthy was a freaking magician last year. Despite allowing an unsustainably, unfathomably high 16.3 home run to fly-ball ratio, he still posted an ERA of 4.05. When you can do that pitching at Chase Field and Yankee Stadium, you're doing something right. Now, he goes to Los Angeles. Time to buy.
McCarthy is more on the end of replacing an injured/ineffective player than Shoemaker, but he's certainly worth a look. Last year's 7.88 strikeouts and 1.49 walks per nine mean that he should have a high floor this year. He has also increased his ground-ball rate to 52.6 percent from 40.5 percent just three years ago. Basically, everything about the numbers he posted suggest that his success is legit.
McCarthy is also now on a team that is -- far and away -- numberFire's top-ranked team entering the season. If your league emphasizes wins and losses (mouth-vomit), the odds are slim he will duplicate last year's 10-15 record. He's basically the ideal waiver-wire add in that he's not going to blow your team up, and he adds plenty of reason for optimism.
Chase Headley, 3B, New York Yankees
I mentioned this last night on the numberFire Periscope chat, but I am really digging on Chase Headley this year. He was also a guy Dan Szymborski pointed out when comparing his ZiPS projections to average draft position as a guy that was grossly underrated. Yet he sits on waivers in almost two-thirds of all leagues.
Headley is the dream handcuff to Kris Bryant. You can either get him on waivers or in the final two rounds of your draft, and, while playing in Yankee Stadium, he could end up providing enough value to be a trade chip later on.
I know limiting sample size is gross, but Headley's performance in the second half of the season (aka once he left the Petco death trap) was notable. He hit .265/.367/402 with a .346 wOBA. Those are great numbers, especially in OBP roto leagues, for a player that is sitting on waivers just waiting to be snatched.
Mike Zunino, C, Seattle Mariners
In 2014, there were only six catchers who hit more than 20 home runs. One of them is currently only owned in 32.8 percent of ESPN fantasy leagues. That would be Mr. Mike Zunino.
If you're in a roto league and trying to perform well in either average or on-base percentage, you might want to stay away. If not, this guy would be a great injury replacement if you need one down the line.
The Mariners should see an increase in offense because Kendrys Morales is no longer their burden and the addition of Nelson Cruz brings some more pop. It's mostly the Kendrys thing, though. If there are more guys on base in front of Zunino, that will help his value, as well. I wouldn't recommend picking him up if you have a starting catcher because carrying two catchers is gross, but he's worth it if you need a plug early on.
Anthony Gose, OF, Detroit Tigers
If Anthony Gose starts getting plate appearances against left-handed pitchers, watch out. This guy is volume away from going nuts.
This seems like a constant discussion, but it's important to remember that fantasy value is not equivalent to real-world value. Anthony Gose, in his current form, is not a good hitter. He is not close to being so. But if Brad Ausmus is going to bat this son-of-a-gun leadoff, then I'm cool with adding him to my roster.
Gose once stole 76 bases in one season in low-A ball. When you put stolen base abilities like that in a player that is hitting in front of Ian Kinsler, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez, hot mama there's a fire in the kitchen. His on-base percentage could be below the Mendoza Line and he'd still have some value.
Again, this is a wait-and-see guy. If he is in the lineup every day and hitting leadoff, I'm all up on it. But if he's a full-out platoon and hitting eighth, I'm out for right now.
Dalton Pompey, OF, Toronto Blue Jays
Dalton Pompey is very much more a target if you're happy with the depth you have in your hitters. That's a situation where you can afford to take more risks, and Pompey is just that. However, he is a risk that has some serious upside.
While rising from high-A to triple-A ball last year, Pompey stole 43 bases in 500 plate appearances. If he can get on-base and record a decent number of plate appearances, he could provide value this year.
There are two legit knocks on Pompey. First, he isn't projected to hit the lights out. Second, he will most likely be batting low in the order. That's part of the risk associated with a guy like Pompey. That said, I'm not as worried about the first concern as I thought I'd be.
The chart below is the numberFire projections for three different hitters. These are just the rate stats for three dudes that are stolen base aficionados, two of which have average draft positions below 100. The other is Pompey.
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|Player C
Depending on what kind of league you're in, Player C is very comparable to Player A. Player A, in case you hadn't guessed is Billy Hamilton and his 54 ADP. Player B is Dee Gordon, who's going 84th on average. Pompey is owned in less than one-third of all leagues. This is as much an indictment on Hamilton's ADP as it is an endorsement of Pompey, but I'd still roster him once you can ensure he'll get the volume.


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important menopause information
Think about these numbers.
Approximately 30% of people over the age of 65 fall every year. That number approaches 40% by age 70. 10-15% of all falls result in a serious injury or fracture. 94% of hip fractures are caused by falling. In an 8 year period from 2001-2008, 4 million adults over the age of 65 had an emergency room visit for a fracture. The risk certainly increases with age, and women fracture twice as often as men. Half of these fractures require hospitalization, which can lead to rehab, loss of mobility, and loss of INDEPENDENCE. We fear losing our independence more than anything as we age!
So, what are the risk factors for falling? The number one risk factor is lack of muscle strength. This muscle weakness increases the risk of falling 4-5 times. A history of falling increases the risk 3 times. Other factors that increase the risk include balance issues, visual impairment (bifocals distort vision), arthritis, depression, cognitive impairment, age, and medications.
Other risk factors include Parkinson's disease, fear of falling, heart disease, orthostatic hypotension, urinary incontinence, depression, stroke, chronic pain, and a sedentary lifestyle.
Some of these factors are modifiable.
A particularly vulnerable time for older adults is post-hospitalization. When adults come home from the hospital, often in pain, maybe undernourished, and on multiple medications, the risk of falling is much increased. Over 40% fall within 6 months of discharge, with half causing severe injury. There are twice as many hip fractures in the month after a hospitalization.
Drugs that increase the risk of falling are benzodiazepines (Valium), antidepressants including SSRI's, sleeping pills, antihypertensives, and psychotropic drugs. Often when medication doses are changed, or other drugs are added, interactions can cause side effects such as dizziness.
Decreased mobility caused by muscle weakness, osteoporosis, and medical problems such as obesity and diabetes can all lead to falls and fractures. Fractures must be taken seriously and some can be prevented. Fractures lead to loss of quality and length of life. Pain, immobility, and disability lead to decreased quality of life. 20-24% of those who sustain a hip fracture die within one year of the fracture! 40% of those who sustain a hip fracture are unable to walk independently, and 60% will still need assistance one year later. 33% of those who fracture will end up in a nursing home or be unable to ever live independently again.
90% of older adults rank staying in their homes and living independently as their number one concern. Preventing fractures is a significant intervention that can help to achieve this goal.
Physicians should be asking their patients about falling: the frequency, circumstances, loss of consciousness, and factors which led up to the fall. Appropriate studies should be done and interventions can be made to decrease risk.
