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Michael Lorenzen was one of the more interesting prospects in the 2013 draft because he played both ways at Cal State Fullerton, leaving some question as to what path his career would follow. Early reports indicated that the Reds were planning on letting Lorenzen pitch AND play centerfield, but it now seems clear that they intend to develop him solely as a starting pitcher. That was likely their intention all along.
Whether pitch or play, Lorenzen brings plus athleticism, versatility, good size, and strong make-up to the table. So, those are the raw materials that the Reds will need to shape into a productive ballplayer. On the personal side, Lorenzen has a strong religious belief, going so far as to write bible verses on the baseball cards that he autographs to encourage people to look them up. Faith is a large part of his life.
The Reds obviously have faith in Lorenzen and hope he can step right in to help prop up a beleaguered farm system.
The Reds selected Lorenzen out of Cal State Fullerton with the 38th overall pick in Competitive Balance Round A of the 2013 draft. Lorenzen was a surprising pick for a number of reasons. First, it was a touch earlier than he was expected to be taken. Second, most teams viewed him as a position player rather than a pitcher.
As a position player, Lorenzen was a plus defensive centerfielder with, naturally, a rocket for an arm. The hit tool, however, came with significant question marks attached. He seemed short on both power and on-base skill, putting a lot of pressure on the development of the hit tool. All of which led some teams to prefer him on the mound. The Reds were one of those teams.
At Fullerton, Lorenzen actually pitched very little, spending most of his time roaming the outfield. For comparison sake, he only pitched 44.2 innings while logging 596 ABs at the plate. He didn't pitch much, but when he did it was in high leverage situations.
As a sophomore, he tossed 22.0 innings in which he posted a 1.23 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 17/5 K/BB ratio, and 16 saves.
As a junior, he tossed 22.2 innings to go along with a 1.99 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 20/4 K/BB ratio, and 19 saves.
In short stints, he was very effective on the mound, but the Reds are developing him as a starting pitcher. As a starter, he won't be able to lean quite as heavily on his fastball, so he'll need to broaden his repertoire to have success the second and third times through the batting order.
The decision by MLB to move the signing deadline for draftees up allows more players to get their feet wet in professional ball in the year in which they were drafted. In Lorenzen's case, he actually had time to make four separate minor league stops. It was odd development plan.
Lorenzen tossed 1.0 inning in the Arizona rookie league, 8.1 innings in low-A Dayton, 5.2 innings for high-A Bakersfield, and 6.0 innings for double-A Pensacola. Across the four stops, Lorenzen posted a cumulative 3.00 ERA, 19/13 K/BB ratio, and a 1.50 GB/FB ratio.
It was a successful debut in that Lorenzen compiled substantial and varied experience. The performance was certainly respectable, but the sample size is too small to draw any real conclusions. I have no idea what benefit the organization saw in bouncing him around four different levels in such a short period of time, but if I had to hazard a guess I would say that they really had no idea just how much he could handle and wanted to push him to the limit to determine at which level to start him in 2014. Though, it might have been done to pair him up with certain coaches, to get him out of a hitter-friendly Bakersfield ballpark, or to get him seen by enough coaches and scouts to confirm their plan to develop him as a pitcher. Or, maybe another reason entirely.
After the season, the Reds added a fifth stop to Lorenzen's CV by sending him to the Arizona Fall League, where the results were both underwhelming and irrelevant. Another bit of experience to get him ready for his first full season of professional baseball in 2014.
During his time in the AFL, Lorenzen gave an interview in which he discussed getting acclimated to the role of starting pitcher. It was a revealing article because it showed just how raw Lorenzen really is on the mound, including the need to get a pitcher's toeplate for the very first time.
A couple of quotes of note:
"I'm just ready to compete, and I'm working my butt off to get my body in good enough shape -- in pitcher's shape, not center-field shape -- to where I have that longevity and I'm not just a power guy," Lorenzen said. "I'm still going to throw hard and I'm still going to come at you. But I think there's more of a strategy to it than just coming out and throwing my hardest and having the power breaking ball and all that."
"I think the biggest thing is just building up my arm strength, getting better command of all three of my pitches and just figuring out what kind of pitcher I'm going to be," Lorenzen said. "Just getting used to the starting role."
Lorenzen doesn't know what type of pitcher he's going to be, needs to get into pitching shape, and acclimate to the routine of starting pitching. It's encouraging how agreeable he is to the role change, but it's disconcerting how inexperienced he is with pitching. He almost comes off like the star of his little league team who excels at every position based on youthful exuberance and "aw shucks" natural ability, without really understanding the position.
Lorenzen's mechanics are clean, efficient, and smooth. He generates plus velocity with low effort mechanics. There's a lot to like, especially from a part-time pitcher. You can also readily see Lorenzen's good athleticism in the balance and body control, which should enable him to repeat his delivery. I didn't always appreciate, or maybe understand, the importance of athleticism to a pitcher until I watched A's/Rockies southpaw Brett Anderson pitch. Anderson is a wonderful talent, but he's not very athletic and it shows in his delivery, fielding, and propensity to fall down (literally). That won't be a problem for Lorenzen.
