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By: Andrew Nason
Opening day is right around the corner, and while I may come off as a football only nut case, baseball has always been my first, true love. Here are my bold predictions for the 2017 season.
Division Champions
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Cleveland Indians
AL West: Seattle Mariners
Wildcards: Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers
NL East: Washington Nationals
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
Wildcards: San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
Wild Card Games: Blue Jays over Tigers, Giants over Cardinals
Divisional Round
AL: Red Sox over Blue Jays, Indians over Mariners
NL: Cubs over Giants, Dodgers over Nationals
World Series Matchup: Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox
World Series Champion: Chicago Cubs
Rookies of the Year
AL: Andrew Benintendi, OF, Boston Red Sox
NL: Dansby Swanson, SS, Atlanta Braves
These are easy picks, like picking Corey Seager last season. Benintendi is the number one prospect in all of baseball, showing flashes of All-Star level hitting in 34 games last season for the Sox, and Swanson was the number one pick just a few years ago out of Vanderbilt and has the looks of a franchise short stop. Both will get at bats, both will start and play the whole season (barring injuries), so both will have plenty of chances to put up great numbers, make defensive web gems, and help their teams win. Slam dunk picks.
Side note, prior to his injury which required Tommy John surgery, I had Cardinals young starting pitcher Alex Reyes as my pick for the NL.
Cy Young Awards
AL: Aaron Sanchez, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays
NL: Noah Syndergaard, RHP, New York Mets
Sorry, but I refuse to take the easy road and pick Clayton Kershaw. Instead, I'll take the hard throwing Thor. Syndergaard is coming off a 14-9 season which saw him strike out 208 while posting a 2.60 era. Matt Harvey has been to injury prone of late to be considered the Mets ace, and so now, in his 3rd full season, that honor falls to Syndergaard. I believe he is ready to step up for the Mets as the ace, and will have a breakout season.
The AL on the other hand is a tough call. There isn't one, two or even 3 guys who are clear cut contenders. Chris Sale is an obvious contender, as he has been every year lately. Corey Kluber and Justin Verlander have both won the award before, and are coming off great seasons. Reigning winner Rick Porcello stunned a lot of people last year, although aside for his win total, his stats weren't anything special. I don't like any of them for this year, and so I'm down to two Blue Jays starters, Aaron Sanchez and Marcus Stroman. Sanchez was spectacular last season, going 15-2 with a 3.00 era while Stroman, coming off a torn ACL in 2015, posted a 9-10 record with a 4.37 era, which was significantly lower in the final few months. I want to believe Stroman will return to his better form from 2014, and I think he will, but I will take the hot Sanchez for now, but I will likely want to change this pick very soon.
AL: Manny Machado, 3B, Baltimore Orioles
NL: Nolan Arenado, 3B, Colorado Rockies
These guys are both young, face of the franchise corner infielders who hit for both average and power, and both will likely be looking for new contracts at the end of the season. If that doesn't promise big numbers, then I don't know what will. Arenado Hit .294 with 41 home runs and 133 RBI's, while Machado posted a stat line of .294 with 37 dingers and 96 RBI's, all while hitting 2nd in the lineup most of the season. Both finished outside the top 3 in MVP voting in their respective leagues, possibly leaving the both of them with a chip on their shoulder. Look for these two studs to combine for 80 homers minimum this year.
Other Predictions
The Rockies will surprise people this season
The Rockies will get homerun slugging shortstop Trevor Story back from injury, and they also added Ian Desmond to play 1st base. Him, Story, my MVP pick Nolan Arenado, and 2nd basemen DJ LeMahieu form one of the top offensive infields in the majors. Carlos Gonzalez, Charlie Blackmon, and Gerado Parra form a powerful outfield with about 6 homeruns last season. This team will score runs no problem, taking pressure off of their pitching, which is their biggest weakness. Jon Gray looks like the number 1 for this squad, and should improve on his 10-10 2016 with a 4.61 era. If the pitching is average, the Rockies should scare a lot of people.
David Price will return from his spring training injury and return to his All-Star form
The Red Sox signed Price last offseason to be their ace for years to come. Fast forward one year and he might start the year as the number 3 starter, behind reigning Cy Young winner Rick Porcello and newly acquired big fish Chris Sale. I expect this basic demotion to light a fire under Price's feet, and he will pitch out of his mind to earn back the leagues respect.
Christian Yelich and Giancarlo Stanton will combine to hit 75 homeruns
This prediction implies two things…
Jason Heyward will figure it out at the plate
I thought signing Jason Heyward to the giant contract that they did was a huge mistake for the Cubs last season. Now they won the World Series, so I can't really knock the signing, but Heyward didn't exactly do much for them. He hit .230 with 7 homers and 49 RBI's, while stealing 11 bases. He hit .104 in the playoffs. That's the guy who signed an 8 year, 184-million-dollar contract coming into the season. The good news for the Cubs was they had Dexter Fowler, Ben Zobrist, and Kyle Schwarber to play the outfield while Javy Baez took 2nd base for Zobrist. Fowler is gone, so Heyward and the Cubs don't have a good backup to put out there instead of him, so he is going to have to produce, or be torn apart by the fans. He must hit to survive, and I believe he'll do just well enough.