So what can we do as patients to prevent falls and fractures? Modify your home environment by eliminating throw rugs, wires, and objects that clutter. Use more lighting, especially night lights to show the path to the bathroom. Install rails and bars to help stability with movement. Avoid ladders and put items at arm's length. Minimize or taper medications that have effects on balance and cognition. Exercise, participate in balance, strength and gait training. Tai Chi is very effective. Treat visual impairment. Treat cardiac arrhythmias or other conditions that can cause fainting, including installing a pacemaker if needed. Take Vitamin D, to reach a serum level of 40 ng/ml. This may take 2,000-4,000 IU per day to achieve this goal Wear reasonable shoes, don't walk on ice, and be careful about curbs and uneven pavement. Schedule physical therapy for musculoskeletal problems that can lead to imbalance or difficulty walking. Decrease or avoid medications such as sedatives, sleeping pills, psychotropic drugs, antihistamines, drugs for overactive bladder, and decrease alcohol! Alcohol on top of multiple medications can cause serious interactions, dizziness, and loss of consciousness. The elderly should practice getting up off of the floor, so that if they fall, they can get up again.
It is so important that we do not look at fractures and falling as just part of getting older. There is much that we can do, and starting sooner that later can make a huge difference in how long we can live happily independent!!
Marilyn C. Jerome, M.D.
Crash, Snap: Falls Cause 'Osteoporosis-Related" Fractures. What Can a Clinician Do?
NAMS Pre-meeting, October 11, 2017
Dr. Neil Brinkley, M.D.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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As the founder of a startup company, you should be able to determine when you will be profitable. But how can you do that before you even start?
The answer is you need to make some assumptions. In fact, you need to make many assumptions. It is very important to record all these assumptions because during the first few months of your company, you will have to create experiments that validate whether or not these assumptions are true.
So the first step in determining when you will be profitable is recording all your assumptions. See my earlier blog, What Assumptions Does an Entrepreneur Make, for a sample list of such assumptions.
The second step is to create a pro forma income statement based on those assumptions. If you are not familiar with what an income statement is, see my earlier blog, Seven Things an Income Statement Tells You.
The third and last step is to examine the row of the income statement labeled EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, and Amortization) from left to right looking for the first entry that is positive. If that entry is in the second column, then the answer is you will be profitable in the second year of your business. If it is in the third column, then the third year, and so on.
Most startups are not profitable in their first year. This is because of high starting expenses, as well as the inevitable high cost of goods sold associated with low volume sales. So, if your assumptions show you as profitable in year #1, you may want to rethink your assumptions. And if you are seeking investment capital, I can assure you that investors will look more favorably upon your enterprise if you show realistic numbers, not overly optimistic ones.
Dr. Al Davis has published 100+ articles in journals, conferences and trade press, and lectured 2,000+ times in 28 countries. He is the author of 6 books, including the latest, Will Your New Start Up Make Money? He is co-founder and CEO of Offtoa, Inc., an internet company that assists entrepreneurs in crafting their business strategies to optimize financial return for themselves and their investors. Formerly, he was founding member of the board of directors of Requisite, Inc., acquired by Rational Software Corporation in 1997, and subsequently acquired by IBM in 2003; co-founder, chairman and CEO of Omni-Vista, Inc.; and vice president at BTG, Inc., a Virginia-based company that went public in 1995, acquired by Titan in 2001, and subsequently acquired by L-3 Communications in 2003.
If you'd like to learn if your great business idea will make money, take a look at Will Your New Start Up Make Money? If you'd like to verify that your great business idea makes financial sense (and also as a tool to transform your assumptions into financial statements), sign up for www.offtoa.com.


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Today's post is written by Sharon Sleighter of Legacy Boxer Rescue. The topic is marketing your rescue. We look forward to your ideas in the comments section on how you market your rescue.
This topic includes:
1. Marketing
a. Key elements to a good website
b. Community events
c. Utilizing animal adoption websites
d. The importance of good photos/video
e. Local media
f. Social media networking (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
g. Newsletter management
h. Chat rooms/forums
i. Rescue logo paraphernalia (t-shirts, mugs, hats, etc.)
Sharon's Take:
Marketing is vital to any new rescue to be successful. You have an audience to reach, and events such as adoption events at local stores are not going to be enough. Fortunately, we have the power of the Internet at our disposal, and those groups that have learned how to best manage their online presence have also learned that it is their most valuable asset.
Many rescues' websites are still trapped in the 90's when the Internet was still just a novelty. It is no longer a novelty, but a serious marketing tool that I feel many groups are failing to take advantage of. When LBR formed, we didn't have a name yet, but we were already working on our website design. We were chomping at the bit to get our website built, so we came up with www.savetheboxers.com as a URL so we could begin building, with every intention of changing that URL once a name was decided on. We eventually decided on Legacy Boxer Rescue, but by then, only a few months later, "Save The Boxers" had already become our online presence, and it stuck. We own www.legacyboxerrescue.com, and it takes you to our site, but it's not who we are online and never will be. We use savetheboxers.com on all of our marketing materials because it's become so synonymous with who we are and what we do.
We viewed dozens of other humane websites and plucked ideas from a handful of them to build the layout. We worked for hours building the content on our breed, including asking for permissions to print copyrighted materials if needed. Our site is very dynamic and changes are made often to the content to keep it current.
Seek help when designing your website. We had a wonderful entrepreneur, and boxer lover, build ours in a way that while it appears to be a very technical set up, it's actually very easy to maintain by our volunteers. It is critical that your website contain accurate and up to date information. I cannot say that loudly enough. Information should be easily accessible and if you have a dog that's been on the site for more time than usual, make sure that the photos and bio information are updated periodically to better showcase that animal. Keeping your information current, informative and fun for online browsers will keep people coming back to your site.
All websites should include contact information for your group, and you need to commit people to respond to all correspondence within 24 hours of receipt. The number one complaint I hear from our Facebook fans across the country, in regards to other rescues, is that correspondence goes unanswered. Last summer I challenged our then 2,500 Facebook fans to "Do More" in their areas. To reach out to help homeless animals. This was the challenge:
What happened was an eye opener for me. Many tried to reach out to help. Most were unsuccessful that week because their inquiries to donate time, materials or to volunteer fostering animals went unanswered. I was perplexed, and it was about this time that Kyla and I started talking about this project. I hate to think of how many opportunities are missed for rescues in our country simply because the rescue couldn't be bothered to respond to offers of help. ALL inquiries should be responded to regardless of content. If you do not want the help they are offering, that's fine, but respond in kind.
Communication is vital.
Community events are awesome, especially for start up groups, they enable you to get your name out in front of your community. LBR attended every one we had the opportunity to attend in our first few years, it was a vital to our success as a group. However, as LBR's online presence has grown, our presence at many events we used to attend has actually gone down. We simply don't need the publicity these events bring in any longer, so we have more time to focus on our specific LBR events that grow larger and larger each passing year. But I know community events are vital, and LBR still does two monthly adoption events at our local Petco stores. We're just less likely to be seen at large, multi group events these days.
Pet adoption sites: LBR has a presence on every pet adoption website out there, and I encourage all groups to do likewise. We utilize the portal through RescueGroups.org to update many of them, and I highly encourage anyone starting a rescue to look into this awesome resource. We also maintain our toll free number and voicemail through RescueGroups.org which has enabled us to send, via email, pertinent voicemail messages to the proper committees for response, while also lowering our monthly costs for the number and voicemail. You can call our number to get an idea of how we're set up, and every time a voicemail is left on a particular option, that message is sent to the appropriate committee email address. Our toll free number is 1-877-5BOXERS. Petfinder.com is by far the largest of these sites, but we get lots of exposure from the others like "Adopt-A-Pet" as I see the email inquiries coming in daily. Again, make sure any inquiries from any avenue are responded to within 24 hours.