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Lorenzen stands tall on the mound, which when coupled with his 6-3 stature should allow him to work on a downward plane.
After he breaks his hands, Lorenzen uses an arm swing with a bit of stab to it. Out of the glove, he drops his pitching hand straight down behind his right hip, where it lingers before coming up into throwing position. Some pitchers can do this effectively, Tim Lincecum utilizes a similar move, but Lorenzen's move seems a bit disjointed, with a longer pause behind the right hip reducing the fluidity of the arm swing. Whether it's a problem remains to be seen, but a more fluid arm swing might improve his consistency and command.
Lorenzen utilizes a very strong and high leg kick. In the leg kick, his knee comes up well past parallel and he incorporates some body coil through a small wrapping of the leg, all of which helps generate force to impart to the baseball through the kinetic chain.
Lorenzen gets into a very strong position at the apex of his leg kick. From apex, he gathers himself well before driving to the plate, maintaining his balance over the rubber. However, his drive to the plate isn't as strong as it could be and might benefit from a more aggressive and slightly longer stride. The less aggressive drive to the plate limits the explosiveness of his hip rotation, which results in a minimal differential between hip rotation and shoulder rotation. The minimal differential between the hip and shoulder rotations reduces the effectiveness of the kinetic chain and shifts more of the force generation and stress to the arm. So, his mechanics are clean and fundamentally sound, but there is some inefficiency there, too.
He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, which may improve the movement but reduce the downward plane on his pitches. The arm action itself is very clean. His elbow maintains good position relative to the shoulder throughout his delivery and the timing is correct as he brings his arm up into proper throwing position at foot strike.
As for the follow-through, Lorenzen gets good extension that carries him out over his stride leg and should help him throw on a downward plane. He also incorporates a proper deceleration phase that should reduce injury risk. He finishes up in a balanced, proper fielding position. One of the things that I loved about Josh Ravin was that he possessed both power and balance/body control. He was able to generate top tier velocity without losing body control. Lorenzen has that same ability.
Here's a look at Lorenzen courtesy of Steve Fiorindo on YouTube:
This video shows more than enough for me to buy into Lorenzen. The mechanics are smooth without any red flags, the plus velocity is apparent, and the slurve he throws at the 0:24 mark shows the plus potential of the pitch. So, the foundation for success is there, but he's undoubtedly very raw. He's going to need to put in a lot of work, but his max projection is that of an impact starting pitcher.
If I could change one thing about his delivery, then I'd like to see a slightly longer stride and stronger drive to the plate. He should take that athleticism and body control out for a spin by being more aggressive with his lower half. If you have the body control and athleticism necessary to harness and control maximum force generation, then it seems wasteful to generate anything less than maximum force. By lengthening the stride, he'd create more room for the hips to clear and possibly increase the differential between hip and shoulder rotation.
Overall, Lorenzen has fundamentally sound pitching mechanics with room for a bit of refinement. His mechanics are a rarity in that they generate plus velocity with minimal effort, which should provide both performance and mitigation of injury risk benefits. His limited experience makes it difficult to know how effectively he'll be able to repeat his delivery, but his plus athleticism should help him in that department. Overall, his mechanics provide an impressive and encouraging developmental starting point, especially for someone who has only been a part-time pitcher to this point.
Lorenzen has two primary pitches. A fastball that sits 93-95 and touches 97 with good movement, especially arm-side run, and a hard breaking ball that has been variously described as a curveball and a slider. So, let's label it a slurve for now, but whatever the label, it's an impressive, if inconsistent, offering. It has a tight spin and biting break. If he can improve its consistency, then it's not hard to envision it buckling the knees of hapless hitters. He's also working on a third pitch, a changeup with good potential and good sink.
If Lorenzen is going to start, then he'll need to refine his secondary offerings and improve the command of his fastball. If he's going to relieve, then he'll need to improve the consistency of his breaking ball.
Given just how little Lorenzen has actually pitched, it's impressive that he already has the makings of two plus-pitches and it's natural to wonder what a little experience will do for his repertoire.
I really like Michael Lorenzen. He wasn't on my radar last draft because he's not as interesting as a position player and he spent so little time on the mound. So, it was somewhat surprising when the Reds drafted him with the 38th overall pick. However, it didn't take long for me to get on board.
The mechanics are smooth and fundamentally sound. The raw stuff flashes plus. The physical stature is good for a pitcher. The athleticism could allow him to effectively repeat his mechanics. Despite his limited experience on the mound, he's starting off his professional career at a fairly advanced point on the pitching development curve. The question is just how far he can advance from that starting point as his experience grows and grows.
