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DeMattio Caps Career With MVP Performance
LOWELL, Mass. – Zach DeMattio gave the Rocketeers the lead with his bat, and he made sure they didn't relinquish it with his arm.
The North Attleboro senior captain put an exclamation point on a terrific senior season and impressive career with an MVP performance in the Division 2 State Championship, a 4-3 win for his Rocketeers over Beverly.
Offensively, DeMattio drove in all four of the Rocketeers' runs. And on the defensive end, the senior catcher played a big role in erasing the tying run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
"He is an unbelievable player," said North Attleboro starting pitcher and fellow captain Nick Sinacola. "I think he's the team MVP, the best player, and it shows. He drove in probably half our runs all season and he's a beast behind the plate. He's an incredible player and incredible leader, I give him all the credit. He works hard for everything."
DeMattio and Sinacola worked to keep the Panthers off balance for the majority of the game. The latter allowing just five hits — three coming in the fifth inning resulting in three runs. Outside of that, the pair worked together as well as they usually do with Sinacola striking out nine batters and allowing just four base runners in the other six innings.
"We've been on their backs pretty much the whole season," said North Attleboro head coach Mike Hart of DeMattio and Sinacola. "They are our leaders and there are a lot of guys that have stepped up big time. But tonight, stick with your strengths and those two guys are our strength right there.
North wasted little time to take a lead in the game and unsurprisingly, it was off of the bat of DeMattio. Sinacola singled with one out and stole second. On a full count, DeMattio hit a hard groaner through the right side to bring Sinacola home for a quick 1-0 lead.
"I trust my guys day in and day out," DeMattio said. "I just did what I could do, I just looked for the pitches I could get. This is just insane right now."
The senior was back at it again just two innings later, helping the Rocketeers extend their lead. Junior Brendan McHugh was hit by a pitch to lead off the top of the third, stole second, and went to third on an infield single from Sinacola.
"They deserve all the credit," DeMattio said of the two players before him in the order. "I get all my RBIs because of them, they are such pure hitters. McHugh gets on and uses his speed, Sinacola is always getting base hits. It's just a snowball effect from there."
The next time DeMattio came to bat was the top of the fifth inning where he delivered his fourth, and what turned out to be, his most important RBI of the day.
McHugh was the catalyst again, opening the frame with a leadoff walk. He once again stole second, one of six stolen bases for the Big Red, and alertly tagged up on Sinacola's deep hit to left to get to third with one out.
Although DeMattio didn't come up with a hit, he drove the ball deep enough in shallow right field that McHugh had enough time to race home for the sacrifice fly and a 4-0 lead.
"He tells me before every game 'Just get on and we'll get you in' and it almost always come true, he finds a way to get me in," McHugh said.
"Going up to the plate I knew that anything outside of the infield in the air, [McHugh] had the speed to get home," DeMattio said. "I was just looking to get a ball and drive it up. I got the right pitch and put it to right field. You have to give him all the credit, he hustled home."
The fourth run driven in by DeMattio proved huge as the Panthers rallied for three runs in the bottom half. Sinacola stranded the tying run at third by getting a strikeout to end the inning.
Although DeMattio drove in all four of the Rocketeers' runs, and the South champs led by just one run, the senior was saving his best play for last.
Sinacola breezed through the bottom of the sixth inning, needing to just pitches and a nice play from right fielder Jeff Gale to set the Panthers down. But Sinacola's counterpart, Beverly starting pitcher Spencer Brown tried to get the momentum back for his side by retiring North Attleboro in order in the top of the seventh.
Beverly's No. 8 hitter Ryan Munzing battled his way to a full count and eventually ball four, giving the North champions some hope with the tying run aboard with no outs.
The Panthers sent a pinch hitter to the plate with the idea of moving Munzing over with a bunt. The Rocketeers, however, were ready. Sinacola fired a curveball and the sac bunt missed.
DeMattio, alert to the situation, quickly threw a bullet down the first base line to Aidan Harding. Munzing was caught between bases and the Rocketeers got the out, getting the momentum back. Three batters later and Sincola induced a ground ball up the middle where Ryan Warren flipped to Shawn Watters at second, clinching the win.
"Me and Aidan always work on those after practice," DeMattio said. "Being able to throw it down, especially in that situation where he's looking to bunt and the runner is looking to go when it's on the ground. We work on those all the time and give Aidan credit, he was ready for it and made the play."
"The kid bit and Zach has a great arm and threw it down, and we played the pickle perfectly," Sinacola said.
"I think that was just a good read by [Zach]," Hart said. "Zach has been catching for three years, he's done it a lot, so he has a lot of confidence in his throwing ability. He's an incredible player."
It's safe to say Wheaton College is getting a heck of a player next year.
North Attleboro Edges Beverly For First State Title
By Brian Hines, HockomockSports.com Contributor
LOWELL, Mass. – North Attleboro head coach Mike Hart knew he was going to get one ring this year.
Now he'll get two.
Just days before the first-year head coach says 'I do' at his wedding, he celebrated a Division 2 State Championship after his Rocketeers prevailed over Beverly, 4-3, at LeLacheur Park in Lowell.
"It sounds great, it has a very nice ring to it," Hart said.
In the win, the Red Rocketeers followed the same formula that won them 20 regular season games: riding the right arm of pitcher Nick Sinacola, the bat of catcher Zach DeMattio, solid defense, and a relentless aggressive approach.
"We've been on their backs pretty much the whole season," Hart said of Sinacola and DeMattio. "They're our leaders, there are a lot of guys that contribute and have stepped up big time, but tonight, stick with your strengths and those two guys are our strengths right there."
The Rocketeers jumped out to an early start, as they have done all postseason. After Sinacola singled and stole second, DeMattio gave North a 1-0 lead in the first after hard hit ground ball took a crazy hop through the right side and plated Sinacola.
After Sinacola (7 IP, 0 ER, 9 K, 5 H, 2 BB) and Beverly pitcher Spencer Brown (7 IP, 4 ER, 10 K, 6 H, 1 BB) exchanged scoreless second innings, DeMattio and North struck again.
Leadoff hitter Brendan McHugh started the rally, getting hit by a pitch then stealing second. Sinacola then followed with an infield single to the left side to put runners on the corners. DeMattio laced a double into the left field gap scoring both runners and increasing North's lead to 3-0.
"The first thing is getting [McHugh and Sinacola] on base, and that's more important, but when they get on base, Brendan's got great speed, Nick is a contact hitter and then you got Zach," Hart said.
"I trust my guys every day, day in day out and I just did what I can do," DeMattio said. "I looked for a pitch that I can get.
"They get all the credit. All my RBI's come from [McHugh and Sinacola], there are just such pure hitters. McHugh gets on, speed, Sinacola always is getting base hits then it's just a snowball effect."
North followed a similar pattern just two innings later. After a McHugh leadoff walk and steal, he was then pushed to third on Sinacola's fly out. DeMattio recorded his fourth RBI of the night on a shallow sacrifice fly into right field. McHugh raced home to beat the throw.
"Going up to the plate I knew that anything outside of the infield in the air, [McHugh] had the speed to get home," DeMattio said. "I was just looking to get a ball and drive it up. I got the right pitch and put it to right field. You have to give him all the credit, he hustled home."
Even with a 4-0 lead, North knew Beverly was more than capable of making a comeback, and that's exactly what the Panthers did.
"We were expecting Beverly to make some sort of comeback," Hart said. "They're an incredibly great team and we'd expect nothing less in this game. Our guys, they've been through things like this before."
The Panthers rally started with Ryan Munzing's double, which was just Beverly's second hit. An infield single by Tim McCarthy (on a close play at first) and walk by Matt Collins loaded the bases for Brown, who helped his own cause with a bases-clearing triple off the wall in left field.
But the Beverly rally didn't seem to rattle the Rocketeers or Sinacola, who bounced back by striking out the next batter and stranding a runner at third. He continued that momentum with strong sixth and seventh innings.
"I picked up my pace a little bit more, worked a bit little quicker," Sinacola said. "I thought that was my best inning, the sixth inning, coming after that tough inning which shut them down with their momentum and picked us back up where we had to be."
"We have had a couple tight wins and some losses but I think all of that just builds and builds," Hart said. "We just still stay confident with it through thick and thin we're still going to keep pushing it… we're still going to play our game despite what the score is.
"And Nick trusts his stuff, he's a very, very skilled pitcher and we believe in him… he doesn't let things bother him. I can't say enough about him… He's one of the top pitchers in this entire state, we had absolute confidence in him to finish it out."