Good photos of your adoptable animals is crucial to that animals success at adoption. It makes me crazy to look at our site and see a shelter photo still listed on a dogs bio even a week after we have taken that dog into our care. Your foster homes needs to know how vital this is, and be willing and able to provide new photos of their fosters. LBR even has volunteers willing to go take new photos if a foster home doesn't have the ability to do so.
Obviously it's the same dog, he just looks so much more happy and friendly in the 2nd photo.
Try to take photos that capture the dogs personality. If they love toys, take pictures of them playing with them. If they have a wonderful breed characteristic, highlight that in their bio photos. Accentuate the positive and downplay the negative. Make your backgrounds colorful, this is as easy as a pool in the backdrop as shown above, a pretty flower garden or grabbing a colorful blanket to pose them on as shown with Drake below. Drake's white coloring on the red blanket was simply stunning.
Here's an example of a fun shot with toys for those toy motivated babies.
These are really very simple ideas to help you keep your website engaging and keep your foster animals in front of the public.
We also utilize www.OneTrueMedia.com to highlight our adoptable animals. You can have a free account or your rescue can purchase an upgraded account for about $5 per month so you have many tools to help you create wonderful montage videos of your adoptable pets. One True Media is simple to use and can add so much to your sight. We also use this resource to create "BIN" montages to place on our main page on the site to help solicit foster homes. Below are links to examples of how we use OTM.
Foster montage: http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=615e23345bfe4b8c4745b1&skin_id=1804&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
Volunteer appreciation: http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=c8e8ce9e4b3fdb38762dd3&skin_id=1804&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
Foster Dog montage: http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=ce08f3be386f107e794b23&skin_id=801&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
At some point, a story will cross your desk that is truly newsworthy. So keep note of news anchors you see locally covering animal stories. Those are the people you'll want to reach out to when that story crosses your desk. One thing I have found is that news people are facts people. If you don't have facts surrounding a story, they're less likely to pick it up. So conjecture on how an animal got to where he is isn't going to make the news. Feel good stories are preferable to sad ones as well.
Here's a link to a story that LBR was part of in 2010 (sorry, video has been removed).
Damsels' Journey was another boxer we made the news with twice. Once when she and the others were stolen from a local shelter, and second, when one of the three turned up months later. Below is the story and link to the pictures of Damsel.
Here's a link to Damsel's Journey's before and after pictures. Her story was wild. We had received word of several boxers that had been rescued from a puppy mill seizure that were with the SPCA in Dallas. We got them to safety by moving them to Sansom Park Shelter just before they were euthanized. Her picture at SP is in this album and her name was Journey. They were then stolen from the shelter. We looked and looked for them.
One day many months later, a skinny fawn girl with a prolapsed uterus was found wandering around at the SP police station and was taken to FWACC. We pulled that boxer and named her Damsel. Melaney would always compare the pictures of any fawn female BIN's to the pictures that we had from the stolen females from SP. She called me after she heard that I had taken this girl and had me send her pictures of her chest, toes and other shots. We were able to determine that Damsel was in fact the stolen boxer, Journey, thus her name became Damsel's Journey. The other females have never been found 🙁
That's just a couple of examples of stories that most news anchors will jump on.
And now, let's talk about something that is near and dear to my heart…SOCIAL MEDIA, namely Facebook from LBR's perspective.
In December 2009 I had the honor of being nominated, and chosen as a finalist, in Care2.com and Tom's of Maine's "Hero Next Door" contest. They offered the winner of the contest $2,500 for their charity and $2,500 for themselves. I went into this campaign thinking that $5,000 would really help LBR at that time, so vowed, if I won, that all of the money would go to LBR.
At the time, I had never posted on our small Facebook fan page, but I had a renewed interest as I thought, what a great way to solicit votes for this cause. We had 886 "fans" at the time. So, I started playing. I quickly learned that votes dropped and interest waned if that was the only thing we were posting about. So I started posting "Quotes of the Day" which featured animal quotes or quotes that were motivationally inspirational. I started posting fun pictures of our fosters, pictures of newly rescued animals and pictures of boxers as they were adopted, and even post stories of animals we lose in foster care. Our fans love our dogs like their own.
It sort of became an obsession for me. LOL! And I was obsessed with watching the fan numbers grow exponentially. At the end of February 2010, we have over 2,500 Facebook fans and a monster of a media site was born. J I ended up winning the "Hero Next Door" contest with over 6,600 votes.
My thought was "who knew"? Who knew social media could be so powerful? I now had a vested interest in building this side of things for LBR. In the following 12 months, our Facebook fans rolled over the 5,500 mark, and we gain approximately 5 new fans daily. More when we post something really good on there.
Facebook has become a Godsend to many animals that needed our care, or ones that are already in our care. Because we TRULY care about our fans, and I take the time from my day to comment on their photos they post, or answer questions they pose to us, they are committed to our cause.
One day in September 2010 we had a boxer come across our radar with a badly broken front leg, both bones were broken, so I knew he'd need an orthopedic surgeon. We had just paid to have Trey's femur repaired, and we were not financially able to take on another one so soon. So this is what I did.
I posted this photo on Facebook, with this plea:
Okay Fans, here's the deal, I have crunched the numbers after all the bills are paid, and our bank account is below the number I would normally put on a "financial pull freeze". We need to reserve funds for the 100+ already in our care.
We have Mums & Roses this weekend, so that is why we have not put a "pull freeze" in place already. But we also have to realize that this fundraiser has to support LBR through most of the rest of the year. We have some other fundraisers too, but they won't generate as much revenue as this one will, so we can't spend the money before it's earned.
This places LBR in a very bad position with this boy who will need orthopedic surgery very early next week. We have a foster. We just need the funds.
IF WE CAN RAISE $1,300.00 BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY, I WILL GET THIS BOY TO OUR VET, POST HASTE. But we have to have at least a portion of his surgery covered (it will be more than Trey's surgery because he has two broken bones that need pinned) before LBR can make that commitment.
I think I need to cry now. You can paypal donations to email@example.com.
In under 3 hours we had the money needed to rescue Elmo, in fact, he got his name from an LBR fans' boxer in the United Kingdom. Cheryl (in the UK) rallied the troops that day and was a huge support on Facebook, we thought it was only fitting that he be named after our beloved "UK Elmo". But it didn't stop there. The donations kept coming, even after letting the fans know we hit our goal, which was posted as soon as we hit it (be honest with your fans). Within 24 hours we had raised over $6,600.00 to help more boxers in need.
So that's the story of Elmo, the dog saved by LBR's Facebook fans.
Tips for a successful Facebook fan page.
- Post often and regularly.
- DO NOT ASK FOR SOMETHING in every post. Keep asking for donations to a minimum, that way when you really do need this resource, it will be there for you. If you're constantly asking for people to donate, you will lose fans.