Lorenzen is another example of a bold draft selection by the Reds front office. These bold selections really give the feeling that they really have a plan of what they want to do and are confident enough to execute it. They obviously didn't view him as anything other than a pitcher with a position player fallback option. They saw enough in Lorenzen to believe that he could be successfully converted to the rotation. And, given his clean mechanics, plus fastball, and the plus potential of his slurve, they may well be right.
If everything breaks right, then Lorenzen could develop into an impact starting pitcher. There is, however, a very wide range of potential career outcomes for Lorenzen, so he does have some real development risk.
Even so, his blend of upside and risk is enough to land him at #5 on the list.


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:D Hello To all Fellow Members from Norway,
Firstly I would like to thank Emrys, for helping to sort out my membership details,allowing me access to the forum once more.
It as being 19 months or so since I was last on the Gnatterbox
and believe me a heck of a lot of H2o as passed under the proverbial old bridge!The fact I am still here at all is nothing short of a
miracle ,that and a superb Norwegian health service!
In between my death defying feats..I have tried to keep my spirits up by totally absorbing myself in Model Railways?(Almost) to put this in some kind of context..For the best part of 50 years I have,to varying degrees lusted after my own First Class layout,but personal circumstances together with long term illness meant in the main that the Dream remained just that,a dream...
During my 12+ years in Norway (Married a wonderful Viking!)health as worsened,"just when you thought it could not possibly get any worse???" I suppose I have tried to compensate for my situation by day dreaming,which as led to the extraordinary and embarrassing situation that I have zoomed from one disaster to another! Modelling wise? I must have purchased just about every scale & gauge in the book From 00 to HO to sm32 to Gauge 0 to Spur 1, O16.5 and so on...Suffice to say it was in great part undertaken out of frustration! and massive over enthusiasm...Usually ending up being regretted and the items sold on ebay and the like, at a terrible financial loss...My wife despaired of me, it was crazy..but it was my way of coping with many things,
As it stands today I now own some rather nice European Spur1 from KM1 & Hubner(no layout!) and that's being the issue I am in no position to build anything,leading to the immense frustration I mentioned.Also it is very fair to mention that Spur 1 as superb as it is is not at all practical or affordable.
Okay so why am I sharing all this? well having looked at every form of railway Modelling..It really dawned on me that I need to do something sensible,make a final and binding modelling decision before it really was to late? by this I mean choose a scale and gauge and stick to it,not only that but I need to cut my cloth accordingly
money is finite and tied up in the SPUR1 and a nice collection of Railwayana mostly German signs & Plates but some Swiss badges e.t.c.
I first joined the Gnatterbox back in 2005 Emrys informs me,I wish now I had stayed put and put all my energies in to GN15 or similar scale & gauge,but that's history..
Now I am looking to sell the Spur 1 Items and some if not all of the Collectibles,therefore allowing me hopefully to pay someone to build for me a rather Nice Gn15 layout of moderate size and easily transported to Norway(may be able to find shipper to bring it here)
Anyway that is the plan,just thought I would let members know and should anyone be in a position to help..I would be eternally grateful.I have lots of ideas mainly gleaned from some of the superb layouts by Ian,Emrys,Christophe and Frank in France,Brian Fayle in Canada and so on..
Please accept my sincere apologies for this rather long post
Best wishes to everyone
Regards Steve

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The average payment duration in the Spanish food industry is 70 days.
Market performance at a glance
- Spanish food production increased 3.8% in 2014, to EUR 93 billion. Growth was mainly a result of higher exports (up 5.9%), while domestic demand remained subdued. However, domestic demand is expected to improve in 2015, in line with the on-going economic rebound.
- Persistent consumer price deflation in 2014 and 2015 has had a negative impact on businesses' margins. Profitability ratios have declined due to strong competition and price wars in the food sector, mainly in the retail segment. However, consumer prices have increased slightly in recent months, which could lead to increasing profit margins in the near future.
- The intense price war in the retail segment has left some players in a difficult situation. While the industry is still fragmented, industry consolidation is on-going and companies should gain size and become more competitive domestically and abroad.
- The external financing requirement of food businesses is high, and access to credit (both working capital and long-term facilities) has further improved. Bank lending to food businesses has increased by more than 17% year-on-year in the January-July 2015 period.
- The average payment duration in the Spanish food industry is 70 days. Non-payment notifications have decreased over the past couple of years, and we expect the positive trend to continue, along with the improved outlook: the on-going rebound of the Spanish economy and increasing access to bank loans should result in improved business performance, and subsequently in lower payment defaults and insolvencies.
- The food sector's resilience and stable payment behaviour makes us supportive in our underwriting stance. However, we are restrictive when underwriting the fruit and vegetables subsector, which, since 2014, has suffered from over-production and a decrease in exports (also triggered by Russia´s import ban). In this segment, insolvency numbers are well above the average of the food sector, and our outlook remains negative, as the trend in payment behaviour continues to be negative and no improvement is expected in the short term.