Drama was still to be found, however, as Beverly had the tying run on base in both the sixth and seventh innings. A strong pair of defensive plays from the Rocketeers allowed Sinacola to avoid any more damage.
Senior outfielder Jeff Gale fielded a Beverly single in right field with two outs in the sixth inning and gunned down the runner trying for second base to end the inning. Then in the seventh after a leadoff walk, DeMattio fired a relay to first baseman Aidan Harding, who caught Beverly's runner in a pickle.
"That's huge," Hart said. "That was an incredible play and in these games, in this spot in the tournament, that's where you win or lose.
"It was a good read by Zach, he's been catching for three years, he's done it a lot. He has a lot of confidence in his throwing ability. He's an incredible player."
"Me and Aidan, after practice, we always work on those because being able to throw it down," DeMattio said. "Especially in that situation where they bunt and he's looking to go when it's on the ground. We work on those all the time and he was ready for it, got to give [Aidan] credit for it, he made the play."
Sinacola got the second out with a strikeout, and after a two-out single, the senior induced a ground ball up middle and second baseman Ryan Warren flipped it to shortstop Shawn Watters for the force out at second, clinching the win.
The win marks North Attleboro's first-ever baseball state championship. The Rocketeers (22-2) came into the South Section as the No. 1 seed and outscored their opponents 46-7 on their way to a title.
"It's just insane, insane," DeMattio said.
"This means everything," Hart said. "These kids will remember this for the rest of their life's. It's such a great opportunity that they're able to be here in the first place and then able to take home the win. It means a lot."
2018 Hockomock League Baseball All Stars
Below are the official 2018 Hockomock League Baseball All Stars, selected by the coaches in the league.
Hockomock League MVP
Tyler Dalton, Mansfield
Hockomock League All Stars
Jon Candiales, Attleboro
Matthew Casamento, Canton
Chad Bearce, Foxboro
Alex Haba, Franklin
Jake Macchi, Franklin
Jake Noviello, Franklin
Bryan Woelfel, Franklin
Jeremy Rhines, King Philip
Tyler Dalton, Mansfield
Kevin Dow, Mansfield
Daniel Saraceno, Mansfield
Aidan Wilde, Milford
Zach DeMattio, North Attleboro
Brendan McHugh, North Attleboro
Nathan Pearce, North Attleboro
Nick Sinacola, North Attleboro
Mitch Goulet, Oliver Ames
Matthew Muir, Oliver Ames
Chris Pearsons, Oliver Ames
Ruben Gonzales, Stoughton
Robert Seaman, Stoughton
Tyler DaSilva Medeiros, Taunton
Jack Moynihan, Taunton
Honorable Mentions:
Alvaro Espinal, Attleboro
Matthew Pigeon, Canton
Joseph Freitas, Foxboro
Colby Fitzgibbons, Franklin
David Morganelli, King Philip
Justin Pena, Mansfield
Matthew Shaver, Milford
Peter Cohen, North Attleboro
Michael Mulrean, Oliver Ames
Max Tarlin, Sharon
Evan Gibb, Stoughton
Josh Lajoie, Taunton
Rocketeers Roll To D2 South Title Against Oliver Ames
BROCKTON, Mass. – There's hot, there's red hot, and then there's Big Red hot.
The North Attleboro lineup continued its torrid streak this postseason, belting out 18 hits on its way to a 17-2 win over Hockomock rival Oliver Ames in the D2 South Sectional Final.
It was the second straight game the Red Rocketeers have had double-digit hits and double-digit runs. In its three postseason games, North Attleboro has outscored opponents 42-2.
"They are swinging the bat well, we're just trying to keep the same approach regardless of what the pitcher is doing out there," said first-year North Attleboro head coach Mike Hart. "We're taking it one pitch at a time, one batter at a time. We feel if we take care of ourselves, we can be successful."
And if the offense wasn't hot enough, North Attleboro ace Nick Sinacola allowed just two hits and two unearned runs in six innings of work while striking out seven to earn the win.
"I'll give it to that North Attleboro lineup, they crush the ball," said Oliver Ames coach Joe Barr. "I've never seen a team like that, top to bottom, just go through and square it up. Our guy [Reid Latham] was throwing strikes but I don't know if the air was a little thin or what but those balls got in the air and kept traveling."
Once Sinacola set the Tigers down in order in the first inning, North Attleboro's offense went right to work. Brendan McHugh led off with a double, Zach DeMattio had a one-out walk, and Nate Pearce roped a ground-rule double over the fence for a quick 1-0 lead.
Nick Raneri scored on a fielder's choice as DeMattio was able to get home before OA's throw did, and Jeff Gale hit one deep enough that brought Pearce, who was ruled to have tagged up after Mitch Goulet's spectacular catch in center, home for a 3-0 lead after an inning.
Big Red tacked on four more runs — all with two outs — when it returned to the plate in the bottom of the second inning. McHugh started the rally with a single and moved to third when Sinacola picked up his first hit of the day. DeMattio brought both runners home with a hard hit triple, Pearce knocked a run in with a single, and Raneri drove a run in with a single as well to make it 7-0.
"We've all been working together through the winter and the spring and it really just shows how much hard work and coming together as a group can accomplish when you execute," DeMattio said.
Nick Zwerle reached after forcing an error on his bunt and Sean O'Brien walked to put runners on first and second with one out. Sinacola got the second out but Michael Friel hit a line drive double into the gap in left center to bring both runs in to give the Tigers some life, cutting the deficit to 7-2.
But North Attleboro landed a big counter punch in the form of four runs in the bottom of the third to extend its lead. Aidan Harding walked and pinch runner Kyle Briere took second on a wild pitch and third on a single from McHugh. Briere beat out a throw home on Sinacola's grounder, DeMattio scored McHugh with a single, Sinacola scored after DeMattio stole second and OA attempted to pick him off, and Pearce doubled in DeMattio for an 11-2 advantage.
"Subconsciously that's the type of stuff that just creeps into your mind," Abarr said. "You think you're back in it — and I think we were in it more most of the game — but that was a deflating experience. I've been on that end as a player and a coach, and it's tough. I tip my cap to North for that, they didn't let up. They played hard right to the end."
Sinacola retired the side in order in each of the first and second innings, and after allowing two runs in the third, only allowed one base runner to reach third base (an error and a wild pitch). It was Sinacola's second win against OA this year after beating them in his first appearance back in early April.
"I think early in the year, a lot of hitters struggle with the fastball," Sinacola said. "Once you get to this point in the season, they are a lot better and they have their timing down. So I think we had to change it up and throw a little bit more offspeed then I did the first time and I think it worked."
Raneri scored on a passed ball and Gale came home on a hard hit ball from Nolan Buckley that was ruled an infield error for the Tigers in the fifth inning.
In the bottom fo the sixth, Sinacola got his second RBI with a single to score McHugh, DeMattio picked up his fourth RBI of the day with a base hit to score Sinacola and at the next at-bat, Pearce launched a two-run home run to cap the scoring.
"We had to pretty much show up and play perfect against that lineup and that pitcher in order to walk out with a win," Abarr said. "We knew they'd be relentless. But it was an unreal run for us here at the end, with a team that didn't quite expect to be here. We don't set hard and fast goals about where a team can get to, we have just shown up and worked on specific things to get better each day. And these guys did a great job doing that."
North Attleboro's top four hitters — McHugh, Sinacola, DeMattio, and Pearce — combined for 13 hits, 11 RBI, and 14 runs scored.
For Oliver Ames (16-8), Friel had two hits and two RBI, Matt McCormack and Nick Bloumbas each had a base hit, and O'Brien and Zwerle each scored once. On the mound, Jay Fruci pitched a scoreless inning with a strikeout.
"This is definitely the best group I've ever coached," Abarr said of his team. "From top to bottom, the first guy in the lineup to the last guy on the bench to the team manager…they were tight, always behind each other, and regardless who was in the lineup each day, they were ready to play. It was the most reliable, hard-working, and unified group that I've coached and those are the three qualities you look for in a high school team."
North Attleboro (21-2) advances to the D2 State Final to play North champ Beverly (20-4) on Thursday night at 6:30 at LaLacheur Park in Lowell.
Big Red Blasts Dartmouth, Books Trip To D2 South Final
ROCKLAND, Mass. – Even though it was very early, things weren't looking good for the top-seeded Rocketeers.
Dartmouth had its first four batters reach on three straight walks and a double, resulting in a quick 1-0 advantage. But that was all the damage the Indians did as catcher Zach DeMattio erased the leadoff walk trying to steal second and starting pitcher Peter Cohen settled in to get two outs with runners on second and third.