- Invest the time to know your fans. You will know what I mean once your fan base takes off. Answer their questions and engage them. Every holiday I have the fans submit holiday themed pictures and for the month (major holidays) or weeks leading up to the holiday I use those submitted pictures as our "Profile Picture of the Day". It makes the fans feel connected.
- Poll them. There's a wealth of information out there at your fingertips, so if you have a health or behavioral issue, ask your fans, they may have a solution you had not thought of, and again, it makes them feel that they are actively helping your rescue. After all, that is what they want to do.
- Post helpful health and training tips for your specific breed, or for the species you're committed to.
- But most of all, have fun with it. I often thinks that's the one main thing that LBR has that makes us so different is the camaraderie within our volunteer base. Have some fun with social media, get your message out loud and clear. Now when we need something, I can assure you, our fans will come through for us. We recently needed stairs and kurunda style beds for one of our dogs that doesn't have the best knees in boxerdom. I posted Raina's wishlist with a cute picture of her, and lo and behold, within two hours fans committed to help and we got those donations covered by a fan out of state. We actually got two beds and two sets of stairs. One of our fans in Philadelphia sends us boxes of treats for our fosters on a quarterly basis.
So Facebook has been a very positive influence for LBR. I love it, and I encourage anyone that wants to know "how LBR does it" to watch our page for a few weeks. You can find us at www.facebook.com/legacyboxerrescue. We're certainly not the only successful Facebook rescue site, there are many, but we're doing something right, and I'd love for all rescues to have what we do in that regard. It's awesome!
Below is a direct quote posted by a fan on our site on April 2nd, and I cannot tell you how much I hear this. It's sad, but true. This person is not local to LBR, but wishes she was daily. LOL!
"We ALL LOVE LBR that is why you did great today at the rose event. You are hands down the best rescue ever. I have contacted other rescues near me and they don't even bother to reply anything, not sure how they think they can get Boxers adopted that way. Let me know about the "I support LBR TShirts" can't wait :)"
And that takes us into the topic of rescue logo paraphernalia. LBR has not had success in this area, but we're about to launch a t-shirt campaign to appease the thousands of Facebook fans. They have been the ones to request these to be sold, so we're taking the plunge.
The out of pocket expense to sell logo items is a bit intimidating for me, as I still have boxes of LBR keychains here that never seem to sell, and I was afraid that we'd see similar things with t-shirts, but with our Facebook presence, I think LBR is about to turn a very profitable corner in that regard. We have designed the following shirts for our fans/supporters and adopters, and now that we have money in the bank from the Roses for Rescue event, I'm about to dive into this head first. It's a little scary for us, but we feel we won't be stranded with a bunch of boxed up t-shirts in my garage. J I expect people all over the world will be ordering these, as I already have orders from England, New Zealand and Australia. Crazy.
As far as Newsletters are concerned, LBR utilizes "Constant Contact" which allows us to custom design newsletters and maintain email lists. People can sign up for our Newsletters from our website. We don't put out a regular newsletter at this time, but we use it to promote events, and send pleas for foster homes as needed (we limit the latter to 2-3 times per year). One day I hope to find someone to maintain a regular Newsletter of happenings at LBR, but right now that happens through Facebook as my time is limited.
LBR has also recently started utilizing a Blog. It's in its infancy still, but growing. We call it the Legacy Chronicles and the dogs are the bloggers, not us humans. J
With all that said, use the Internet to your advantage, you will be amazed at what it can do.


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Vegan Eggplant Fake-Un [CYOB]
1 Large Eggplant
2 Tablespoons Maple Grove Farms Sugar-Free Maple Syrup
2 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Low-Sodium Soy Sauce
2 Teaspoons Olive or Canola Oil
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Water
1 Tablespoon Smoked Paprika
1 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
Estimated Calories: 50 Per Serving (Makes 4 Servings)
Since I first launched Little Word Bites, I have been slowly building the "test kitchen," which my roommate jokingly calls my palace, with the generous help of friends and family. For Christmas, my cousin got me a screen-printed Little Word Bites apron, and my mother got me a new white plate set (that photographs much better than red and yellow plates). My best friend donated a lovely set of mason jars and decorative serving dishes, and my father has treated me to a series of wonderful, extremely dangerous kitchen tools.
Last year, he gave me my first adult knife set, which I hadn't had for more than ten minutes before I nearly took off the tip of my finger while mincing onions.
When I moved to Brooklyn, his house warming gift was a high-speed food processor, and to congratulate me on my job with Travel + Leisure, he took me to Williams & Sonoma to help me realize my dream of mandolin-sliced squash pastas and french-fry cut zucchini.
My first attempt at the mandolin was Eggplant Fake-Un – inspired by a delicious "Storybook Salad" from one of my favorite vegan bloggers, Nom Yourself. (Who has a cookbook coming out at the end of the month that I can't wait to get my hands on). It seemed like a fun, delicious way to try out my new OXO mandolin.
Eggplant Fake-Un is the vegan answer to cured pork belly bacon, and the raw answer to Morningstar Bacon Strips.
A Little Note: My recipe is not raw. Smoked paprika isn't raw, and my oven won't cook lower than 175 degrees. Also not raw. However, if you have a dehydrator, you can hold the paprika and prepare this dish raw with very few recipe revisions! Check out The Vedge for her version of this recipe, and tips for using a dehydrator to achieve eggplant-bacon-perfection.
To start, prepare your marinade. Whisk together all ingredients, except the eggplant, in a large, shallow bowl. Feel free to experiment with flavors and seasonings. Some people prefer using cumin, rather than cayenne, and some versions of this dish call for a pinch of black pepper. Tamari is a great substitute for soy, if you have that on hand.
Next, quarter your eggplant, and slide the sections through the mandolin making thin, 1/4-thick slices. (This sounds too thick, but as the moisture in the eggplant evaporates you will end up with paper thin slices, and you don't want your "bacon" to burn!)
A Little Note: Some people prefer to cut off the eggplant's rubbery skin, but I found it added to the "bacon" appearance of the eggplant once cooked. It contributes to the quintessential marble-effect we've all come to equate with America's favorite pork product.
As I'm sure you all know, mandolins are extremely sharp. The most sharp. The sharpest. And even when they come with a hand guard, like the OXO, it can still be a tricky and dangerous device. Go slow, be careful, and do NOT rush the slicing process. In typical LWB fashion, I was futzing with the hand guard when my eggplant got stuck in the blade. While trying to remove it, I nicked my finger.
While I know you, my lovely readers, are much less clumsy than I, I still encourage you to be very alert when using a mandolin. It's a miracle that I haven't lost any fingers since launching LWB, but I have the burn marks and various blade-scars to prove that the pursuit of the culinary arts is truly a practice, not perfection.
Once you've safely prepared your eggplant, lay the slices on a greased or sprayed pan, and pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees. Brush the marinade onto each slice, and then turn, repeating on the other side. If you can prepare this dish ahead of time, I prefer to let the eggplant sit in the marinade overnight. Simply brush the marinade on each individual slice and then store them in the fridge in a tupperware with the remaining marinade drizzled over the top, so that the flavors and color are deeply absorbed by the eggplant.