Happy Opening Day Everyone. Go Sox
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At the close of trading on August 1st 2016, the five most valuable global companies were all US tech giants: Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook. If the digital revolution was about disruptors, you might look at the news as a sign that that scenario is over, and a new order had been established. And that would be good news for brands as it would suggest that a more stable media landscape for the internet era has emerged.
These tech companies' ecosystems are increasingly self-contained, competing with one another in arenas as diverse as operating systems, video streaming, social networks and payment systems, and are part of a very different web to the Wild West years of the dot-com boom, or the optimistic tech-utopian years of social media and the open web. We can call this new order the centralised web – and if you control media buying budgets, or are in the business of reaching mass audiences, it feels like very good news indeed.
But market capitalisation tells only one side of the story of the web today. There are two opposing forces trying to shape the future of the web, of the internet, of the system that connects trillions of bits of information, devices and more than 3.6 billion people around the world.
The two versions of the web are the one in the stock market headlines, namely the centralised web, and the other we can call the distributed web. The distributed web is as much a part of global connected culture as Facebook, Google and Amazon, but it is harder to pin down, comprised as it is of loose groups, big ideas, a constellation of start-ups and a few complicated but potentially world-changing technologies and business models. This original idea of the internet as a network of users with no central control, as illustrated by bitcoin, now seems radical. The ways that these two visions of the connected world clash, collaborate and intertwine have massive implications for how brands talk to and serve their customers.
We might think of the centralised web as the one that someone who is a web user, but not particularly technically minded, sees on their laptop and their phone – recognisable brands, trusted services, part of the everyday media and commercial world.
The distributed web is often the one that confuses the person in the Clapham Uber ride – a funny word, a geeky idea, something a little dark, a little scary, and very hard to explain to oneself, let alone others. It's complicated and, hopefully, if they ignore it long enough, it will go away or be repackaged for common use by Google or Facebook.
The internet, and then the web, were designed as inherently open, decentralised systems. The system emerged and grew and grew and disrupted every industry it encountered – from telecoms and music in the early days to television, finance and publishing today. The open system eviscerated the certainties of old business models and established new rules for business, politics, culture and social relations.
We don't like uncertainty as individuals, and organisations hate it even more, so while we enjoy the opportunities and benefits, we have tried to bring order and control to the web. The past decade has seen centralised systems begin to win in a new phase of the web's evolution: social media. Facebook's dominance in advertising, and of people's attention, is the most obvious example of this. The attempt to build an 'internet of things' is another play, once again led by major corporations (as radical cultural commentator Bruce Sterling points out, like an echo of the failed information superhighway concept), and aims to 'build the infrastructure of the information society'.
In marketing, we naturally want to work with systems that are closed – or at least stable and predictable – where we can pay to reach audiences. Advertising on the open web is wild and uncontrolled, full of complexity, uncertainty and fraud, which means we don't really know if half of our advertising budget is really working. There's data, but we choose to believe it or we don't – or we do until evidence of fraud or ineffectiveness is presented to refute it.
So, there's a warm fuzzy feeling about the certainties that the increased efficacy of closed advertising promises (unless you're a publisher). It's more certain, verifiable and controllable.
But it's not the whole of the web. There is a counterculture of technologies and business models that are all about openness. The clearest example of this is bitcoin and the technology that powers it, the blockchain. While this can seem like another Wild West, unattractive and risky for marketers, it is important to understand this alternative vision of the web and plan for its potential rise.
To draw an analogy: it is 1991, and someone has just explained the web to you. It sounds incredible and exciting, but there is no way that it can take down the giants of telecoms and the music industry, right?
There are three areas that marketers can consider to help them develop their responsiveness to these changes: a strategic focus on the customer; digitally literate leadership; and operationalising digital.
1. Focus on all your customers
A popular maxim is that customer-first strategy is the way to go. If your customers are using services, if that's where their attention is and where they want to find information, you need to be there. Customer-led isn't as simple as it sounds: like so many buzzwords, it's often said, but rarely meant – rarely followed up with strategy and action. Customer strategy needs to address the different webs and ways that people are using them.
While the centralised web companies will make it easier to understand what your customers are doing and how you can reach them in the closed systems, you will need to work harder when it comes to the distributed web. By its nature, it is harder to understand what people are doing there and in what numbers. It is important to understand how and why people are using distributed systems.
At a time when fintech and new banking models are coming to the fore, we have grown comfortable with ideas like crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending, for instance, but using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is still a fringe activity – at least in most Western countries. In those countries where there has been economic instability, such as Argentina and Venezuela, the popularity of these currencies has been much greater.
As well as currencies, there are new services – distributed, ownerless equivalents of Twitter, Facebook and Google. Again, there are only very small numbers of people using them for now, but a growth in popularity of one of these services could explode the new order of the tech giants.