And in the bottom half, North had a swift answer. The Rocketeers scored three runs, assuming a lead that they never relinquished, and sparked what would be an offensive showcase that resulted in a 20-2 win.
North Attleboro advances to the D2 South Final to play Hockomock rival Oliver Ames.
Big Red senior starting pitcher Peter Cohen not only had to face the top of a talented Dartmouth lineup to start the game but also had to deal with a hole near the rubber on the pitching – a mound issue that also gave Oliver Ames starter Michael Mulrean issues in the nightcap.
Cohen walked Dylan Pacheco to start the game but he was erased at second by a perfect throw from DeMattio. But Dartmouth's Brett Abreu and Hunter Pimental also drew walks. Eric Sylvia sent one to the outfield for a double to bring one run in and put runners on second and third.
But Cohen finally settled in, getting a pair of popups in the infield to end the top of the first down just 1-0.
"It wasn't a matter of Peter's ability, he was really struggling with the mound," said North Attleboro coach Mike Hart. "He figured it out and battled, that's the senior in him. I've said it before, he's a bulldog. I knew he'd find a way to figure it out to stay in the game, he was excellent from there on out.
"I think you feel great after [the top of the first]. They got one run but it could have been worse the way that first inning was going. But again, Peter has been in that same exact spot before and he's gotten out of it. So we have a lot of faith in him."
The momentum the Rocketeers seemed to get from allowing just one run seemed to carry over to the offensive side. Brendan McHugh reached on an error – one of seven miscues for the Indians on the day – and Nick Sinacola walked to quickly put runners on first and second for North.
As he has done all season, DeMattio delivered at the plate but crushing a two-run triple to right center field. Two batters later, DeMattio came home on a hard hit ground ball from Nick Raneri to make it 3-0.
"If you want to pick a defining moment in the game, I think that was it, even though it happened early, that was huge," Hart said. "Just because of the struggles in the top of the first with a couple of walks and a run. Then we come back and get those three runs, that was huge. I think that Peter at ease and let him kind of figure out the mound and pitch his game."
Cohen showed he had settled in by needing just 11 pitches in the top of the second inning, striking out the side. And North Attleboro kept things rolling in the bottom of the second, exploding for seven runs.
Three straight singles from Aidan Harding, Shawn Watters, and McHugh loaded the bases with no outs. Sinacola's hard-hit grounder allowed two runs to score and put runners on the corners. DeMattio followed with an RBI single to plate McHugh, and Sinacola came home on a sac fly from Pearce.
Raneri reached on an error, allowing DeMattio to score to make it 8-1. North's offense kept rolling with a single from Kyle Bolger, who then stole second. Harding then reached on an error and two runs came in for a 10-1 advantage.
"I think we did a good job putting the ball in play," Hart said. "Obviously it helps if the other day has some errors. We've done well offensively this year but we just try to focus on our at-bats and attacking the baseball instead of what's happening in the field.
"It's a good time for everybody in the lineup to be putting in that effort."
Dartmouth added a second run in the top of the third. Pacheco singled, advanced to second after a walk, took third after Cohen induced a double play, and scored on a wild pitch.
North's offense went down in order (for the only time in the game) in the bottom of the third but was right back at in the fourth. Nate Pearce struck out but raced to first on a dropped third strike and forced a high throw, allowing him to take second. A line drive double from Raneri made it 11-2, and a two-out single from Harding scored Raneri in from third.
The Rocketeers continued to stay hot at the plate and pushed across five more runs in the fifth inning. Sinacola doubled and DeMattio reached on an error to put runners on the corners. After DeMattio stole second, Pearce was intentionally walked and Raneri made the Indians pay with a two-run single through the right side.
Bolger was intentionally walked to load the bases again and Harding delivered with a two-run single. Watters followed with an RBI single to make it 17-2. The teams came off the field and started to leave the dugouts because of the 15-run mercy run.
The umps called both teams back saying the rule did not apply. A 30-minute delay occurred as officials figured it out. In the end, it was decided that the MIAA 15-run mercy run does not apply past the quarterfinal round.
After the long break, freshman Dennis Colleran took over on the mound for Cohen (5 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 5 BB, 4 K). Colleran retired the side in order in his first varsity experience.
North tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Ryan Pasquel was hit by a pitch and took second on a hit from Matt Seavey. Todd Robinson's bloop single pushed Pasquel to third but Dartmouth got the force out at second. Bolger drove Pasquel in, Jake Palmer brought Robinson home with a single, and Harding scored Bolger with a base hit.
Ben Arrighi worked around a one-out walk, striking out a pair in the top of the seventh to end the game.
"Our guys came ready to play, they were really excited to get after it today," Hart said.
North Attleboro baseball (20-2) will take on Oliver Ames in the D2 South Final on Saturday at 10:00AM at Campanelli Stadium.
Sinacola Leads North Attleboro Past Somerset-Berkley
By Brian Hines, HockomockSports.com Contributor
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Nearly two weeks off in between games didn't seem to bother the North Attleboro Red Rocketeers, as they defeated the Somerset Berkley Raiders, 5-0, in a Division 2 South baseball quarterfinal matchup.
University of Maine commit Nick Sinacola tossed a complete game shutout for the Rocketeers, allowing just two baserunners all game (one hit). The right-hander struck out 12 Raiders, including six straight batters in the second and third inning.
"Nick has some great ability out there," said North Attleboro head coach Mike Hart. "He trusts his stuff, he really is trying to pound the zone and come after hitters. A lot of the guys, when they're up to bat, have faith in him to keep the game within reach and keep the other team's hitters at bay and gives us confidence at the plate."
And the lineup showed its confidence at the plate, striking early and often.
North was able to take an early lead in the first inning off a Zach DeMattio sacrifice fly, and they then doubled their lead in the third after a hard-hit single by Nate Pearce.
The duo struck again in the fifth, as a DeMattio single scored Sinacola and Pearce's double plated pinch runner Billy Drummond.
North's offense wasn't done, however, as Brendan McHugh's sacrifice fly in the fifth inning allowed the Rocketeers to jump out to a 5-0 lead.
McHugh, DeMattio, and Pearce accounted for six of the Rocketeers nine hits on the afternoon. McHugh, who batted leadoff, was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. No. 3 batter DeMattio went 1-for-3 with RBI single and sacrifice fly, while Pearce, who batted clean-up, went 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
"They have a lot of ability of up at the plate," Hart said. "They're great athletes, which translates into hitting. Those are the guys that we rely on, they're at the top of the order for a reason."
The North Attleboro base running and defense was also as terrific as it has been all year, stealing seven bases in seven attempts and not committing an error.
#9 Somerset Berkley ends their seasons 12-10, with one win in the playoffs. The top-seeded Red Rocketeers (19-2) now advance to the semifinals, where they play #5 Dartmouth (15-7) on Wednesday night at 5:00 at Rockland Stadium at Rockland High School
"We're going to keep taking the same approach, one game, one pitch at a time and just worry about the things we need to do to win some games," Hart said.
Thursday's Schedule & Scoreboard – 05/31/18
Today's games are listed below.
Mansfield, 6 @ King Philip, 1 – Final – Mansfield scored in each of the first four innings on its way to a win over King Philip, clinching the Kelley-Rex division title with the result. The Hornets scored two runs in the first and third innings while tacking on single runs in the second and fourth. Tyler Dalton earned the win on the mound, allowing just three hits and one unearned run in the seventh inning, and struck out 12. Dalton helped his cause at the place by going 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs. Cullin Anastasia added two hits and an RBI for Mansfield.
North Attleboro, 7 @ Taunton, 3 – Final – North Attleboro plated four runs in the third inning, including what turned out to be the winning run, to conclude the regular season with a victory on the road at Taunton. Brendan McHugh (three runs) started the third with a leadoff walk and scored on a double from Zach DeMattio (2-for-4). DeMattio scored on a two-out double from Jeff Gale, and Nick Raneri (HBP) scored on an errant throw. Gale came in to score on a base hit from Nolan Buckley. Taunton scored two in the fifth behind three straight singles from Jack Moynihan, Evan Melo, and Tyler Pietrzyk, and then a sacrifice fly from Jacob Crawford. But North put the game away with two more runs in the top of the sixth. Shawn Watters (double) scored on a triple from McHugh, and McHugh came home on a sacrifice fly from Nick Sinacola.