When each piece has been generously coated, you can still distribute the remaining marinade over the eggplant slices in the pan. Cook for an hour, and then turn the oven off and open the door. (This dish is ideal for cool fall nights, and not-so-good for sweltering, humid summer evenings – which is why I was thrilled to share it with you today, on the FIRST OF FALL). When the stove has cooled completely, repeat this process.
Each oven is different, and it's here that you'll need to figure out what works best for you and your culinary castle. After two hours in the oven and two, half-hour cooling periods, my Eggplant Fake-Un was crispy and complete!
This dish is extremely versatile. Serve the strips with a Fat Free Spinach and Kale dip as an entertaining appetizer, or chop it up for "Fake-Un Bits."
I turned mine into a deconstructed BLT salad, with an avocado sauce drizzle. For a filling lunch-to-go, put a tablespoon or two of guacamole into a half of a Trader Joe's Pocketfull of Fiber Wheat Pita (only 55 calories in half a pita and five fabulous grams of fiber) and add romaine, sliced cherry tomatoes, and strips of Eggplant Fake-Un. Add a kick by finishing your pita pocket with a drizzle of smoked barbecue sauce.
Serve it with a soft poached egg for breakfast, or use it as a vegan alternative to a Prosciutto Caprese Salad, like the one I had for lunch.
With the recipe for Eggplant Fake-Un in your recipe arsenal, you'll always have a filling, healthy answer to that peculiar craving that can sometimes surface when you walk into a restaurant at brunch, and the undeniable smell of smoky bacon of stirs a desire for a chewy, salty, satisfying bite.
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Following on from my first two posts (20-16 and 15-11), I am continuing the countdown of my top 20 popular Psychology books.
Here are the titles that have been included so far:
20. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ – Daniel Goleman (2005). Amazon.com star rating = 4.1/5
19. The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You – Elaine Aron (1997). Amazon.com star rating = 4.3/5
18. The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone-Especially Ourselves – Dan Ariely (2013). Amazon.com star rating = 4.4/5
17. The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live – and How You Can Change Them – Richard Davidson and Sharon Begley (2012). Amazon.com star rating = 4.4/5
16. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength – Roy Baumeister and John Tierney (2012). Amazon.com star rating = 4.4/5
15. Outliers: The Story of Success – Malcolm Gladwell (2011). Amazon.com star rating = 4.4/5
14. Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships – Eric Berne (1967). Amazon.com star rating = 4.4/5
13. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business – Charles Duhigg (2014). Amazon.com star rating = 4.5/5
12. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition – Robert Cialdini (2006). Amazon.com star rating = 4.5/5
11. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff… and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life – Richard Carlson (1996). Amazon.com star rating = 4.5/5
Please check out the first (20-16) and second (15-11) posts for more information about these above titles, why I think they are good, and who they would be recommended for.
Now onto numbers 10-6…
10. Reinventing your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior and Feel Great Again – Jeffrey Young and Janet Klosko (1994)
Amazon.com star rating = 4.5/5
Why it's good: Young is the father of Schema Therapy, which is an excellent model of psychotherapy that was developed to help treat clients with challenging problems that have failed to improve through more standard psychotherapy approaches, including CBT. 'Reinventing Your Life' helps individuals to identify and overcome 11 different lifetraps, including:
- Abandonment – "Everyone close to me leaves in the end!"
- Mistrust and abuse – "No one can be trusted – they only use and abuse!"
- Emotional deprivation – "No one will ever love me in the way that I need!"
- Social Exclusion – "I'm too different to everyone else and don't fit in anywhere!"
- Dependence – "I'll never be able to make it on my own!"
- Vulnerability – "Disaster can strike at any moment, and I won't be able to cope!"
- Defectiveness – "I'm broken, unloveable and worthless!"
- Failure – "I'm a failure and always will be!"
- Subjugation – "My needs are less important than others, so I put them first!"
- Unrelenting standards – "No matter what I do, it's never good enough!"
- Entitlement – "I should be able to get what I want when I want!"
Lifetraps are self-defeating ways of perceiving, feeling about and interacting with oneself, others and the world.
The three ways that we can keep lifetraps going is by surrendering and acting as if it were true, trying to escape from it by staying away from all situations that could test whether it is true or not, and counterattacking, or going to the other extreme.
Let's say I had the emotional deprivation lifetrap. If I were surrendering to it, I would choose friends or partners that do deprive me of things emotionally, and I wouldn't ask them for what I need. If I were escaping from it, I would entirely avoid close friendships or romantic relationships. If I were counterattacking, I would be emotionally demanding and test out my partners and friends to see if they will meet all of my needs all of the time. By acting in each of these ways, I only further confirm to myself that I'll never get the love that I need.
Once we develop an awareness of what our lifetraps are and when they are being triggered, we can then determine another way to respond to these situations that can potentially get our emotional needs met. For emotional deprivation, this would be seeking out partners and friends that are likely to be supportive and understanding and taking risks to be open, honest, and vulnerable by sharing what we feel and asking for what we need.
Read it if: You had a difficult upbringing, have tried CBT and haven't improved as much as you would like, or you would like to learn more about the different lifetraps, what they involve, and how you can successfully overcome them.
9. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment, and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love – Amir Levine and Rachel Heller (2012)
Amazon.com star rating = 4.6/5
Why it's good: Attachment styles, which are initially developed in the context of our relationship with our parents growing up, have a much bigger impact on how we are in intimate relationships than most people are aware of. This book offers easy to understand information on the three main attachment styles in adult relationships, with questionnaires to help you to identify if you have a mostly secure, anxious, or avoidant attachment style.
Being securely attached is ideal. It means that you enjoy being close and intimate with your partner when they are there and are happy to do your own thing when they are not. Relationships feel relatively natural to you, and you are more likely to have a happy, long-term relationship.
Being anxiously attached is tough. It means that you love being close with your partner, but find it quite difficult to be apart, often fearing that they don't care or that they will stop loving you or will be unfaithful towards you when they are not around. You have a tendency to become preoccupied with fears of abandonment, especially in times of high stress, and may inadvertently push your partners away by making them feel like they don't have enough independence or that you don't trust them enough.
Being avoidantly attached is also tricky. It means that you are likely to value independence and freedom a lot, and tend to feel smothered or trapped if you spend too much time with your partner. As a result, you will tend to push partners away, especially if they are demanding or needy, and not share enough of your own emotional needs or desires.
Levine and Heller identify the main traps that people with an anxious or an avoidant attachment style need to look out for when it comes to romantic relationships and offer specific strategies for how to become more secure over time.
Read it if: You have had similar difficulties in multiple romantic relationships, think that you may be avoidantly or anxiously attached, or are securely attached but are in a romantic relationship with someone who you feel may be avoidantly or anxiously attached.
8. The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT – Russ Harris and Steven Hayes (2008)
Amazon.com star rating = 4.6/5
Why it's good: Steven Hayes is known as the father of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Russ Harris is the big ACT guru in Australia. Harris has some books (including 'ACT Made Simple', 'The Confidence Gap' and 'The Reality Slap') that describe the six ACT components in easy to understand language with simple steps and exercises that can be applied in everyday life to help you to stop struggling and start living.