Beyond the use of distributed web services, a more immediate concern for marketers should be the effect of ideas and attitudes being fostered by users of distributed web services. These can seem like extreme use cases, but they may be signals of the wider concerns and needs of mainstream consumers. Concerns about privacy, personal data use, ad targeting and security are answered by new apps and services that are being used only by tech- savvy early adopters, for now, but show future options for consumers to opt out or block marketing efforts.
While adblocking has become a major headache for the advertising and media industries, it may be just the first of many applications that will make it harder for the centralised web model to offer control and certainty in advertising. Adblockers have been popular since about 2009 with early adopters, but no one worried much about them until their use grew exponentially over the past couple of years. Now the kinds of people who were installing AdBlocker in 2009 are enthusing about services that allow organisations temporary access to personal data, for instance, or alternative search engine and social media platforms.
2. Digital leaders
With new threats and opportunities from the distributed web, what's needed is awareness and action at a senior level in brands and agencies. 'Digital transformation', like 'customer-centric', is a phrase that has been worn out with overuse before it has had a chance to be usefully applied in business, not least in marketing.
Spotting edge trends from the distributed web – like adblocking, tracking protection and blockchain- powered, ownerless business models – needs to be something that boards are able to do. The obvious response is to ensure there is a digital director or chief digital officer in the organisation. That goes for agencies as well as clients. And while their brief is not restricted to marketing, explaining the threats and opportunities of the centralised and distributed webs needs to be part of the process.
However, it seems that this just isn't happening. In a 2015 McKinsey survey, only 17% of directors said their boards sponsor digital initiatives. Leadership teams on the client and agency side need to develop their digital literacy – their understanding of the digital landscape, the nature and pace of change and the urgency of acting to anticipate major shifts in consumer behaviours and expectations.
3. Operationalising digital
Good leaders don't stop with an inspiring digital vision. They make sure it follows through into action and more broadly into cultural change within their organisations.
When we talk to marketing leaders in businesses that know they need to change, but are finding it difficult to actually push change through, we frequently hear claims of exceptionalism, both about their own business and businesses that have managed to adapt well to new marketing challenges. But in truth, organisations have far more in common than they would think, despite their sense that their industry is uniquely regulated, under pressure from one form of disruption or another.
The most radical and inspiring businesses do not find it easy to change but they have the determination to do so anyway. Netflix is a great example of a disruptive business: it effectively undermined the home DVD rental market dominated by Blockbuster and then successfully anticipated its own disruptive threat from online video streaming.
The strategy is hard, but it is not the hardest part. Major brands are not short of brainy employees and partners who have read The Innovator's Dilemma and can see the pace and volume of disruptive challenges.
Once leaders have established a direction, making it happen is the hardest part. Taking the insights about how and why their organisation needs to be responsive, customer-focused and innovative and then implementing them goes beyond education and making some digital hires. It requires organisational redesign, new systems of communication and ways of working.
The trend towards the centralised strength of the big five technology companies and the advance of the vision of the Internet of Things bring many opportunities for brands. In large part, this is because of the benefits of more controllable and reliable means of reaching and communicating with customers. While marketers enjoy the relative stability of being able to build systems and programmes that make the most of the Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon ecosystems for advertising, they need to address the less easily tamed parallel web of distributed and decentralised services. Bitcoin, the blockchain, cryptography and personal data ownership are forces that may seem fringe, or uncomfortably complex and opaque for marketers, but they are the nurseries of disruptions at every level – from privacy features to new models of corporate governance – that could unseat or undermine the current tech-media giants.
The response for the marketing communications industry, both in clients and partner companies, has to be to emphatically resist complacency. This is a challenge that requires focusing on all customer behaviours; developing operational models that are responsive to change; and, most crucially, ensuring that strong, digitally literate leadership is in place.
This article was first published in Admap magazine January 2017 ©Warc www.warc.com/admap

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With the country in the grip of the festival season, marketers, advertisers and different media players have upped the ante to woo customers. Amidst all the hectic buying frenzy, print players have been lining up several innovative and interesting wares to engage with their readers as well as further consolidate their brands.