North Attleboro, 7 @ Milford, 4 – Final (9 inn.) – North Attleboro struck for three runs in the top of the ninth inning, all with two outs, to hand Milford its second straight loss. Olivia Capobianco drove in Katherine Munley and came around to score herself on a base hit from Abby Gallagher. Gallagher scored on a hit from Ashley Cangiano. Annabelle Hebard had two doubles and scored a run for North. Bella Erti struck out five in the win.
Girls Lacrosse
North Attleboro, 7 vs. Walpole, 18 – Final
Girls Tennis
Sharon vs. Martha's Vineyard, 3:45
Boys Volleyball
#5 Milford, 3 vs. #12 Burncoat, 1 – Final – Click here for a Recap and Photo Gallery from this game.
McHugh, Wanless Lead North Attleboro Past Milford
By Brian Hines, HockomockSports.com Contributor
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. – The North Attleboro offense has been tough to quiet all season, and that was again the case for the Milford Hawks on Wednesday afternoon at Community Field.
The Red Rocketeers used a pair of home runs, a grand slam by junior Brendan McHugh and a solo shot by senior captain Zach DeMattio, to beat the Hawks 5-1.
McHugh's grand slam was set up by three consecutive two-out singles by seniors Nolan Buckley and Aidan Harding and junior Shawn Watters. McHugh's shot hit the bleachers in left field, and after a long discussion between the umpires and two coaches, was ruled a home run.
The very next inning, DeMattio led off with a solo shot, also into the left field bleachers, for his second home run of the season.
"I thought their pitcher, [Andrew] Fauerbach, did a great job mixing up his speeds, which can flummox any team," said North Attleboro head coach Mike Hart. "But I thought the second time around we definitely stayed back on the ball and looked to keep it simple and just drive it. If we do those things, not worrying about where the balls actually going to go, things will turn out well for us."
The 5-0 lead was all North needed, especially with junior Matt Wanless on the mound. Wanless pitched six innings, striking out three batters while allowing just one run.
"Matt did a great job," said Hart. "His big thing is throwing strikes and he did that. He got a lot of first-pitch strikes which sets up the count for him, hit his spots."
Milford's lone run came during a sixth-inning rally. After a single and two-out walk, Cameron Soloman's base hit scored Matt Swanson, but North Attleboro catcher Todd Robinson caught the Hawks trying to advance to third, which ended the inning.
Wanless was able to avoid damage from the other Milford rallies. He worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the third, along with an early threat when Milford put runners on second and third in the first inning.
"[Matts] been in some tough spots this year and he's done well through them," said Hart. "I feel as though the couple times he got into situations today he did a very good job of getting out of them."
North Attleboro baseball (13-2 Hockomock, 17-2 overall) will travel to Taunton on Thursday for the final game of their regular season. Milford finishes the season 5-15 overall and 4-12 in Hockomock play.
Franklin Prevails In Extras Against North Attleboro
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. – With two of the best pitchers in the entire state on the mound, scoring chances for North Attleboro and Franklin were going to be hard to come by on Monday afternoon.
Franklin's Jake Noviello and North's Nick Sinacola, both committed to play at Division 1 schools next year, clashed in what was the true definition of a pitcher's duel.
Noviello allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk, striking out 11 in eight innings of work while Sinacola struck out 12, allowed four, four walks and one earned run in 7.1 innings.
It wasn't until the top of the ninth when the Panthers finally cashed in, exploding for five runs in the top half of the inning to prevail with a 6-1 win over the Rocketeers.
"We knew we'd face Sinacola and he's a great pitcher, and we knew it'd be a great game," said Franklin head coach Zach Brown. "So we talked about competition, and I think sometimes people forget that competition is back and forth — they answer, then you answer, back and forth. So that was the message prior to the game. We knew there'd be a lot of swings, we just had to stay the course and trust each other. North Attleboro is a great baseball team, they made it really difficult for us today, so hats off to them.
"I thought Jake did a great job just setting the tone. Each time we needed him to settle us back down, he was able to do that."
North Attleboro's Zach DeMattio connected on a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the first inning to put Big Red ahead 1-0.
But Franklin sophomore Jack Nally answered in the top half of the second, ripping a line drive solo shot down into the bleachers in left field to make it 1-1.
"[Nick] pitched his tail off, there's not much more to say," said North Attleboro coach Mike Hart. "He did everything we asked him to. The kids have been behind him all year. He's a great leader for us too. We knew scoring chances would be tough to come by for both teams. You have to take them when you have the opportunity."
Those would be the only runs that the starting pitchers gave up, though each team had a golden chance to take the lead late in the game.
North had its best chance in the bottom of the seventh when Nick Raneri reached on a one-out single, and pinch runner Nolan Buckley went all the way to third after an errant pickoff attempt. The Rocketeers tried for a suicide squeeze to bring the winning run in, but Franklin's defense was prepared.
Noviello purposely pitched high and junior catcher Jake Macchi fired down the third base line. Shortstop Alex Haba made a nice play to get back to the bag, took the throw, and then ran down the runner for the second out. Noviello struck out the next batter to end the inning.
"We had talked about it and how we wanted to defend it," Brown said. "We decided that if they were going to do it, it'd be the first pitch so we went pitch out there and we were fortunate enough to get it done. And our shortstop did a great job coming over the top of that play, because that's not an easy play. The guys did a great job executing it."
"We've been aggressive all season, I'm not going to make any excuses for doing it," Hart said about the decision. "I thought it was the time to do it…that's the way we play the game and that's how we're going to continue to do it."
That momentum carried into the top of the eighth for the Panthers. Evan Wendell (walk) and Scott Elliott (single) reached and then advanced a base on a throwing error. After going up 3-0, Haba was intentionally walked to load the bases.
That put an end to Sinacola's day but senior Ben Arrighi came in and got the job done. The senior made a nice play on a grounder near the first base line to get the force out at home and got a swinging strikeout for the third out to escape the inning without any damage.
"That's his spot right there," Hart said of Arrighi. "His innings are down because our starters have been able to go deep into games. I give him a lot of credit. He came in with some serious guts and got the job done for us in that inning."
Noviello didn't slow down in the bottom of the eighth, sandwiching a pair of strikeouts around a pop up to keep the momentum on the Panthers' side.
Nally got things started in the top of the ninth with a leadoff single and then stole second. Shane O'Neil laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Nally over, and the sophomore scored on a base hit from senior Michael Langmeyer to make it 2-1.
Langmeyer stole second, took third on a groundout, and crossed the plate on an RBI single from Colby Fitzgibbons. Elliott followed with a walk to put runners on first and second and then Haba — who had a two-run home run taken away by a leaping grab from North's Nathan Pearce in the sixth inning — delivered the knock out blow with a three-run bomb over the press box at Community Field to give Franklin a 6-1 lead.
"[Alex] has been real steady for us," Brown said. "He really stepped up big and delivered in a big spot for us. We really needed those insurance runs to beat a team like that because North is capable of scoring in bunches."
Franklin senior Bryan Woelfel needed just 10 pitches to set North down in order in the ninth inning to close the door.
Franklin baseball finishes the regular season 17-5 overall and 12-4 in the Hockomock. If King Philip defeats Mansfield on Thursday, the Panthers will share the Kelley-Rex title with the Hornets. Franklin will find out its postseason fate June 3rd (Super 8) or June 5th (D1 South). North Attleboro (16-2 overall, 12-2 Hock) is back in action on Wednesday against Milford.


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Yesterday we talked about how the new Silverlight 2 beta announced at Mix 08 contains zooming technology based on SeaDragon and Photosynth, aptly called Deep Zoom.
While there is the Deep Zoom Composer for those who want to make their own image collage on their PC, Microsoft has gone a step further by providing this functionality in a web-based service: Windows Live PhotoZoom.
PhotoZoom allows users to create albums, either by uploading photos from their PC or by importing from an RSS/Atom feed. The clever, processing-heavy part is then done on the Microsoft servers, turning the album from a set of regular photos into a collage with Deep Zoom capabilities.
Once the processing is done (only a few minutes), you can then pan and zoom your photos in the same way you would with the Hard Rock Cafe demo.
Here's a sample album on PhotoZoom:
And here's a sample embedded album:
Looking forward, there are performance improvements around the processing time on the way. It takes maybe a minute or so per photo right now. There's also a client application in the works which will allows users to convert images on their PC and then upload to the servers for sharing. In the meantime check it out and let us know what you think!
(Two notes to put in here. Firstly that this is an experimental project, so does not have the same level of support as a full released program or service. Secondly as its part of the Windows Live Incubation Platform, it may not operate with the same reliability as other services. Feedback is welcome in the comments.)