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New season of "Defending Life" debuts July 31 on EWTN
July 24, 2013
Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, has announced that an exciting new season of "Defending Life" featuring dynamic guests and provocative topics will begin airing July 31 on EWTN.
Janet Morana, Executive Director of Priests for Life, and Father Scott Daniels, O.P., a Priest Associate of the ministry, will co-host this 23rd Season, which will air at 2:30 a.m. Wednesdays and 11 p.m. Thursdays. Additional broadcast times and other information is at DefendingLife.TV.
Defending Life is the longest-running and farthest-reaching series on abortion ever produced by either side of the abortion debate. It airs on the world's largest religious media outlet. Fr. Frank Pavone began taping it in 1994 at the personal invitation of EWTN Foundress Mother Angelica.
In one episode, Mrs. Morana and Father Daniels will take an unflinching look at D&E abortion, the dismemberment procedure most often performed in the second trimester of pregnancy. This topic is particularly relevant today as more states pass laws to protect children from abortion after 20 weeks of development.
Another episode focuses on Mrs. Morana's new book, "Recall Abortion," and the double meaning of the word "recall" as in "remember" and as in removing a harmful product from the market.
And in a third episode, you will hear Naomi Barber King, sister-in-law of Martin Luther King Jr. , make history as she declares in Washington, DC that the "Beloved Community" includes the unborn child!
Other guests in this season include Peggy Hartshorn, president of Heartbeat International; Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Americans United for Life; Jeanneane Maxon, former general counsel for Carenet, and Victoria Hearst, granddaughter of media magnate William Randolph Hearst, who will discuss her transition from pro-choice to pro-life. Monsignor Philip Reilly, founder of the Helpers of God's Precious Infants, will talk about his ministry, and David Rosa, a post-abortive dad, will discuss a powerful new movement to acknowledge the regret men feel for involvement in abortion.
"We are very excited about this season," said Mrs. Morana, who is also the co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign and co-host of EWTN's "The Catholic View for Women." "Viewers will learn more about topics in the forefront of today's pro-life movement. They will gain powerful talking points and a clearer understanding that abortion is the real war against women," she said.
Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, said each season is designed to provide a realistic look at the many dimensions of the tragedy of abortion, and the progress the pro-life movement is making to counteract it.
"Our goal is to energize and empower every viewer to go out and redouble their efforts on behalf of the unborn," Father Pavone said. "We are winning this fight!"


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Handheld History: Murder on Beacon Hill
On a warm afternoon a week before Thanksgiving, 1849, Dr. George Parkman, one of the richest men in Boston, went missing. A massive manhunt uncovered pieces of a body in and under the Harvard Medical College. Professor John Webster was arrested for the murder. What followed was the most famous trial and conviction of the 19th Century.
This is the backdrop for an NEH-supported project called Walking Cinema: Murder on Beacon Hill – a location-aware mobile application that became the first iPhone app to be featured at a major international film festival.
Based on the grisly murder of George Parkman and subsequent trial of John Webster, the tour begins at the site of the original Harvard Medical College building on the Massachusetts General Hospital campus. The app directs the user from place to place on an eight-stop journey, providing visual information and historical perspective on what the user is seeing. This sort of technique is called "augmented reality," and is one of the most exciting developments at the intersection of humanities and digital culture.
The goal of the project, the developers emphasize, is not to create "a digitized guidebook, but a highly participatory true crime story that physically leads audiences through an in-depth analysis of 19th century Boston culture."
Following the walking tour, users discover the clues to the crime throughout eight locations in Boston's rich historical landscape, from the Charles Street Jail (now the Liberty Hotel) to the place where Parkman's remains were found by investigators. Mobile videos lead you to artifacts along the way—morality board games, riddling ink stamps, crime scene pop-up books. For those who cannot visit Boston, the entire application is available as a video podcast, and the website has an interactive map to lead users along a virtual path.
The mobile application was developed by Untravel Media, Inc., in partnership with the producers of the NEH-funded PBS film "Murder at Harvard" and Simon Schama's book "Dead Certainties."
Michael Epstein, CEO of Untravel, calls the project a "transmedia" extension of the original film. "The idea wasn't to just reuse the film,' he says, "but to extend the story into a participatory experience. We tried to pick up certain characters and situations where the film left off and tease out more of their backstory. The mobile version focuses on reconstructing the fateful encounter between Dr. Parkman and Professor Webster in the Medical College laboratory. The College's ruins are the starting point for the journey and the connective tissue to various artifacts found along the walking path."
The mobile app was screened at the 2010 Boston International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Indie Spec New Media Award.


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Official Group
The European Commission opened a 12 week consultation period on 24 June to survey opinions from stakeholders and interested parties on possible actions at EU level to support the deployment of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) in the EU.