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Murray CD, Forshaw MJ. 2014. "Look and feel your best": representations of artificial limb users in prosthetic company advertisements. Disabil Rehabil, 36 :170-176 >DOI >Link
Bennion A, Forshaw MJ. 2013. Insights from the experiences of older people with hearing impairment in the United Kingdom: recommendations for nurse-led rehabilitation. Int J Older People Nurs, 8 :270-278 >DOI >Link
Bagnall A-M, South J, Forshaw MJ, Spoor C, Marchant P, Witty K, White AK. 2013. Self-care in primary care: findings from a longitudinal comparison study. Prim Health Care Res Dev, 14 :29-39 >DOI >Link
Murray CD, Forshaw MJ. 2013. The experience of amputation and prosthesis use for adults: a metasynthesis. Disabil Rehabil, 35 :1133-1142 >DOI >Link
White A, South J, Bagnall AM, Forshaw M, Spoor C, Marchant P, Witty K. 2012. The self-care for people initiative: the outcome evaluation. Primary health care research & development, 13 :382-394 >DOI
Forshaw M, Turnbull T. 2012. Sexual health psychology Psychologist, 25 :748-750
Dodd LJ, Forshaw MJ, Ward T. 2012. Predicting physical activity behaviour in male and female young adults. An application of the theory of Planned Behaviour International Journal of Sport Psychology, 43 :542-555 >DOI
Ayers BN, Forshaw MJ, Hunter MS. 2011. The menopause Psychologist, 24 :348-352
Forshaw MJ, Jones SJ. 2010. A test of the properties of a proprietary complementary remedy in conditions of temporary, induced, cognitive stress Perfusion, 23 :14-17
Ayers B, Forshaw M, Hunter MS. 2010. The impact of attitudes towards the menopause on women's symptom experience: A systematic review Maturitas, 65 :28-36 >DOI
Ayers B, Forshaw M. 2010. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the psychological ramifications of hand-arm vibration syndrome Journal of Health Psychology, 15 :533-542 >DOI
Dodd LJ, Forshaw MJ. 2010. Assessing the efficacy of appearance-focused interventions to prevent skin cancer: A systematic review of the literature Health Psychology Review, 4 :93-111 >DOI
Dodd LJ, Al-Nakeeb Y, Nevill A, Forshaw MJ. 2010. Lifestyle risk factors of students: a cluster analytical approach. Prev Med, 51 :73-77 >DOI >Link
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Forshaw MJ. 2007. Free qualitative research from the shackles of method Psychologist, 20 :478-479
Forshaw M. 2007. In defence of psychology: A reply to Goodley and Lawthom (2005) Disability and Society, 22 :655-658 >DOI
Forshaw M. 2004. Be proud of your project Psychologist, 17 :594-595
Hope P, Forshaw MJ. 1999. Assessment of psychological distress is important in patients presenting with low back pain Physiotherapy, 85 :563-570 >DOI
Davis A, Bamford J, Wilson I, Ramkalawan T, Forshaw M, Wright S. 1997. A critical review of the role of neonatal hearing screening in the detection of congenital hearing impairment. Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), 1
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Watson MC, Forshaw M. Why we shouldn't normalise the use of e-cigarettes BMJ, :h3770-h3770 >DOI
Forshaw MJ. New, normative, English-sample data for the Short Form Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4). >DOI
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Jones S, Forshaw M. 2012. Research Methods in Psychology Prentice Hall 9780273737254
Forshaw M. 2012. Critical Thinking For Psychology John Wiley & Sons 9781405191173
Wersch AV, Forshaw M, Cartwright T. 2009. Complementary Medicine and Health Psychology Open University Press 9780335220113
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Outcomes-Based Systematic Review on Smoking Cessation Apps, 13th UK Society for Behavioural Medicine. Working together for healthy living: Multidisciplinary behavioural medicine, Liverpool, UK, Oral presentation 13/12/2017
"No Particular Place to Go": Gender, Sexuality and Sexual Health Help-Seeking in UK Older Adults, Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Louisana, Poster presentation 16/11/2016
Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Health Psychology, British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology
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International Journal of Health Promotion & Education, Editor
International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, Editorial Board Member
External committees:
Board of Directors, Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register Ltd, Director
Council, Institute of Health Promotion and Education, President Elect
Board of Trustees, British Psychological Society, Trustee
Membership and Standards Board, British Psychological Society, Chair
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University of Southampton, PhD
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British Psychological Society, BPS Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology
Fellow, Institute of Health Promotion and Education
Fellow, British Psychological Society
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There are few feelings as helpless as overwhelming as daytime fatigue and drowsiness. Speaking as someone who's experienced a heaviness in my eyes sometime shortly after lunch since at least middle school, I can honestly say it's a virtual no-win situation. Even a quick caffeine solution only forestalls the inevitable. Your eyes — and the rest of your body — want a little rest, and they'll stop at nothing to get it.
All sorts of resources exist for those of us who struggle with getting an adequate amount of sleep that will help us make it through a grueling, long day, but whether you have a diagnosed, underlying issue such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) or just (like me) have a little trouble falling asleep when you first lie down at night, the answers — beyond prescriptions of actual sleep medicine or products such as a CPAP mask — oftentimes seem a lot like guesswork. Is warm milk still a recommendation?
Still, out of all the unique methods and suggestions for improving your sleep, I'd have to concede that the latest one, currently running in a Men's Journal article, may be the most novel I've ever heard of: better sleep through daily didgeridoo playing and practice.
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Your first question is probably, "What's a didgeridoo?" It's a large woodwind instrument — "a five-foot termite-hollowed tree trunk used for over a thousand years by Australian Aboriginal cultures to play droning notes for long durations using circular breathing," as Men's Journal's Mark Hay puts it.
It's that circular breathing, according to Milo Puhan, a researcher at the University of Zurich, which may serve as a miracle cure for the sleeping woes of many. Puhan and his team of researchers, " … took 25 patients with mild OSA and had half of them randomly learn to play the didgeridoo from scratch, practicing five days a week, over the course of four months, while the other half kept living their life as usual," according to Hay. "In the end they found that those who took up the didge made a dent in their sleep problems, while the control group did not, leading Puhan and company to speculate that the breathing practice involved may have strengthened their airways, easing nighttime respiratory obstructions."