Update: See our followup post here.

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In this blog, at www.nonprofitalternatives.org, Heather Carpenter writes about nonprofit leadership, nonprofit careers, the nonprofit workforce, nonprofit technology, and nonprofit management education.
Organizations & Associations
The Alliance for Nonprofit Management is the national voice and catalyst for the field of capacity building. they improve the effectiveness of individuals, groups, and organizations helping nonprofits and communities achieve positive social change.
Annenberg Alchemy is a free capacity building and leadership development program designed to strengthen the sustainability of Los Angeles County-based nonprofits. The Annenberg Foundation provides this opportunity to over 140 nonprofit organizations a year. To date, over 1,400 nonprofit executive directors, board chairpersons and board members from 600 nonprofit organizations have participated. The programs are built around the belief that staff and board leaders aligned in common purpose can transform nonprofit organizations. Therefore, for all of the Alchemy trainings, the Executive Director and Board Chair must attend all sessions together. Among the central issues addressed are fundraising, board effectiveness, civic engagement and accountability. In addition to a robust curriculum and intensive learning sessions, participants are connected to a network of local practitioners and given implementation tools, mentorship and an ongoing opportunity to share best practices and innovative strategies.
The first step for interested nonprofit organizations is to apply and complete Leadership Seminar, Alchemy's signature course. The application process opens in September, with sessions beginning in January. After successfully completing the Leadership Seminar, alumni can apply to a higher level course comprised of four highly participatory sessions offered every other month. Applications for Alchemy+ are accepted beginning in May, with sessions beginning in September. Successful completion of both programs qualifies an organization to receive a capacity building grant up to $10,000!
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private charitable organization, dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. It was established in 1948 by Jim Casey, one of the founders of UPS, and his siblings, who named the Foundation in honor of their mother.
The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families. In pursuit of this goal, the Foundation makes grants that help states, cities and neighborhoods fashion more innovative, cost-effective responses to these needs.
The Aspen Institute mission is twofold: to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues.
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) offers what no one else can: an exclusive focus on leadership education and research and unparalleled expertise in solving the leadership challenges of individuals and organizations everywhere. We equip clients around the world with the skills and insight to achieve more than they thought possible through creative leadership.
What is creative leadership? It's the capacity to think and act beyond the boundaries that limit our effectiveness. Every leader and organization faces obstacles that are difficult to surmount – from corporate executives confronting the complex global marketplace to educators trying to lift student achievement to nonprofit groups and government agencies addressing critical social issues with tight budgets.
CCL believes that solutions to these challenges exist — and for over 40 years we have helped clients unlock them through creative leadership. We believe leaders are made, not born, and that they can adapt and change. We believe that strong interpersonal skills, grounded in personal reflection and self-awareness, are the key to effective leadership.
Since 1979, the Center for Nonprofit Advancement has strengthened, promoted and represented its member nonprofit organizations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. We connect our members to the tools and resources they need to meet their missions.
Center members are a diverse group of large and small nonprofits serving communities in Greater Washington, across the nation and around the world. As a Center member you can depend on us for:
- training and technical assistance for leaders and staff at every level to increase performance and the impact of your services.
- opportunities to network and connect with each other as well as the philanthropic, corporate and government sectors.
- an advocate so governments understand that nonprofits provide core services that hold communities together and support our collective efforts.
- high-quality, administrative and management assistance services that help you save money and operate efficiently.
CompassPoint intensifies the impact of fellow nonprofit leaders, organizations, and networks as we achieve social equity together. We believe that nonprofit organizations and leaders need relevant support that builds on their strengths, experiences, and achievements and that those individuals and organizations that invest in increasing their leadership and management capacities are better poised to achieve progress.
For over 35 years, CompassPoint has worked to carry out this purpose by guiding nonprofits as they become better managed, more adaptive, and achieve higher impact. With our 24 staff working in San Francisco, the East Bay, Silicon Valley, and beyond, we strengthen today's leaders, and are helping to grow a healthy pipeline of diverse leaders for the future. We influence the dialogue about policies, emerging practices, and the resources needed for nonprofits to create change. And we convene partners, link fields, and strengthen networks that accomplish more by working together.
We use the following approaches to achieve our community goals: Our integrated practice offers the strongest teaching, coaching, consulting, and peer learning—all grounded in deep nonprofit leadership experience. We partner with leaders, cultivating and supporting them at every level within nonprofit organizations and across the sector. We believe that leaders exist at all levels and can influence an organization or network regardless of title or tenure. And as a multicultural organization, CompassPoint is responsive to the needs of diverse leaders and communities.
The Free Management Library provides free, easy-to-access, online articles to develop yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations (whether the organization is for-profit or nonprofit). Over the past 15 years, the Library has grown to be one of the world's largest well-organized collections of these types of articles and resources.
Management is responsible to ensure that the organization continually has high-quality operations and employees. One of the most important practices to meet this responsibility is to conduct successful succession planning. Find out more here.
Established in 1990 as the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute furthers its mission to strengthen and inspire the leadership of the social sector and their partners in business and government by connecting the public, private and social sectors with curated resources and relationships to serve, evolve and lead together.
By fostering leadership grounded in
• the passion to serve
• the discipline to listen
• the courage to question
• and the spirit to include
we work to create an open, responsive, global social sector.
We share wisdom cultivated over two decades— from our groundbreaking work as both the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and the Leader to Leader Institute—guided by the vision, commitment and spark of Frances Hesselbein.
The nationally recognized Rockwood Leadership Institute specializes in delivering the best practices and methodologies in leadership development to the nonprofit community.
Since 2000, Rockwood has trained nearly 3,000 leaders from thousands of organizations in the United States, Canada, and Israel.
We have a vision:
- Thousands of inspired social change agents trained in partnership, communication, conflict resolution, team building, planning and producing powerful results.
- Thousands of nonprofit organizations endowed with the skill and heart to bring out the best in their people, collaborate effectively with allies of all kinds and produce lasting change.
For us, it is simple – we want to change the world by helping the people who want to change the world.
The mission of Social Justice Leadership (SJL) is to help usher in the transformation to a just society by catalyzing a new generation of individuals and organizations to lead a renewed social justice movement. SJL works with grassroots organizations across the country to develop and implement Transformative Organizing, a new framework for social change. We believe that Transformative Organizing (TO) can both change the basic approach and assumptions of social justice organizing, and greatly expand its impact. TO promotes a long-term view of fundamental social change:
- Transformative Organizing seeks to liberate society from oppressive social, political, and economic systems and structures.
- It equally seeks to liberate individuals from the personal suffering of stress and anxiety that so often manifest in our lives, our interpersonal relationships and our leadership.
The Bridgespan Group is a nonprofit advisor and resource for mission-driven organizations and philanthropists. We collaborate with social sector leaders to help scale impact, build leadership, advance philanthropic effectiveness and accelerate learning. We work on issues related to society's most important challenges in three primary areas: pathways to opportunity for disadvantaged populations, environmental sustainability, and civic engagement. Our services include strategy consulting, executive search, leadership development, philanthropy advising, and developing and sharing.
Useful Additional Resources
There is an ongoing discussion over precisely what is social entrepreneurship and who is a social entrepreneur.
Link to this discussion here.
What is the organizational capacity of Los Angeles County nonprofits? What types of capacity building do they most need to enhance their
effectiveness? What kind and quality of capacity-building services are they receiving? And how are funders helping to strengthen—or hinder—nonprofit organizational performance? To help answer these questions, the Weingart Foundation retained TCC Group, a 31 year-old management consulting firm that serves funders and nonprofits, to conduct a study of nonprofit capacity-building needs and services in Los Angeles County. Through surveys, phone interviews, focus groups, and objective assessments, TCC heard from over 1600 nonprofit, capacity-building, and philanthropic leaders in the region. The study revealed that there is clearly much that can be done to strengthen the organizational capacity and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles County. The capacity of capacity-building providers in the region, in turn, also needs to be fortified. We hope that you find this report to be illuminating and thought-provoking. We want it to stimulate change that enables more Los Angeles County nonprofit organizations to be well-led, reflective, sustainable, adaptive, and, ultimately, achieve greater impact.
Management is responsible to ensure that the organization continually has high-quality operations and employees. One of the most important practices to meet this responsibility is to conduct successful succession planning. Find out more here.
Nonprofit organizations rely on strong leadership to pursue their missions. This resource list contains citations to selected articles and books from the Foundation Center's bibliographic database, the Catalog of Nonprofit Literature, on the subject of succession planning.