The survey requests views on potential options and opinions around provision of consent for C-ITS systems for broadcasting data and on priorities for deployment of C-ITS systems.
The replies submitted to this public consultation will be analysed and taken into consideration during the development of the C-ITS Master Plan, a Communication by the European Commission that is foreseen for the second half of 2016, and the first non-legislative step of a roadmap for the deployment of C-ITS across Europe.
Thew commission notes that achieve COP21 targets, and increase efforts to reduce carbon and other air pollutants due to transport without curbing mobility all modes will need to become more efficient and road traffic will need to become smarter and better integrated.
C-ITS, it sates offers the potential to contribute to this both directly, through better traffic management leading to seamless flow and less congestion, and indirectly, by facilitating modal shift and the transition towards low-emission vehicles.
The parallel trend of automation will not, it states, even be possible without connectivity.
The commission adds that C-ITS technologies are now mature and the best time for co-ordinating their deployment to ensure interoperability is considered to be before separate/proprietary systems and ecosystems have fully developed. Therefore, the European Commission engaged in a dialogue with Member States and private stakeholders in a dedicated forum to address these open issues.
The Platform for the Deployment of C-ITS in the European Union (C-ITS Platform), a Commission Expert Group launched in July 2014, consists of more than 100 stakeholders that meet on a monthly basis in 11 different Working Groups. The first phase of the C-ITS platform resulted in a final expert report which was endorsed on 21 January. Successful deployment of C-ITS, maximising its benefits, it is suggested, will depend heavily on interoperability of systems and vehicles, i.e. across brands, across borders and with seamless transitions from national to regional and local authorities.
Funding for C-ITS pilot projects has been available under EU funding programmes (TEN-T, CEF, FP7 and H2020). Some Member States are about to start deployment in real life conditions on selected motorway corridors in Europe.
All the contributions shall be submitted through the online questionnaire. Contributions may be submitted in any official EU language.
A new report from the European Commission funded Transport Research & Innovation Portal (TRIP) claims "there remains a significant body of work to be done and to address different approaches amongst stakeholders on certain aspects' of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS).
A Ricardo AEA led research report analysis published on 20 June analysed over a decade's worth of C-ITS projects submitted by academics, policy makers and private sector organisations to the online TRIP portal.
The report provides a comprehensive review of C-ITS progress and points to standardisation and principles of interoperability as the biggest barriers facing the widespread adoption of the technology in Europe. To avoid a fragmented approach to deployment, the report makes some scientific and policy recommendations for overcoming barriers in C-ITS implementation and for creating safer and more sustainable transport systems. The report is available for free at transport-research.info/c-its


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Kris Humphries Wants $7 Million From Kim Kardashian To Settle Divorce.
Kris Humphries is holding out for $7 million and an annulment from Kim Kardashian. Maybe that's why he can't pay his $52,000 clothing bill. HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Is Kim Kardashian or Kris Humphries the bigger douche? Read More


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So these guys aren't in the top ten. They automatically hate me and I automatically hate them… Well not really of course, but I want to tease out the drama!
After the first 6 picks, ending with Chris Paul for me, it's becomes a mess of upside players and seasoned vets all tossed around like Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister. Then that tornado finished the job last year, ripping off Hunt's clothes for The Sessions.
Without further ado, here are the guys I'd be ripping my clothes off for to round out my top 20:
11. Kevin Love – Oh Kevin Love, how I would love you so… Few players have the upside Love brings to the table who could go 25/15/3/1/1 and hit 2 3's a night. But as you well know, it's all about the injuries. If there is nothing but strong health and a solid preseason heading into the season he may vault into my top 10, but even the smallest whiff of an injury moves him down a few pegs.
12. Derrick Rose – It's funny how the "when will Rose come back" narrative has lasted since New Years and still continues to this day through the playoffs… Just like Love, the upside is tremendous but who knows how Rose will perform with a knee injury that continues to plague him more than a year from surgery? I think his decision to sit out is great for fantasy owners looking to invest in Rose, but at the same time there still are some lingering questions keeping him out of the top 10.
13. Kyrie Irving – Rose and Irving are neck-and-neck for me, but I am putting Irving one spot behind Rose. Improvements in virtually all aspects of his game, Irving was fantastic in 2012-2013, but the injury bug plagued the young point guard as well. And don't forget he was hurt almost his entire college career (season) at Duke as well. New (old) coach Mike Brown is a welcome sign for the Cavs and the budding superstar, only helping Irving continue to grow and I'm excited for a big season.
14. Paul George – Listen, Paul George was on almost all my teams last year with a 3rd round or early 4th round pick and led me to some nice fantasy promised lands. Most rankings will have him a 1st round pick, but I just don't think he's there yet. A fantasy swiss army knife, George does it all, but actually saw his FG% drop slightly with the increased load in shots along with his 3PT%. I know that's not exactly any sort of red flag considering he had to shoot much more with the opposing team's defense centered on him, but he had some down games and I don't think he's a fantasy superstar yet. And don't forget Danny Granger will return next year and may take a few of those shots.