As for going out and procuring a relatively obscure instrument? Apparently, the respiratory workout and inherent benefits of circular breathing aren't exclusive to the Aboriginal woodwind section.
"Last year, Michael G. Stewart, MD, MPH, FACS, and a few collaborators published a follow-up study to see how circular breathing works — and whether it functions consistently across people and instruments," Hay said. "They wound up proving that the skills and muscular control Kenny G once used to play a 45-minute-and-47-second note on a saxophone are the same as those used to play a didge."
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People recognize the need for prisons, but no one wants one in their neighborhood. Prisons lower home values, and living near a prison is not desirable, unless you work at one. However, there are several prisons in the United States that are taking steps to better the communities in which they reside. Some prisons run animal shelters and training programs to save dogs from certain death in kill shelters and give them training to become good pets or even service companions. These programs not only help the homeless dogs they save and train, they also help members of the community who need assistance, as well as the prisoners themselves, who often learn marketable skills they can use once released.
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In three years, DAWGS in Prison has saved 189 dogs. Fiona, a female Plott Hound, came to DAWGS in Prison suffering from severe neglect. She had a rope around her neck, missing hair, and large open sores on her front legs. In many shelters, the cost of rehabilitating Fiona would have been overwhelming and she would have been euthanized. But the prisoners gave her good care, food, supplements, and training. Fiona's sweet temperament and warm, gentle eyes, combined with her training all but ensured that she would be adopted. And by the time she was adopted by a family in Florida, Fiona was thriving.
Lance came to DAWGS with a skin condition so terrible they could not tell he was a Golden Retriever. He had big patches of hair loss and huge open sores, but he still seemed friendly and eager to be with people. The inmates took care of Lance and gave him the same training as Fiona. He was adopted by a family in Fort Lauderdale where he loves to go to the dog park and to the lake for a swim. Lance's new family wrote to DAWGS with an update on Lance and said, "He is doing very well. Lance has continued his training, heels well, and is just the best dog. He is so loving…Thank you for saving him."
Hounds of Prison Education (HOPE)
HOPE began in 2005 as a joint effort between the Central Pennsylvania Animal Alliance (CPAA) and the State Correctional Institute at Camp Hill. In this program, as in the DAWGS in Prison program, the inmates are carefully screened and then paired with homeless dogs in need. The training at HOPE takes six to twelve weeks, during which the dogs receive basic obedience training, socialization, behavior modification, and much-needed love and attention. The dogs and the inmates live together in the cell block and they attend weekly training sessions. Many of the dogs that HOPE takes in have been abused or neglected and some need rehabilitation and extra training time, so those dogs stay as long as needed. After graduation the dogs are adopted or stay in a foster home until they are matched with permanent homes. Some of the HOPE dogs have even gone on to more advanced training to live with veterans that have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Through the HOPE program, 130 dogs have been saved. At two years old an English Setter named Mason was abandoned by his family and placed in a foster home. His foster mother noticed that Mason was a spinner; spinning to go out, to eat, or just to spin. But Mason's foster mom thought he had potential, so she turned to the HOPE program. Mason was transferred to the "big house" and after two weeks was already doing sit/stays at 20 feet. Adoption applications were flying in, but none seemed a good match until Tommy, a Vietnam veteran living with PTSD. When Tommy met Mason, both realized they were a perfect match. Tommy gives Mason a safe and loving home, and Mason helps Tommy manage his PTSD through a variety of touch commands and skills like turning on the lights and checking a room for safety so Tommy can enjoy life with less anxiety. Since they have been together, Tommy and Mason have passed their Canine Good Citizen and Therapy Dog International tests and are getting ready to take their Official Service Dog Certification test. Recently, Tommy was sharing his personal story to help people better understand the symptoms of PTSD. When sharing the details of his story became overwhelming for Tommy, Mason awoke from a sound sleep to comfort his friend. As the HOPE website shares, Mason "immediately went to Tommy's side, nuzzled his soft head into Tommy's outstretched hand and focused on him until he could sense that Tommy had settled. Their bond was unmistakable and left the entire room in awe of the friendship before them."
Nyla and Leah were abandoned and starving in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania just a few weeks before Christmas. Finding a home for two pit bulls right before the holidays was a daunting task, so the girls were sent to a rescue group where they were given temporary lodging. It was safe, but it wasn't home. In June, the girls were offered spots in the HOPE program. Once they entered the prison, Nyla and Leah were showered with attention, love, and training. Both dogs recovered from their trauma and graduated with new skills and happy memories. In September, both dogs were adopted. Nyla went to a loving home complete with a picture window, a special dog bed, and a partially deflated basketball. Leah went home with a family that provided her with a canine sister and they hit it off right away. It was a perfect ending for two perfect dogs.