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Valued at USD 407 million, the rights issue was complex given the extensive mining titles due diligence and prospectus verification process that accompanied the underwriting by HSBC, JP Morgan Casenove and the Standard Bank of South Africa. Additionally, the rights issue was preceded by a share split and a post rights issue share consolidation. The rights issue also necessitated a special dispensation for the Bapo ba Mogale Tribe under a share placing agreement in order to maintain the level of black economic empowerment required for maintaining Lonmin's mining and prospecting rights.
Lonmin PLC, listed on the LSE and the JSE and a member of the FTSE 250, the British producer of platinum group metals operating in South Africa, was facing a financial crisis due to declining resource prices, pressing union demands and existing debt obligations. The rights issue was critical to the client's continued operations and had to be achieved on an extremely short time-table, notwithstanding the complexities involved. The expertise and commitment of our Mining team contributed significantly to the success of the rights issue and related transactions.
The complexity and intricacies of this matter demanded a wide net of expertise, calling on specialists from a number of CDH's core practice areas including: Partner and Mining Sector Head, Allan Reid; Partner, Giada Masina (Mining); Partner, Lilia Franca ( Corporate & Commercial); Tax and Control Exchange team; Partner and Practice Head, Deon Wilken (Finance and Banking); Partner, Sandra Gore (Mining) and Partner, Fiona Leppan (Employment).


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Veyron Owner thinks he's proven Bugattis aren't expensive to maintain
Expensive cars accumulate very expensive maintenance bills, but not everything about them has to empty your wallet of its hard earned cash. One Bugatti owner in Hallandale, Fl. has proven this theory by taking a trip to the local car wash on US1 to get his Veyron sparkling clean.
While some may consider this automotive blasphemy, others - like our penny-pinching Veyron owner - no doubt believe this is a great way to cut down on those ridiculous maintenance fees associated with the $2 million ride. A routine service for the Veyron runs up to around £13,000, which is around $21,000 based on current exchange rates. In the event that you need to replace the specialized rubber on the Veyron, a set will cost you £25,000 ($40,500). Oh, and 'as per Bugatti's recommendation', you should change your tires after every 2,500 miles. It's also common procedure for a car like the Veyron to continuously check for cracks on the wheels of the supercar, a practice that will set you back an extra £7,200 ($11,500). All in all, a year's worth of maintenance could set owners back about $300,000!
Which brings us back to our $30 car wash guy. This guy is definitely not shelling out $30,000 for his Veyron to get cleaned appropriately, but is having your local car wash rub down your supercar with inexperienced hands a smart move? Probably not.
This poor little record-breaking supercar probably never saw it coming.
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What's wrong with being practical and saving money? It doesn't mean that if you have your super car, you also have to pay expensive treatment for your car. He's not being stupid at all.
That's kinda unbelievable.. We all absolutely know that expensive and luxury cars are expensive to maintain too..


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POINTS REPORT: Six races into the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ranks third in the driver standings on the strength of three top-five finishes and five top-10s. He trails leader and teammate Jimmie Johnson by 12 points.
POLE POSITION: Earnhardt's two pole positions at Texas are tied for first as career-bests for the 38-year-old driver. Earnhardt earned the top starting spot at the Lone Star State track in April 2001 and in April 2008, his first pole with Hendrick Motorsports. He also has two pole positions at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Michigan International Speedway.
FIRST WINS: Earnhardt, driver of the No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet SS, earned his first career Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series wins at Texas Motor Speedway. He was just seven races into his rookie season when he recorded his first Cup win on April 2, 2000, at the Fort Worth racetrack. Then age 25, Earnhardt started the race fourth and led 106 laps on his way to Victory Lane. He recorded his first career win in the Nationwide Series on April 4, 1998.
EARNHARDT AT TEXAS: In 21 Sprint Cup starts at Texas Motor Speedway, Earnhardt has scored one win, two pole positions, three top-five finishes and 12 top-10s. He has an average starting position of 11.8, which is his second-best at all tracks, and he has led at least one lap in 13 of those starts for a total of 448 laps.
LOOP DATA: According to NASCAR's loop data statistics, Earnhardt ranks second among drivers in laps run in the top 15 at Texas. During the last 16 races there, the Kannapolis, N.C., native has spent 76.7 percent of the events (4,106 laps of 5,355 total) running in the top 15. Earnhardt also ranks fourth in the average running position category with an 11.5 average spot.
DRIVER RATING: According to NASCAR's loop data statistics, Earnhardt's driver rating at Texas is 92.7, which ranks him eighth among drivers in the last 16 races at the 1.5-mile oval. The driver rating is a formula that combines the following categories: wins, finishes, top-15 finishes, average running position while on the lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, most laps led and lead-lap finishes. The maximum points a driver can earn in each race is 150 points. The driver rating number is used pre-race as a prediction tool and post-race as a performance evaluator.
CHASSIS CHOICE: This weekend at Texas, crew chief Steve Letarte will unload Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 88-726. Earnhardt last raced this chassis to a seventh-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in November 2012.
TEXAS DOUBLE: In addition to his duties behind the wheel of the No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet, Earnhardt will pilot JR Motorsports' No. 88 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Friday. In five Nationwide starts at Texas, Earnhardt has one win, one top-five finish and three top-10s. This marks Earnhardt's third Nationwide start of the season. Most recently, he drove the No. 88 Chevrolet to a 14th-place finish in the Nationwide event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last month.
HENDRICK AT TEXAS: In 24 races (97 starts) at Texas, Hendrick Motorsports has four wins, 23 top-five finishes and 42 top-10s. Johnson most recently went to Victory Lane for the organization in November 2012 after starting from the pole position. Johnson ranks tied for second with nine top-five finishes, 14 top-10s and a 9.3 average finish among drivers all-time at Texas. Jeff Gordon and Earnhardt rank tied for first all-time with two pole positions.
SEASON-TO-DATE: Hendrick Motorsports quartet of drivers ranks inside the top 10 in several season-to-date categories, notably including average running position, driver rating and laps led. Johnson leads all three categories with a 6.296 average running position; 116.5 driver rating and 430 laps led. Earnhardt has the fifth-best average running position (11.099), while Kasey Kahne's ranks seventh (11.686). Gordon's average running position of 12.451 is eighth-best among Cup competitors this season.
LAP LEADERS: Hendrick Motorsports drivers have led 40 percent of the 1,983 laps run this season with Johnson tallying the most (430 laps led). Kahne ranks fourth with 223 laps led, while Gordon is eighth after pacing the field for 97 circuits in the first six Cup races this season. Earnhardt's 47 laps led rank him 10th.
DALE EARNHARDT JR., DRIVER, NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET SS (ON TEXAS.): "I enjoy racing at Texas. It's a mile and a half, like a lot of tracks we run on in the series, but this track has got some oddities to it that make it different than most of the other 1.5-mile tracks. The exits, to Turn 2 especially, are a real challenge. And the bumps and stuff are pretty challenging on the bottom of both corners. The entry to (Turn) 1 is always a lot of fun. It's really fast and just trying to get the car through the middle is a challenge there. Texas is a unique place."
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The 18-year-old daughter of David Siegel, the founder of Westgate Resorts, was pronounced dead Saturday after being found unresponsive at her father's home, the Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday.
David Siegel and his wife, Jacqueline, known as Jackie, were the subjects of the 2012 documentary "The Queen of Versailles."
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Jackie acknowledged the death of their daughter, Victoria.
It is with great sadness that we ask you to respect our privacy during this tragic time and the loss of our beloved...Posted by Jacqueline Siegel on Sunday, June 7, 2015
Victoria Siegel was discovered in the "Seagull Island" mansion in Windermere, Florida just after 2 p.m. on Saturday and pronounced dead at the Health Central Hospital, according to the Sentinel.
The Sentinel reported that investigators were still trying to determine the cause of death. Jackie Siegel posted a photo of her entire family on Facebook last month.
A behind the scenes photo from the #CelebrityWifeSwap photo-shoot. I love being with my family!Posted by Jacqueline Siegel on Saturday, May 30, 2015
The New York Times noted in 2012 that David and Jackie were raising eight children.
David Siegel's timeshare company — which operates two dozen resorts around the US — is the source of his vast wealth, the Times noted in its 2012 article, which centered on the "Queen of Versailles" documentary.
At the time of the documentary, The Times noted, the Siegels had a staff of 19 and were living in a 26,000-square-foot home while they were waiting for their 90,000-square-foot house to be finished.
Ultimately, David Siegel filed a lawsuit against the maker of the documentary, which ended up focusing on the effects of the mortgage crisis on Westgate Resorts.