15. Brook Lopez – Who led NBA centers in scoring? Ok I probably gave it away by saying that right next to Lopez's name, but whatever! Lopez increased his FG% from 2010-2011 (injured almost all of 2011-2012) while also significantly increasing his blocks and rebounds a game despite playing fewer minutes per. Every Nets game I watched had Lopez just owning down low, and I am expecting a huge season from the only useful Lopez twin.
16. Ricky Rubio – After returning from ACL surgery in December, Rubio was solid but not exactly the huge breakout a lot of people were expecting. Obviously the return from a major knee injury tempered expectations, so maybe he was right about where people thought, but I think Rubio is as solid a mid 2nd-rounder as it gets. 2nd in the league in steals and can get a triple-double on any given night, but we'd just like to see a little better 3-point shooting and more consistent scoring.
17. Dwyane Wade – Lost in the LeBron MVP 4-peat was the amazing season by Dwyane Wade. A career-high FG%, still a 20+ PPG scorer, and contributing across all categories like he has his whole career, it was a fantastic season. Not much more to say than feel great about your mid-2nd round pick if you land Wade.
18. Damien Lillard – One of the more dominant rookie seasons in recent memory, Lillard really exceeded his huge preseason hype. I think his iffy FG% is only going to increase along with his other stats and become a 22-23 PPG player. If Lillard does indeed improve on his rookie season like many expect, there's no reason he shouldn't be a top-20 pick.
19. Carmelo Anthony – The NBA's leading scorer needed a sizzling final month-and-half of the season to lock up the award, but Anthony doesn't really do enough of anything else to warrant a higher ranking. I do like the uptick in rebounds and he shot his best 3PT% of his career, but he doesn't get enough steals or blocks for me to want to rank him higher. I think the scoring goes down and Anthony will disappoint owners who take him much higher than this.
20. Josh Smith – Disclaimer alert! I'm not a huge J Smoove fan. No real reason for it, he just isn't my favorite to watch while he's on the floor so probably won't end up on any of my teams. But the statistical impact is there with a big man who can dish, steal, block, hit a few threes and of course board and score. A FT% that's gone from 72.5 to 63.0 to 51.7% in the past three years is just mind-bogglingly weird, and there's still the question of where he'll end up. I have a feeling he's out of ATL which will of course impact his ranking further down the line, but for now he rounds out my top 20.
Just out: Nicolas Batum, Dirk Nowitzki and Anthony Davis all barely miss the cut. I'm especially big on Davis who I think has a huge breakout in his sophomore season. Both Big Al's (Horford and Jefferson) also deserve some consideration.
But don't worry! All of those guys will certainly be in the top 100, which will come out early next week. If you have any daily league questions through the playoffs or through the offseason, shoot below and happy (almost) Summer!


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If you are hosting a blog giveaway that is currently active for the week of June 1, 2015 please feel free to list it below.
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The Dance Studies Track in Theatre at Wheaton College trains students in the creative art of movement, through both practical experience and intellectual inquiry. Students work towards proficiency in a particular tradition, acquiring both physical and verbal language skills pertinent to their focus, while being exposed to a global awareness of movement and its ability to articulate and express ideas of identity, sexuality, gender, ethnicity, race and nationalism. Students learn to recognize and distinguish the many diverse sources of dance, including historical and contemporary streams of socio-cultural influence and the ever-inspiring natural world that surrounds us. The integration of body, mind and spirit informs intellectual and expressive pursuits essential to the dance track such as dance technique, choreography, production, aesthetic integrity, dance history and dance ethnography. The dance track is one step towards preparing students for further study and/or careers in the fields of performance, choreography, dance education and administration.
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The percentage of Latinos lacking health insurance is double the national average, according to a recent study by the Latino Data Project of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies (CLACLS) at the CUNY Graduate Center. In addition, the number of uninsured Latinos is increasing at a higher rate than that of other groups nationally, and in New York State, nearly one third of Latinos are without health insurance, the Latino Data Project found. The report, titled "Health Insurance Patterns among Latinos in Comparative Perspective, 2004–2007," was one of six studies recently released by the CLACLS, including an overview of "The Latino Population in New York City, 2008." All the reports can be found at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/lastudies/.
The health insurance report, which looked at the ten most Latino-populous states in the U.S., noted that "in all states examined, what is most conspicuous is the disparity in the rate at which Latino adults are uninsured compared with the other major race/ethnic groups." Among the lead findings are:
Between 2001 and 2007 Latinos saw the highest overall increase in the rate of people who lack medical insurance in the United States, with the rate of uninsured Latinos rising by 2.5%.
The growth rate of uninsured Latinos was five times greater than that of the non-Hispanic white population.