K-9 Companion Program at Colorado Correctional Industries
The K-9 Companion program at Colorado Correctional Industries (CCI) has saved an amazing 6,000 dogs; including 2,580 dogs from shelters! CCI has achieved this by running their program as a business, which differs from other organizations that operate as volunteer services. This business-driven approach is dictated by a Colorado mandate requiring offenders to work, learn a vocation, and run a business through offender output. The dog-training program runs a boarding service staffed by offenders in the program. The profit derived from the boarding business goes toward rescuing dogs from shelters, training them, and adopting them to permanent families. The dog-training program essentially funds itself.
All the dogs rescued by CCI receive excellent veterinary care, which includes all vaccines, heartworm tests and treatment, and preventative care. The dogs that come to CCI suffering from abuse, neglect, or improper nourishment get additional treatment to heal them, and all dogs that enter the CCI program are spayed or neutered. The dogs also receive a great deal of training, including socialization, crate- and house-training, and learning commands such as sit/stay, down, and heel. Many of the dogs also learn hand signals, tricks, or agility skills, which builds confidence and gives the dogs exercise.
There are 140 offenders in the program at all times, and there are currently 160 dogs in the program. As CCI's Dog Program Supervisor, Debi Stevens says, "Not only are we rescuing dogs, we are helping people. The offenders learn totally new life skills in the program. They have to learn to be team players and to communicate. In turn, the dogs give them unconditional love." After release, many of the offenders who worked in the CCI dog program take jobs in the pet industry.
One of CCI's many success stories is the heartwarming story of young Allison Winn. Diagnosed with a brain tumor, Allison endured surgery and chemotherapy. As a present, Allison was given a Bichon Frise that was confiscated from a puppy mill and rescued by CCI. Allison named the white fluffy dog Coco, and they became the best of friends.
As Allison got better, she realized she wanted to do something to help other sick children find a canine friend of their own. So she launched a dog biscuit-baking campaign, the proceeds of which go to CCI to train more dogs to be companions for sick children. Allison's charity, the Stinkbug Project has helped more than a dozen sick children get K-9 companions that were rescued and trained by CCI. As the Stinkbug Project itself acknowledges, it may seem counterintuitive to introduce a pet into the home of a critically ill child. However, dogs have been proven to lower stress for both the patient and the caregiver and companion animals can also help siblings as they also suffer in such a stressful time.
Prisons, by their very nature, serve as reminders of the worst in humankind. However, some prisons are striving to make a difference and improve their surrounding communities, save the lives of innocent animals, and improve the future for inmates. The dog-rescue and training programs these prisons have created are certainly serving their communities well and improving the lives of both dogs and humans.
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- Kelly Johnson 2B
- Juan Uribe 3B
- Michael Conforto LF
- Wilmer Flores SS
- Jacob deGrom RHP
Here is today's pitching matchup:
Jacob deGrom (12-6, 2.29 ERA) will start for the Mets.
Joe Kelly (7-6, 5.18 ERA) will start for the Red Sox.
Here is what I am looking for today from the Mets:
Start anew.
The Mets had a quick turnaround after a late night once again on Friday. After a flat night offensively on Friday, the Mets will have to put together better quality at-bats and execute with runners in scoring position if they intend to even this series and force a rubber match on Sunday.
They're facing a pitcher who has really struggled this season, so there should be no reason why they should let him off the hook and start a new winning streak in the process.
A healthy start for Jacob deGrom.
In his last start, deGrom was suffering from a little food poisoning, which presumably led to his immediate ineffectiveness against the Phillies. Fortunately, the Mets rallied and won that game anyway.
He should be fine and refreshed today, and he's pitching in an environment he utterly dominates in – he has a 1.57 ERA in 22 career starts at Citi Field. Hopefully he gets himself back on track after his forgetful performance earlier this week.
He is tasked with not starting a losing trend in the thinner part of the club's schedule. He's an ace, and that's what aces do.
Can anyone pitch in the bullpen?
The bullpen is both overtaxed and underwhelming at the moment, with only Sean Gilmartin, Tyler Clippard and Jeurys Familia being the true reliable arms in the stable. It can only be hoped that the other guys deliver clean performances to get the ball to those two guys.
But that's going to have to change. Hansel Robles has started to show signs of consistency lately, but Carlos Torres continues to be up and down, Logan Verrett hit a bump in the road on Friday, and Eric O'Flaherty has yet to show any effectiveness. Against this Red Sox offense, it's just going to have to be better than that.


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This division is indispensable , as concerns the Critique of human understanding , and therefore deserves to be called classical , though otherwise it is of little use , but this is the reason why dogmatic philosophers , who always seek the sources of metaphysical judgments in Metaphysics itself , and not apart from it , in the pure laws of reason generally , altogether neglected this apparently obvious distinction .
Thus the celebrated Wolf , and Wolf's acute follower Baumgarten , came to seek the proof of the principle of Sufficient Reason , which is clearly synthetical , in the principle of Contradiction .
In Locke's Essay , however , I find an indication of my division .
For in the fourth book , having discussed the various connections of representations in judgments , and their sources , one of which Locke makes " identity and contradiction " ( analytical judgments ) , and another the coexistence of representations in a subject , Locke confesses that our a priori knowledge of the latter is very narrow , and almost nothing .