The six components of ACT that help us get out of the happiness trap are:
- Defusion: Letting go of unhelpful thoughts and changing focus o whatever is most important at the moment
- Acceptance or Expansion: Opening up to and making room for whatever we are feeling at any given moment without judging it or trying to change it.
- Contact with the present moment: Trying to keep our focus on what we are doing in the present moment in an open, accepting and curious way.
- The Observing self: Realising that there is a part of us that is more than our thoughts or feelings in any given moment; that is capable of taking a step back and observing what is going on rather than being caught up in the emotion or the thought that is being experienced.
- Values Clarification: Tuning into what is most important to us, deep down, that gives us a sense of purpose and direction in life and helps let us know if we are on the right track.
- Committed Action: Setting short, medium and long-term goals that are consistent with our values to help us get to where we would like to go in the future.
Read it if: You would like to learn more about the traps that you can fall into, the six components of ACT, and the simple experiential exercises and metaphors that can be utilised to help you to break free.
7. The Relationship Cure: A Five-Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships – John Gottman (2002)
Amazon.com star rating = 4.6/5
Why it's good: There isn't an author out there who has conducted more in-depth and scientific research on intimate relationships than John Gottman. Unlike a lot of his other books, which focus specifically on how to improve romantic relationships, 'The Relationship Cure' offers a 5-step guide to improving relationships with partners, friends, family members and co-workers. The five steps are:
1. Look at Your Bids for Connection: We need to analyse both how we bid for connections with others, and how we respond to other people's bids for connection. A bid is simply any form of expression, whether it be a verbal question, a visual look, or a physical gesture or touch that says "I want to connect with you!" A response to a bid can either be an encouraging sign that shows that you are also wanting to connect by turning towards them, or a discouraging sign that indicates that you do not wish to connect, either through turning away from them or turning against them. Over time, turning towards responses lead to even more bidding and responding and a stronger, closer relationship, whereas turning away and against both leads to less bidding, hurt or suppressed feelings, and the relationship breaks down.
2. Discover Your Brain's Emotional Command Systems: There are seven main areas in which people differ that can influence relationship needs. Once you have discovered if you (or the other person in the relationship) are low, moderate or high on each system (based on the questionnaire responses), it becomes easier to see how it affects the bidding process in the relationship. The systems are referred to as the:
- Commander-in-chief (dominance and control)
- Explorer (exploration and discovery)
- Sensualist (sexual gratification, procreation)
- Energy Czar (regulates need for energy, rest, relaxation)
- Jester (play, fun)
- Sentry (safety, vigilance)
- Nest-builder (affiliation, bonding, attachment)
3. Examine Your Emotional Heritage: People typically develop one of four emotional philosophy styles. These styles are learnt during childhood and can impact your style of bidding and ability to connect with others. They are:
- Emotion-dismissing ("You'll get over it!") = less bidding and turning away
- Emotion-disapproving ("Don't feel that way!") = less bidding and turning against
- Laissez-faire ("I understand how you feel.") = bidding may or may not increase
- Emotion-coaching ("I understand. Let me help you!") = more bidding, turning toward, with the added bonus of guidance being offered for how to cope.
Families that create emotion-coaching environments give their children a higher chance of having more successful relationships when older.
4. Sharpen Your Emotional Communication Skills: By learning Effective Communication Skills, which I have already gone through in a previous post, we are more likely to be able to say what we actually mean and feel without the other person becoming defensive, which can increase our chances of positive changes occurring and relationship satisfaction increasing.
5. Find Shared Meaning With Others: This can be done through sharing your dreams or visions with each other, or it can be about developing consistent rituals together that over time can lead to more shared experiences and a stronger emotional bond.
Read it if: You would like to improve the quality of any of your relationships and are wanting to explore more of why you perceive, feel and act the way that you do with bosses, work colleagues, clients, friends or family.
6. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change – Stephen Covey (1990)
Amazon.com star rating = 4.6/5
Why it's good: while this book may be considered more of a business book than a Psychology book, becoming more effective and productive is really the only option for people who want to get more out of their life without having to work harder or longer hours. If people are able to be effective, they can get more out of less, not feel like they are wasting any time, and still maintain an ideal work/life balance filled with leisure, socialising, quality relationships, personal growth and optimal health. Here are the habits:
Habit 1: Be proactive – Some people wait around and hope that what they want in life will be given to them. Others are reactive to whatever happens and worry about things that are out of their control. Proactive people are clear about what they want, and they take responsibility for the actions that they do. They focus on things that they can influence and change, rather than putting effort into things that they cannot control.
Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind – It doesn't matter how far up a ladder you climb or how fast you get there if it is leaning on the wrong wall. So take time to reflect and dream, be imaginative, and visualise who you would like to be and what you really want. Then determine how each moment or task can take you in your desired direction towards your eventual destination, and be proactive in making it happen.
Habit 3: Put first things first – To ensure a right balance with things, we need to be able to prioritise between things that are essential, things that could be useful or fun, but aren't crucial, and things that we don't want in our lives. It is then necessary to organise and manage time according to these priorities so that more of our time is spent towards things that we define as having the most worth. By doing this, we won't over-extend ourselves or burn out.
Habit 4: Think win-win – Thinking in a win-win way involves having integrity, maturity and an abundance mentality. It is about approaching scenarios in a co-operative rather than a competitive way, and looking for strategies and solutions that can be mutually satisfying and beneficial for all parties involved. It is about being courageous and considerate, empathetic and confident, and realising that we will probably get further ahead in life by working together rather than against everyone else.
Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood – This is the opposite of what most people do, but it is a vital communication skill to have. We need to try to see and understand things from the other person's perspective first, not from ours. Use the active listening skills of clarification, paraphrasing, reflecting and summarising to show that you understand, and then say what you would like to say.
Habit 6: Synergize – Work with others in a collaborative, co-operative and open-minded way if you are interested in challenging yourself and growing. Two heads are thought to be better than one, as long as it is an accepting, non-judgmental environment, as each person is able to bring to the table their own personal experiences, ideas and expertise. Especially if you have different strengths and weaknesses, you are more likely to identify your blind spots, develop greater insights and discoveries, and obtain better results than either individual could produce by themselves.
Habit 7: Sharpen the saw – If you are trying to cut down a tree with a blunt saw, what should you do? Keep cutting, or sharpen the saw? We can think of ourselves in this way too, and realise that we need to prioritise self-renewal in four areas of our life if we want to be consistently productive:
- Physical: Healthy eating, moderate exercise and adequate rest
- Social/Emotional: Socialising and connecting with others, time for reflection and relaxation
- Mental: Learning new things, gaining knowledge through reading or watching exciting things, expressing self through writing and teaching others
- Spiritual: Spending time in nature, being creative, music, art, prayer, mindfulness meditation and helping others
Read it if: You'd like to become more effective in your work, at home or in your personal life.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
December Daily update
phew.....I would have never have guessed that it would be this hard to find time to update during the month of December......Its almost the big day and here is what I have done since the last post.
The 14th & 15th - We had family movie night and watched Elf. The 15th has journaling, but it is hard to read in the photo.