Latinos in New York State report significantly lower rates of uninsured persons compared to the other ten states with the highest Latino populations in the U.S., with only Georgia reporting a lower rate of uninsured Latinos.
Despite this, nearly one-third of Latinos in New York lack medical insurance, a rate that is nearly twice that of Asians, twice as high as non-Hispanic blacks, and nearly three times as high as non-Hispanic whites in New York.
While Latinos of all ages are more likely to be uninsured than non-Hispanic persons, the lack of health insurance coverage is particularly acute among Latinos aged 18-24, where over half (51%) of Latinos have no health insurance.
The lack of medical insurance is also felt most strongly among Latino males of all ages. Some 37% of Latino men are uninsured, a figure which is twice the rate of the total population and nearly three times the rate of non-Hispanic white men.
Major findings from "The Latino Population in New York City, 2008" include:
There were over 2.3 million Latinos living in New York City in 2008 an increase of 5% from 2000.
Some 31% of all City Latinos lived in the Bronx, 27% in Queens, 22% in Brooklyn, 18% in Manhattan, and 3% in Staten Island.
Latinos were 28% of the City's total population in 2008 and accounted for 52% of the population of the Bronx, 27% of Queens, 25% of Manhattan, 20% of Brooklyn, and 15% of Staten Island.
The other recently released studies include "A Profile of Latina Women in New York City, 2007; "Demographic, Economic, and Social Transformations in Brooklyn Community District 4: Bushwick, 1990–2007"; "Fertility Rates Among Mexicans in Traditional and New States of Settlement, 2006"; and "Latino Middle Class Income Earners in New York City, 2006.
The Latino Data Project makes information available on the growing Latino population of the United States, and especially New York City, through the analysis of extant data available from a variety of sources, such as the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Institute for Health, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and state- and local-level data sources.
The Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies is a research institute that works for the advancement of the study of Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the United States in the doctoral programs at the CUNY Graduate Center. One of its major priorities is to provide funding and research opportunities to Latino students at the Ph.D. level. It has also established and helps administer an interdisciplinary specialization in Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies in the Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies program. For additional information, contact the Center at 212-817-8438 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Graduate Center is devoted primarily to doctoral studies and awards most of the City University of New York's Ph.D.s. An internationally recognized center for advanced studies and a national model for public doctoral education, the school offers more than thirty doctoral programs as well as a number of master's programs. Many of its faculty members are among the world's leading scholars in their respective fields, and its alumni hold major positions in industry and government, as well as in academia. The Graduate Center is also home to more than thirty interdisciplinary research centers and institutes focused on areas of compelling social, civic, cultural, and scientific concerns. Located in a landmark Fifth Avenue building, the Graduate Center has become a vital part of New York City's intellectual and cultural life with its extensive array of public lectures, exhibitions, concerts, and theatrical events. Further information on the Graduate Center and its programs can be found at www.gc.cuny.edu.
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Ten most unexpected positive performances in the young season
Improved play from the likes of Wilin Rosario (No. 20) and Dexter Fowler (No. 24) have spurred a strong start by the Rockies. (AP)
We're just three weeks into the 2013 baseball season, barely more than 10 percent of the way through, but already we're seeing some unexpected performances that could prove to be more than flukes. Here, are 10 of the most unexpectedly positive performances in the early going, five by teams, five by individuals, with a look at what they've done and whether or not the nature of those performances is likely to continue as we get deeper into the season. Tomorrow we'll have 10 negative surprises from the first three weeks.
Team Performances
Colorado Rockies: 13-5 (.722), 1st place in NL West
Last year, the Rockies finished in last place, 30 games out of first, with the second-worst record in the National League. Through the first three weeks of the 2013 season, they are tied with the suddenly slumping Braves, who have lost three in a row and four of their last five, for the best record in the NL.
They've done this despite minimal roster turnover. Only four members of Colorado's current 25-man roster were not on the team last year, two of those men are bench players (infielder Reid Brignac and catcher Yorvit Torrealba), one (righthanded starter Jon Garland) didn't play for anyone last year and the last is set-up righty Wilton Lopez, who currently sports a 9.00 ERA.
Of course, that accounting glosses over the healthy returns of Troy Tulowitzki, an MVP-caliber player who lost most of 2012 to a groin injury, and lefty starter Jorge de la Rosa, who made just three starts last year after spending most of the season rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. Both are leading the charge in the early going this season, though even better than de la Rosa has been 25-year-old Jhoulys Chacin (3-0, 1.46 ERA), who just hit the disabled list with a lower back strain.
The Rockies are getting it done on both sides of the ball. Their offense, led by Tulowitzki, Carlos Gonzalez, Michael Cuddyer, Dexter Fowler (team-high seven home runs) and sophomore catcher Wilin Rosario is second in the majors with 5.78 runs scored per game. Their pitching, led by Chacin, de la Rosa (2-1, 2.82 ERA), Garland (2-0, 3.32 ERA) and strong relief work from lefty Rex Brothers and closer Rafael Betancourt (7-for-7 in save chances), has been a tick better than league average in allowing just 4.22 runs per game, a stellar performance for a Colorado staff.