But in Locke's remarks on this species of cognition , there is so little of what is definite , and reduced to rules , that we cannot wonder if no one , not even Hume , was led to make investigations concerning this sort of judgments .
For such general and yet definite principles are not easily learned from others , who have had them obscurely in their minds .
We must hit on them first by our reflection , then we find them elsewhere , where we could not possibly have found them at first , because the authors themselves did not know that such an idea lay at the basis of their observations .
Those who never think independently have nevertheless the acuteness to discover everything , after it has been once shown them , in what was said long since , though no one ever saw it there before .
Were a metaphysics , which could maintain its place as a science , really in existence ; could we say , here is metaphysics , learn it , and it will convince you irresistibly and irrevocably of its truth : this question would be useless , and there would only remain that other question ( which would rather be a test of our acuteness , than a proof of the existence of the thing itself ) ,
" How is the science possible , and how does reason come to attain it ? "
But human reason has not been so fortunate in this case .
There is no single book to which you can point as you do to Euclid , and say : This is Metaphysics ; here you may find the noblest objects of this science , the knowledge of a highest Being , and of a future existence , proved from principles of pure reason .
We can be shown indeed many judgments , demonstrably certain , and never questioned ; but these are all analytical , and rather concern the materials and the scaffolding for Metaphysics , than the extension of knowledge , which is our proper object in studying it .
Even supposing you produce synthetical judgments ( such as the law of Sufficient Reason , which you have never proved , as you ought to , from pure reason a priori , though we gladly concede its truth ) , you lapse when they come to be employed for your principal object , into such doubtful assertions , that in all ages one Metaphysics has contradicted another , either in its assertions , or their proofs , and thus has itself destroyed its own claim to lasting assent .
Nay , the very attempts to set up such a science are the main cause of the early appearance of skepticism , a mental attitude in which reason treats itself with such violence that it could never have arisen save from complete despair of ever satisfying our most important aspirations .
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So Metaphysics floated to the surface , like foam , which dissolved the moment it was scooped off .
But immediately there appeared a new supply on the surface , to be ever eagerly gathered up by some , while others , instead of seeking in the depths the cause of the phenomenon , thought they showed their wisdom by ridiculing the idle labor of their neighbors .
The essential and distinguishing feature of pure mathematical cognition among all other a priori cognitions is , that it cannot at all proceed from concepts , but only by means of the construction of concepts .
As therefore in its judgments it must proceed beyond the concept to that which its corresponding visualization contains , these judgments neither can , nor ought to , arise analytically , by dissecting the concept , but are all synthetical .


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If you have access to the most current real estate market trends, purchasing a piece of real estate is a life changing step that can change your life., and near risk free. But, if you take the time to educate yourself about the process, purchasing a home need not be so stressful. You should ask questions for prospective agents/Realtors about their track record, and what are the top 10 attributes that affect prices in your market. Any agent worth considering will be able to answer such questions professionally.
Only if they know what the local real estate trends are, and what influences these local market does it make sense to give them 3-6%. It is super important that you do, your local due diligence and not out-source this to a sales person.
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When you are a real estate investor, stay focused on the goals you've set. Determine whether you want to achieve short term or long range goals. Don't consider properties that are irrelevant to your long-term or short-term goals. A lot of owners make compromises and end up making poor investments.
When shopping for a home, it is very important to avoid the trap of judging a house based on its decor. You must get a house based on the way it was built and the home. If you buy a home primarily because it has structural details that appeal to you, you may overlook a serious problem that can cost you later. And remember that there is a lot of free data, which may or may not be helpful, and what matters most is Block and Tract trends, not DOM or inventory, or school district, as some may have you think.
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Keep an eye on homes in pre-foreclosure properties. If you have enough time to ferret out bargains on investment property, you should look into pre-foreclosure properties. Properties where the payments are referred to as pre-foreclosure properties. You can get a list of these homes from most lenders, or consult lenders to get lists of properties approaching pre-foreclosure. No matter which method you utilize, speak with the owners to understand the amount they owe, and be prepared to pay them at least a few thousand over that amount. You will discover that you will get a great deal this way because most people don't owe less than the property's market value.
Do a quantitative analysis on the area housing market. A prime location with good products can put you on top even if the area. Typically find the top MSA first, then the top Blocks and Tracks, then mashup or match up the listing, is the easiest way to quickly leverage local real estate trends.
And Leverage Local Commercial Real Estate Market Trends too, since what changes in value is land prices, and only with local Block and Track trends, can you see into the future. Do your homework before buying any piece of real estate. There are a few critical points which you should be considered prior to writing an offer for rental property. Is the property in good condition and is it going to stay that way with minimal upkeep? The second thing to consider when purchasing is the location. Location is definitely highly important when it comes to purchasing rental property. The income is the area is a third key feature.
This will be different from the location; you should know that an area that has high rent areas are better than those with low ones. If you use the information above, you can facilitate a smoother, more tolerable buying process. The more prepared you are, the less stressful your experience will likely be.