The 16th - Pat and I went to another Christmas party. It was at Charley's Crab and I got a $75 gift card from his other boss...
The 17th - Ah....this picture turned out bad....it is a picture of a pile of shopping reciepts from the days take.
The 18th - Is pictures of my presents that I got from my work exchange....
The 19th - Is journaling from our busy day of more Christmas shopping, dinner at olive garden, and then a movie (Princess and the Frog)
The 20th - We went to the Lions game and the 21st we did not have anything really to note so I used that day to hold the ticket stubs.
The 22nd - I caught this sweet pic of jake in the backseat while I was driving....So it is not the best quality but it is a priceless shot. He is reading the instructions on how to use his new toy from aunt claudia.
Have a great day and holiday! Hailey
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
December daily update
hello everyone one.....here is my next installment of the December Daily....even up to yesterday if you can believe it. The picture lighting is not the best but hey at least I took them! Ok so mostly the pages do not have any extra embellishments for the time being. I only have added journaling. I plan to go back and spruce up the pages over Christmas break.....
So here they are.......
Have a great day, Hailey
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Monday, December 14, 2009
busy time of year
Hello Everyone,
I love this busy fun time of year.....I will be busy printing pictures and updating my book tonight....But here is the low down for the past couple of days......
Thursday....mani and pedi for the big Christmas party
Friday....big Christmas party at the Townsend
Saturday....the bad santa party at Pat's house
Sunday....Made peppermint bark in the morning for the cookie exchange....Except the roads were bad so I did not get to go...Looks like I have a bunch of random gifts now.....
have a great day, Hailey
I love this busy fun time of year.....I will be busy printing pictures and updating my book tonight....But here is the low down for the past couple of days......
Thursday....mani and pedi for the big Christmas party
Friday....big Christmas party at the Townsend
Saturday....the bad santa party at Pat's house
Sunday....Made peppermint bark in the morning for the cookie exchange....Except the roads were bad so I did not get to go...Looks like I have a bunch of random gifts now.....
have a great day, Hailey
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
dec 6th, 7th, 8th
hello everyone,
here are my pages for december 6th, 7th, and 8th.....
for the 6th I only have journaling. We went to barnes and noble for family night.
for the 7th Emma made her christmas list
have a great day, Hailey
and for the 8th Jacob made his christmas list.
Today we made a gingerbread house.....stay tuned for those pics.....
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Pics Dec 1st-5th
Hi everyone....still sick but managed to get all of my electronics to play nice together and I was able to upload all of my pics. I am going to put my ticket stubs on Dec 6th.
Any Questions?
Lee Ann, email me your address and I will get some goodies out in the mail for you or I can drop them at the store on Sunday!
Have a great day, Hailey
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I have been laid out most of the weekend with quick trips out Saturday to get a little shopping done and then Sunday to pick out a tree....stay tuned for more updates tonight! Unless I still fell like blecht.....
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Dec 1st -3rd
Ok So below are my details for December 1st - 3rd
December 1st - Elf on the Shelf is waiting in the clean clothes basket at the bottom of the stairs and the kids are sitting on the stairs looking at him
December 2nd - Opening my new computer
December 3rd - A Delicious peppermint mocha and peppermint brownie from starbucks.......a little indulgence.
In store for today a trip to the Pistons game tonight with some friends.
Have a great day, Hailey
December 1st - Elf on the Shelf is waiting in the clean clothes basket at the bottom of the stairs and the kids are sitting on the stairs looking at him
December 2nd - Opening my new computer
December 3rd - A Delicious peppermint mocha and peppermint brownie from starbucks.......a little indulgence.
In store for today a trip to the Pistons game tonight with some friends.
Have a great day, Hailey
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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Pictures posted
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to let you know that the December Daily Album pictures are posted to my flickr account and you can click the link to view them here . If you have any questions leave me a comment or shoot me an email. I should have a new home computer set up by tomorrow.
Have a great day, Hailey
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
computer update
ok so it looks like I will be without a home computer for a few more days. I thought I was all set for my new computer and I need to wait for a custom one to be built. so how about a give a way for all the hassle! Post a comment and I will randomly pick a name for some great prizes from the prize drawer! Since it is December.....prizes just might have a winter'y theme!
PS - I will draw a name Thursday night! So comment away!
Have a great day, Hailey
PS - I will draw a name Thursday night! So comment away!
Have a great day, Hailey
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Yeah! It's December 1st
Hi everyone, I am happy to say that I have all the album pictures taken and even the pictures for December 1st. However I am not happy to report that my home computer is now officially dead. Which means the new wireless router I bought yesterday to fix my ability to connect to the internet was not the problem. So now I am in the market for a new home computer. I will be trying to do my uploads at work today....
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Almost December Daily
almost December! Hi everyone.....I hope you all had fun in class yesterday. I am working on pictures of the base album and will have them all loaded to flickr by tonight...the link is in my sidebar. Most likely by 9pm after the kiddos are in bed! Then starting on Dec 2nd(about the same time) I am planing to post the completed page from Dec 1st. If you have any questions please email me at email@example.com
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
wow.....what a busy time of year
seriously hello Nov 24th. where has the month gone. I have been busy gathering supplies for my Dec Daily album class this Sunday. i think there might be 2 lucky spots still available. We have been scraping together supplies since Mistletoe is no longer available from Making Memories. It has been challenging but I think we've got everything (as long as my box of word fetti arrives on time)
Anyway here are some pictures for the Nov BGPOTM. Which is also on Sunday.
Anyway here are some pictures for the Nov BGPOTM. Which is also on Sunday.
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Weekend With Donna
Hi Everyone,
Donna Downey was in town this weekend teaching workshops at Scrappy Chic. After work on Saturday I got to hang with Donna Downey. It was awesome I learned soooooo many tricks and techniques. We even took her friend to get her nose pierced between classes. It was very cool. Here are a couple pics from the weekend.
PS - We are also getting together a group to caravan to the Inspired Artist Workshop next spring. So if you are registered or are going to let me know so I can add you to the list.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
from back in the day
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Happy Belated Halloween
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Project Sheets and 2010 Classes
Warning very wordy post!
Ok so time to start planning......I am working on the idea of creating some class sheets. Which will work the following way. I create a gorgeous project from simple to extravagant. You either sign up to take the class which includes the materials and live instruction from moi. Or after the class you can purchase the project sheet, which are the color instructions for the project. Also, some items will just be project sheets only like a fabulous explosion box I am working on. This way you can purchase the project sheet and have the flexibility of using your own supplies or purchasing different supplies instead of what I used.
Sound great? The project sheet for the cookbook and fragment mirror will be available first. Hopefully by next week once I work out the details.
Now for 2010 classes.....Last year (because I did not want to take the time to plan out an entire series of classes) I taught the BGPOTM Class. Which the layouts were good, however there were several issues that were out of my control...Like instruction/dimensional issues, use of obsolete tools, and providing different supplies than used in the layout.....So this year I am thinking of something fun and out of the box...The take out box.....Ha ha....I want to still teach a montly class or like club or clique or group whatever. But I want the student to be able to pick any topic or theme so I have a few ideas but what are yours?
Leave me a comment and let me know what you want for next year......