"So instead of being a movie about the building of a giant house, 'The Queen of Versailles' instead focuses on the drip, drip, drip of a rich family trying to hold onto what it has — and its painful, sometimes comical, adjustment to changing circumstances," Joe Nocera wrote for The Times.
The Sentinel reported Sunday that David Siegel would make a statement in the next few days about Victoria's death.


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There has been a spate of hacking on some pretty big brand social media accounts and it is starting to smell very fishy. Burger King got hacked and gained 30,000 followers, and then Jeep and MTV got hacked the next day.
Now I am sure some of them were real, but at least one was co-ordinated by a marketing exec or a community manager, a team of marketers or social media ninjas of some sort.
Moments before MTV's twitter account was hacked their overzealous marketing manager let slip that he had prior knowledge of some fun shenanigans about to kick off at MTV HQ. MTV was "Hacked" by BET to promote some kind of live music event, it is obviously important to note that Viacom owns both TV channels.
I don't think it is naive to suggest that Viacom are not the only marketing/social media team or external agency to throw out a hack as a good exposure tool, but it is a slippery slope.
The importance of social for brands is huge at the moment and trying to hoodwink their fans, followers or brand advocates is not only a bit insulting, it is a really big "look how dumb we think you are" right up in your face.
Now I always think working in comms can distract a person from what the public acknowledge, and I am sure most people won't give a flying fudge about MTV faking the hacking of their twitter account. But the premise of the action is pretty alarming.
Any brand that has done this is aiming for two outcomes, the "look how cool we are taking this in our stride" factor and a massive jump in followers. It portrays the brand as a friend, you know happy to have a laugh, happy for you to poke fun at it a little bit, then it's time for a hug and you to buy one of the products. YEAY.
It is a ploy that doesn't work in any other comms medium and is a dangerous path to go down. Brands shouldn't make the "friends" move. It is very possible to present a brand effectively on social platforms without being creepy and too over familiar.
But in all seriousness social media can tread a dangerous line between marketing, advertising, public relations and customer services. Some people nail it, this fake hacking stunt did not.
Oh and FYI, if you refer to yourself as a social media ninja you need castrating
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Thu, 12 October 2017
"You can never remove all uncertainty from your life, you just need to stack the deck in your favor" - Tai Lopez
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Do you understand the natural cycles of life? There are season of prosperity in any life, and the winter is when things dry up, when you don't have as much going on, when your income is down and it seems like you can't get anything off the ground. This is the time that you have to prepare for.
Those who have built real wealth have done so through an understanding of this, and a preparation for the winter. As long as you are prepared for the winter, you can weather the storm. The winter only destroys those who were foolish enough to think it would never come, and so never prepared for it.
Understand which season you are in, and live your life accordingly, with an understanding of the coming changes of season and preparation for those changes.
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"When things are good, prepare for the coming winter" -Tai Lopez
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Pretty Deidesheim sits in the heart of Germany's wine country, and has an effortless grace about it. Vineyards stretch out across the landscape. Its winding streets are sprinkled with welcoming wine taverns. And the surrounding forests have plenty of scenic trails to stroll along.
More than just a stop off on Germany's 'wine route', Deidesheim is as smooth and elegant as the grapes it grows.
Things to do
Even if wine isn't your thing, it's hard not to be enchanted by the countryside strewn with vines and the scent of fruit that hangs in the air. Tour the vineyards by bike and you'll be able to sample local Rieslings at private tastings. Stop off at the Museum of Wine Culture for a fascinating insight into this grape-growing region.
Whether you're looking for romantic fine dining or a relaxed 'vintner' platter to go with your wine tasting, this little village delivers on all counts. Thanks to the area's Mediterranean climate, expect to dine on dishes filled with freshly picked lemons, figs, almonds and even kiwi fruit.
On the edge of the Palatinate Forest, Deidesheim is the ideal starting point for hikes, bike rides and gentle strolls. Depending on the trail you pick, you'll see crumbling castle ruins, vines laden with grapes, storybook villages and sweeping views from the region's incredible rock formations.
Visit during Pentecost to witness Geissbockfest. This local festival honours an old tradition – in exchange for using Deidesheim land, nearby Lambrecht pays the village one goat.
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Let's start off the book reviews this time with a look at Charles de Lint's Newford Stories: The Crow Girls. Of all the immortal shapeshifting being that inhabit the Newford stories, the most charming at least for me are Maida and Zia, the two crow girls, who look like pinkish teenagers all in black naturally. After you read Cat's review, you can experience them first hand in A Crow Girls Christmas written by (obviously) Charles de Lint and charmingly illustrated by his wife, MaryAnn Harris.
He also offers us a review of one of his yearly readings: 'Jane Yolen has set The Wild Hunt in the dead of winter, a winter where the weather is very, very bad — as bad as it will be at Ragnarok itself. The story told here is that Herne the Hunter, He Who is The Lord of Winter, is battling… a cat… a rather small cat at that. Ahhh, but not just any cat.'
A stocking stuffer for the SF fan you're purchasing gifts for comes courtesy of Richard: 'The point of Bruce Sterling's Pirate Utopia ois clear and simple: revolutionary fervor is inevitably co-opted by existing power structures and ultimately by the commercial impulse. That's it, that's the hard part, and you don't need to read the rest if the thesis statement is all you were there for.'
Robert brings us a collection that fits the season — in fact, it fits almost any season. About Glen Cook's Winter's Dreams he says: 'Glen Cook is known for his series — Dread Empire, Black Company, Garrett, P.I., Starfishers, and the like. What we tend to forget is that he has also written short fiction, which is fully up to the standard set in his novels. His newest collection, Winter's Dreams, offers a good look at his range as a storyteller.'
From the frozen North comes a study in history/anthropology/lifeways, Piers Vitebsky's The Reindeer People: 'Siberia, that vast tract that covers the Russian North from the Urals to the Pacific, is one of the most inhospitable places that humanity has found to live, equaled only by its American counterpart (although Siberia does hold the record low temperature for any inhabited part of the earth). In its southern reaches it was the site of one of the most significant events of animal domestication in human prehistory, and one that is little-known in the West: the domestication of the reindeer.'
Richard looks at what is a now a best beloved for many here: 'For those who haven't seen the filmed version of the play (and shame on you if you haven't, stop reading right now and go watch the bloody thing), The Lion In Winter details one rather dysfunctional family's Christmas gathering in France. Of course, the family is that of Henry II of England (including Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionhearted and the future King John, among others); the invited guest is Philip Capet of France, and the holiday gathering takes place at Henry's castle of Chinon.'
It's no secret that Denise adores dark beers. And while the warmer months may make the body happy, her taste-buds sneer at all the light beers those months have on offer. So when things start to get cool, she starts to anticipate all the porters, stouts, Scotch ales, and holiday selections brew masters inevitably hold for the chillier parts of the year.
This year, as Yule approaches and thoughts turn to fireplaces and friends, why not take a peek at her thoughts on few of this season's offerings? There's Egg Nog Ale and Holiday Milk Stout from Flying Dog Brewery, and Shiner's Texas Warmer for folks who are more worried about sixty degree temps rather than minus sixteen.
Jack treats us to a seasonally appropriate review of The Winter Child: 'Once upon a time, Wendy Froud & Terri Windling did an illustrated novel entitled A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, and now we have the sequel to that book, which chronicles in loving detail the adventure upon that magical night of one unassuming but oh-so-important faery called Sneezlewort Rowanberry Rootmuster Boggs the Seventh. Sneezle may be but a minor member of the Faery Court that inhabits the Old Oak Wood — and this is, as noted in the book, the very, very oldest of the Courts that inhabit the British Isles — but he takes the Midwinter Festival very seriously, as should any good faery.'
Triakel's Wintersongs says April is a 'beautiful follow-up to 1998's eponymous Triakel celebrates not just Yuletide, but Advent, St. Stephen's Day, New Years and Epiphany with a glorious blend of tunes and words old and new, both joyous and somber.
Gary, who says he's not usually one for holiday music, enjoys the new Valse de Noël, An Acadian-Cajun Christmas Revels. In addition to some carols from those traditions, it features Acadian dance tunes and ballads, some Cajun two-steps, and some songs and tunes shared by French-Canadian and Cajun cultures.
Jayme has a Celtic seasonal album for us: 'Smithfield Fair's never been a band that over-produces its work. Sure, they go in for clever arrangements now and again, but for the most part their previous discs have featured an honest, workmanlike approach to the music. On The Winter Kirk, a collection of sacred and Scottish seasonal songs, they go even beyond that and strip all the tracks down the their barest, rawest essentials. For the most part, it works fairly well.'