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Time for my New Year Blog message!
I had an excellent Christmas. I spent Christmas at my Mum's which was great. Over Christmas I got to see my Nan, my Brother and Sister, and My Uncle Andrew who came over from America.
I got lots of great presents including a new diary, address book, radio and new clothes!
I went to see 'The Nutcracker On Ice' with Mum and it was excellent. On New Years Eve Mum, Simon and I went to the pub and had a few beers.
We've got a new housemate, Joe. He's very nice.
I went to the cinema last week to see the new Star Wars film, It was excellent! It had really good special effects. Can't wait to see the next one!
Looking forward to what 2016 might bring!
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In 1938, The Grant Study was started at Harvard Medical School. The study involved 268 Harvard sophomores. The study goes on to this day. The goal was to track these men (it was men only until they recently started studying their wives as well) and to study longevity.
The findings are broad and deep. Over 75 years, the study has been one of the longest and most valuable done on human happiness. Here are a few interesting highlights:
- the dramatic and destructive power of untreated alcoholism (it was the #1 cause of divorce and a shortened life in the study)
- liberal political views correlate with more active sex lives as you age
- having a warm mom correlates to higher earner power throughout your life
- success and failure in many cases were temporary conditions, those successful early in life did not always continue, and those successful later often weren't earlier on
The study is fascinating.
But most fascinating to me is the most referenced take away from the study. The key to the good life (and long life) is the quality of relationships. Human connection is the leading factor for happiness, longevity, mental & physical health, and almost every other measure.
"The only thing that really matters in life are your relationships with other people." George Vaillant, Director of the Harvard Grant Study 1972-2004
Turns out the secret to living a satisfying life isn't money, sex, and power. It's relationships.
And fortunately, you can develop quality relationships at any stage of life and in any circumstances. The good life can start today. It's available with your current relationships and new ones you may forge. Good relationships don't happen by accident. They take time, effort, and energy. But they can happen for everyone.
You hold the keys to the good life.
To read more about the Harvard Grant Study, take a look at Triumphs of Experience by George Vaillant, the head of the study for over 40 years. You can also hear the current director of the study in this TED talk he gave this past November.


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GIANT killers Girvan FC cut double winners Glenafton Athletic down to size in Saturday.
They sent the Loch Park outfit crashing out of the West of Scotland Cup, defeating them 2-0 in one of the biggest upsets of the season so far.
And after the game caretaker boss Lawrie Dinwoodie was put in charge for the rest of the season.
The visitors remarkably led 3-0 half-time although the Scottish Junior Cup and Super Premier Division holders staged a second half comeback, scoring twice.
However the underdogs, who won last season's Super First Division title, held on for a famous victory.
Skipper Scott Dinwoodie, son of Lawrie said: "That had to be up there with our biggest wins. I think maybe Glenafton felt they just had to turn up and they possibly underestimated us.
"We played really well in the first half and to be honest it could have been four or five up. It was a really good team performance and everyone chipped in, although Darren Mitchell stepped in to central defence as we were short at the back and did really well. That has to be without doubt one of our best results and hopefully we can build on in it in the weeks ahead."
He is pleased the caretaker boss remains in charge and said: "Dad is doing a good job and knows most of the players.
He hopes the win boosts their league form and said: "It was a good way to bounce back from our Scottish Cup defeat and now we hope to push up the table."
They face Arthurlie away on Saturday and the skipper said: "We have big games coming up against teams close to us in the next few weeks and we must look to take something on Saturday."


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Luxury holiday home company Park Leisure is hosting a number of open weekends at Allerthorpe Golf and Park Retreat.
The company is inviting people to get an exclusive first look around its new boutique golf and holiday park.
These exclusive open day weekends on August 17–19, 25– 27 and 31–2 September will see guests invited to browse the selection of holiday homes and lodges available, view the beautiful golf course, and visit Pheasant Bar and Dining for a complimentary drink.
The luxury development has opened its doors to its sales suite, showcasing the extensive range of impressive five-star holiday homes available at the stunning Yorkshire Wolds park and inviting guests to enjoy a taste of the luxury lifestyle on offer.
The soft opening follows six months of extensive development work, transforming the former redundant golf course into what will, upon completion, be one of the UK's most beautiful golf & leisure retreats.
With work ahead of schedule, the first 20 holiday home plots have already been released, ready for the first owners to start using from Easter 2019.
Miles Dewhurst, CEO and co-founder of Park Leisure, said: "Allerthorpe Golf & Park Retreat will be Park Leisure's twelfth park and is a brilliant opportunity to yet again excel expectations and provide a customer experience in a first class, five-star manner.
"Being able to build something from scratch really has been such a truly wonderful opportunity in terms of design and getting the latest specification of development for the customer's use going forward, really bringing everything into the present day, if not the future.
"We're showcasing a range of really exciting holiday homes from a number of manufacturers including the finest standard holiday homes right through to the most luxury lodges. We're looking forward to inviting prospective holiday home-owners to join us."
Visit www.parkleisure.co.uk/allerthorpe to find out more about the park.