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Labels: fragment mirror, fragments, hailey mann, scrappy chic livonia
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
BGPOTM Thursday Oct 15th
Hi everyone,
Here is the sketch for the BGPOTM for OCT. It is hard to read the journaling. The theme is I am unique.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
25 days leading to Christmas
December Daily inspired by Ali Edwards . Because I am going to teach this as a class I had to use items that were current and available even though I would much prefer to use little bits that are found. However I am still very happy with how the base turned out and I can add my little pieces as I complete each day.
Here are a few peeks of the album. If you want a kit they will not be available until after I teach the class at Scrappy Chic. I will also be doing daily updates with journaling and pictures during December if you are taking the class or if you just want to check back and see how my album shapes up!
Have a great day, Hailey
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Christmas projects and Cider Mill
the above are 2 things that are definite indicators that the year is clearly going by tooo fast. Here are a couple of sneaks for some upcoming classes at Scrappy Chic in Livonia Mi.
Please don't mind the pictures....after midnight does not provide the best lighting!
There is a vintage-y Christmas banner, and an altered mirror with G45 paper and goodies.
Now for the cider mill....it was a perfect day in Michigan for the Cider Mill...a little cool, a little rainy, but perfect and no bees. It is also great to have a fun boyfriend who will play king of the castle and then jump all the way down...Mom would never do that...he he he...
Have a great day, Hailey
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Labels: altered mirror, christmas banner, fragment mirror, fragments, hailey mann, scrappy chic livonia
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
<3 my boyfriend album
ok so I wanted to make a cute mini album of why I heart my boyfriend. Here is the cover! 100% CosmoCricket....Mr Campy, Girl Friday, and the Boyfriend lines.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Sept BGPOTM
Here is the layout for the BG POTM for September. The Title of the Page is I believe in.
The theme is When I was a Kid.
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L-Theanine Review | Mood Enhancer and Weight Loss Supplement Ingredient
What Is L-Theanine?
L-Theanine is becoming one of the more popular ingredients for weight loss and mood enhancement. In recent years, it has become a trendy ingredient for fat burner supplement manufacturers to include as part of their formula.
So what is it exactly? Allow me to uncomplicate this matter by telling a short story. You've heard of coffee; you've heard of green tea. And I'm sure if you've ever considered quitting coffee, you have read or heard somewhere that green tea has a more calm caffeine presence (maybe not in those exact words, but you've heard a similar pitch).
Allow me to uncomplicate this matter by telling a short story. You've heard of coffee; you've heard of green tea. And I'm sure if you've ever considered quitting coffee, you have read or heard somewhere that green tea has a more calm caffeine presence (maybe not in those exact words, but you've heard a similar pitch).
But how could such a thing be true? Caffeine is caffeine, correct? Both green tea and coffee must certainly not exist in differing worlds of chemistry. This is true: they both do share the same chemical presence of caffeine. The question now is, why does green tea get the pass as the "better caffeine?"
The answer is L-Theanine. Yes, I know, you feel more confused than before you started reading. Well, hang on, I am about to drop some logic up in here.
L-Theanine is an amino acid. It is also considered a nootropic. It occurs naturally in teas made from Camellia sinensis leaves. These teas include green tea, oolong tea and black tea. So when you drink green tea, you get some L-Theanine by default. And that's what changes the tea's chemistry in contrast to the coffee's chemistry (yes, this is a rabbit hole).
L-Theanine is said to possibly act as an antioxidant, meaning it fights evil free radicals that could cause cancer. But more importantly, L-Theanine is said to have a calming effect on people. And this, my friends, solves the mystery as to why people often say that green tea is a better caffeine than coffee. The L-Theanine helps to balance out the caffeine's sometimes edgy effect on people. Everyone metabolizes caffeine differently, so for some, the additional L-Theanine could work favorably.
So, How Does This Stuff Work?
The way in which L-Theanine may help people lose weight is more of an indirect journey. So allow me to start the engine so we can hit the road.
For some people, caffeine might be an intense experience. Caffeine could spike cortisol, a stress hormone that some people utilize for weight loss. But for others, that spike might cause a nasty case of anxiety. L-Theanine tends to lower cortisol. And when this lowering happens, some people experience less anxiety.
Anxiety fuels things like insomnia, irrational behavior, and overeating. If you aren't sleeping well and you are eating cookies to feel better about life, you aren't heading in the best direction in terms of health and weight loss. If L-Theanine, as proposed, lowers the cortisol spike and reduces the anxiety which causes the overeating, then L-Theanine is serving a purpose in fat burner supplement ingredients.
Pretty indirect, eh?
L-Theanine Side Effects. What, If Any?
Headaches and dizziness have been reported, but the honest truth is you don't hear much in the way of bad side-effects when it comes to L-Theanine. The FDA granted L-Theanine a GRAS status. This means it is generally recognized as safe, but not fully approved.
What Makes It Good?
- Many people report much lower stress.
- Increases focus when paired with caffeine.
- May help people not overeat.
What Makes It Bad?
- Not enough evidence supporting claims.
- Brand vary dramatically. Many users report high variance between different brands, so it is essential to read as many L-Theanine reviews as possible.
Final Thoughts.
I love L-Theanine. I find that it works great when paired with caffeine. It definitely increases my focus. It certainly adds an element of calmness without sedation.
But I'm not 100% sold that it's a great ingredient for fat burner supplements. I'd say it is rather hit or miss in that department. I'd encourage anyone who wants to try L-Theanine to talk to their Doctor. It might be a worthwhile addition to your general supplements.
Here's a guy who did seven days on L-Theanine
Source: L-Theanine Clinical Study


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Z Nation Season 3 DVD Boxset
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Creator: Karl Schaefer, Craig Engler
Leading Role: Kellita Smith, DJ Qualls, Michael Welch, Keith Allan, Anastasia Baranova, Russell Hodgkinson, Pisay Pao, Nat Zang, Tom Everett Scott, Harold Perrineau
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I enjoy reading parody of the Christian world.
It helps me 1) get a fresh perspective on what people outside of faith think about Christians, b) learn what language non-Christians are tired of hearing, c) confront the image we are sending a very observant community, and d) laugh at some of the stupid things we might say and do. Some of it can be biting, frightening or even horrifying … so caution is in order. I'm not saying this is for everyone, but it is certainly for me.
Here's a clip from this month's issue of the Onion, an article on someone's regret of being born-again.
Jesus must totally hate me.
I know that His yoke is easy and His burden light, but I can't help feeling that I'm a big part of that burden. After all, the New Testament was written a couple thousand years before any of the Apostles came across the likes of me. In my Bible reading, I don't recall Him ever saying, "Blessed are the boring, the losers, the wasters of space." I know my Scripture, and I know that Jesus never said anything about the dumbasses inheriting the earth. Yeah, there's only one set of footprints in the sand, and they belong to Jesus–bolting away from me at top speed.
Also there's an article on a Save-A-Child sponsor that withheld his monthly $18 contribution from his Zimbabwean child, Mtumbe Chigumbura, in order to teach him a lesson in responsibility.
Read at your own risk … also try Lark News or Sacred Sandwich if you want some Christians poking fun at themselves, too.