Kathleen has some not merry Christmas music for us in Claude Debussy's 'Noel des Enfants Qui N'ont Plus De Maisons (Christmas Carol for Homeless Children): 'This war carol — which is an oxymoron if there ever was one – is the least joyful Christmas song I know, a hymn of gloom and doom that makes 'Mary and Joseph' sound positively giddy. It sounds better in French, of course, especially if you don't know what the words mean.' Read her full look at it to see why it's worth hearing.
In contrast to our previous offering, Robert brings us Julevariasjoner which 'translates as "Christmas Variations," and that is just what this disc by Norwegian pianist Wolfgange Plagge is: a set of variations on Christmas carols, some Norwegian, but many that will be recognized anywhere that Christmas is celebrated.'
Here's another Norwegian collection to fit the season. Says Robert: 'Magnum Mysterium is a collection of choral music around the celebration of the birth of Christ – the "Magnum Mysterium" that has provided such a rich heritage for Christmas celebrations. Although Grex Vocalis is a Norwegian group, the disc also offers carols from France and England and includes a "Norwegian" hymn, "The Infant King," that originated in the Basque country.'
Our What Not this time is a look at something that was very special to Vonnie: 'The Christmas Revels is a special event, an annual tradition on par with performances of the Nutcracker, only tailored to lovers of folk traditions. After 42 years, it has accreted tradition of its own, which helps audience members to feel like part of the holiday community — which is the point of the Revels. The culture on which the performance focuses changes from year to year but the basic shape of the performance — and its professionalism — remains constant.' Her look at the Irish Christmas Revels is here, and her review of Strike The the Harp: An Irish Christmas Revels can be found thisaway.
So let's take our leave this time with a bit of seasonal music that's not terribly traditional, to wit 'Fairytale of New York' with vocals by Shane Macgowan and Kristy McColl as backed by the Pogues of course. It's from their concert in London at the Town and Country Club on St. Patrick's Day nearly thirty years ago.


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Albee (Chen Qiao En) is a pampered, high-class young lady who has never experienced any hardship in her life. On her birthday, just when she expects to be proposed to by her long-time boyfriend Huang Bo Cheng (Tian Jia Da), her life is turned upside down. Her father is forced to flee the country and she finds herself without a father, home, or even a boyfriend. Soon after she finds herself destitute, she reads in the tabloids that Huang Bo Cheng and her best friend Zhen Zhen have been secretly seeing each other. To make matters worse, she is being followed by a tabloid photographer (Jason Hsu). What will Albee do?
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Hobe Sound is a charming little community within Martin County, in Florida. It's a land rich with beautiful coastlines, easy to drive roads and a chilled out friendly vibe. There are more than a few fun things to do in Hobe Sound within just a few minutes' drive from each other, and here are 7 of them… or 6, if you're watching the video.
7 Fun Things to Do in Hobe Sound
1. Breakfast at Harry and the Natives
Harry and the Natives Restaurant has been around since 1941. It's so old that it has the 9th alcohol licence in the district, and places 1 to 8 are no longer up and running. It's a definite favourite with the locals.
We went. Couldn't miss this place out from our Martin County itinerary, could we?
It was a tough choice between the Coconut Pancakes and what I eventually went for, but seeing as I'd never seen Carrot Cake Pancakes on a menu, and decided they'd be all out American gluttony with a frosting and maple syrup, I chose them. And they were everything, especially with a bit of bacon on the side.
The new Tiki bar brings people in on the weekends, apparently the place is rammed thanks to their Mimosa brunch and the Bloody Mary Bar, where you can pimp your mimosa to your heart's content. Also, they have live music so as our new friend Angela told us, "she can bring her kids, they can be as noisy as they like, and no one can hear them over the band".
Harry and the Natives is a real family place. Harry prides himself on moving with the times, listening to his customers, and giving them what they want – cue the three new electric car chargers out the front.
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2. Drive down South Beach Road on Jupiter Island
I presume you've got a rental car? We picked up a Toyota Yaris from Hertz at Fort Lauderdale Airport for £165ish for the week, including return to Orlando. That was the basic level, but they have cars for all kinds.
A soft top drive down South Beach Road would be amazing, but at least with our little Yaris we got to listen to our carefully curated Spotify playlists as we went. The mansions here are incredible – there was one that even had an entrance AND an exit driveway. They line both sides of the road, most set back so they can enjoy the views over the Atlantic Ocean.
It's a nice 40mph speed limit here so you can get a good look as you drive to the bottom of the island and round again. Choose your favourite name – mine was 'Wit's End'.
Make sure to drive along Bridge Road too. The way the trees arch over the street is pretty special. Watch the video above carefully and you can see it in the back window.
3. Check out Blowing Rocks
The Blowing Rocks are a 'point of interest' here. At first I didn't think they seemed that impressive, given our beautiful rocky coastline in the UK, but stick around to watch as the water blasts up and over and you'll realise it is actually a pretty cool sight.
Look out for the water coming up through the blow holes, they make for the coolest pics
Oh and the beach is pretty cool to sit and admire too. Bring a picnic!
4. Hobe Sound Murals
I lurrrved these. In fact, I have over 100 photos on my phone of them, with me stood in front in varying states of uncomfortable. The idea is that locals, and local businesses, sponsor an aspect of them. In Stuart they're currently creating a huge under the sea one and the turtle has been sponsored for $25,000. All the money raised goes to a local charity for human trafficking.
Hobe Sound Beach
Ocean Jazz
Create Yourself
Live Learn Loggerhead
There are 25 murals in Hobe Sound, with another 10 planned for the future. You can either take a guided walk round (definitely would've liked to do this), walk around on a self-guided tour with a printed guide from the Chamber of Martin County, or drive around Hobe and play 'Spot the Mural' – which is kinda what we did.
5. Jonathan Dickinson State Park
With almost 11,500 acres the park is full of wildlife and fun activities to do. The Loxahatchee River runs throughso if you have the time and the inclination you can rent kayaks, canoes or go on a boat tour (just check out my video). There are also cycles for rent with paved and off road trails.
We climbed up to the highest point and then went for a slow drive along the paved roads. Had an epic lunch we needed to get to s0 had to be quick…
6. Lunch at Flash Beach Grille
To be honest, I was expecting a beach bar when we were recommended the Flash Beach Grille, but it's set just off the Dixie Highway, looking out over the Ocean Jazz mural. Food totally made up for the lack of beach, and to be fair, there was sand.
Emily and I shared the chicken tenders – which came with three types of fries, amazing idea – and the bacon wrapped shrimp with fried noodles. Looked delicious, difficult to eat, but worth the challenge. I'm not sure I've ever seen shrimp so big.
The staff here were really lovely by the way. We were there for a midweek lunch but I'd definitely recommend trying it at night too as they have live bands out the front.
7. Hobe Sound Beach
If you've got time to relax on the beach, and it's sunny, make the most of it. With white sand and (usually) blue skies you can set up camp for the day and chill out. The beach is only two minutes drive from the grill, so when you get a bit peckish you can just drive on over along the famous Bridge Road I told you about.
8. Casa del Vino
And, bonus one for you…
Unfortunately, we just didn't have time to visit, BUT, I have it on good authority that the Casa del Vino Wine Bar is excellent. The Italian family that run it have a vineyard back in Italy and ship in local wines especially for their clientele. Gutted we didn't manage to fit this one into our Hobe Sound adventure.
Let me know what you think of it if you get there!
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Where to Stay
Hutchinson Shores Resort
We spent two nights at the Hutchinson Shores Resort on Hutchinson Island, about a 30-minute drive from Hobe Sound. It's new and super plush. There are two heated pools, a jacuzzi, a delightful restaurant and of course bars too. It's located right on the beach so the views from the room are amazing. Also, you can fall asleep with the balcony doors open and the sound of waves. Dreamy.
Old Colorado Inn
Alternatively, stay at the Old Colorado Inn in Stuart. It's about 25 minutes from Hobe Sound and is a great spot if you like your hotels with a bit of history. It's one of the oldest buildings in Stuart and has accommodation to suit all prices and party sizes. We stayed in the Key West Suite and loved the space, and the bagel breakfast delivery every morning. It was well located for the bright lights of Stuart and had the little Tiki bar next door with it's live music and tasty rum cocktails.
*I was in Hobe Sound thanks to Love Florida and Discover Martin County. All views my own, obviously.


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