Is it real? The Rockies can hit. They were third in the NL in run scoring last year, and with Tulowitzki back, Rosario a year older and Fowler experiencing a breakout, they should be better this year. The question is, will the pitching hold up? Chacin's injury isn't a positive indicator, but de la Rosa posted a 111 ERA+ for the Rockies in the two-plus seasons before his surgery. Garland was a reliably league-average starter before his career was interrupted by shoulder surgery in 2011, and he's still just 33. There's certainly the potential for disaster, and while the Rockies are still unlikely to contend all season, it wouldn't be a surprise to see them finish around or even a tick above .500, which would be something close to a 20-win improvement from last year and a major feather in the cap of rookie manager Walt Wiess. They'll have a major test this week as the Braves come to town for a three-game set starting Monday night.
Boston Red Sox: 12-6 (.667), 1st place AL East
The Red Sox finished last in the AL East last year with the third-worst record in the American League (69-93, .426) and never once got more than five games above .500. This year, it took them just 14 games to get to six games over and prior to Sunday's doubleheader sweep by the Royals, they had won seven games in a row despite the turmoil their city faced last week. They are fifth in the AL in run scoring and second, behind only the Rangers, in run prevention, and are tied with Texas for the best record in the junior circuit. They've done all of that despite injuries to David Ortiz, who made his season debut on Saturday with a rousing f-bomb and a pair of singles, intended shortstop Stephen Drew and starter John Lackey, who looked great for four innings before tearing his bicep, and the early failures of spring training sensation Jackie Bradley Jr and newly-acquired closer Joel Hanrahan (okay, it was just one blown save, but it was really ugly).
Is it real?Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester won't keep up their current pace (combined 7-0, 1.29 ERA), but if they stay healthy, there's no reason they can't both be among the better pitchers in the league, and the rest of the rotation could well improve on its early-season performance, be it due to reinforcements in the form Allen Webster, who made a strong major league debut in a spot-start on Sunday, and Rubby De La Rosa, or from Lackey delivering on the promise of those first four innings. The bullpen could well even out and maintain the same performance, and the offense should be able to at least hold the line with Ortiz back in the fold and Bradley back in the minors given that Will Middlebrooks hasn't done much other than hit four home runs and Dustin Pedroia's power hasn't shown up yet. Injuries have been Boston's bugaboo the last few seasons, and there's always that risk, particularly with the aged Ortiz and fragile Jacoby Ellsbury, Lackey and Mike Napoli around, but if the Sox can stay healthy, they could well be for real.
New York Mets offense: 5.82 runs per game, best in majors
Only four NL teams scored fewer runs than the Mets last year, and one of them, the Astros, is no longer in the league. So how, after spending the winter failing to fill a largely empty outfield, have the Mets become the major's most dangerous lineup this April? It's largely the work of four men: David Wright (of course), leftfielder Lucas Duda, catcher John Buck and second baseman Daniel Murphy (though utilityman Justin Turner has helped out off the bench) and some well-timed hits (New York has hit .310/.400/.503 with runners in scoring position, which works out to an adjusted OPS 44 percent better than the league-average in those situations).
Is it real? David Wright's .311/.447/.557 performance isn't out of line with his ability. That's real. Duda, who is hitting .273/.475/.659, has legitimate power and has shown improved patience. He'll have his slumps but could indeed have a career year in this, his age-27 season. Buck, whose time keeping the catching position warm for Travis d'Arnaud has been extended by d'Arnaud's broken foot, has established power, too, but the 32-year-old's team-best seven home runs are already a third of the way to a new career high. Maybe he could have another season like his career-best 2010 (.281/.314/.489, 20 HR), but even that seems unlikely as he's never hit above .247 in any other season. Murphy can hit for solid averages (.294 career) with some patience and doubles power (41 doubles per 162 games in his career), so his current .348/.389/.576 line isn't completely out of character, but he does have trouble staying healthy. Ike Davis and Ruben Tejada should perk up to compensate for some of the regression experienced by the others, but the main issue is the clutch performance. The best OPS+ with runners in scoring position last year was the Tigers' 116. The Mets are at 144. That's not real.
Oakland A's offense: 5.26 runs per game, best in AL
The A's won 94 games and the AL West last year, and though they only scored 4.4 runs per game on the season, they scored 5.2 runs per game after the All-Star break thanks in part to Manager of the Year Bob Melvin's expert platooning, a big second half from rookie leftfielder Yoenis Cespedes, and some surprising performances from players such as Brandon Moss and Josh Donaldson. Thus far this year, Melvin is still working those platoons and Moss is holding his own, but Josh Donaldson is scuffling, Josh Reddick, who slumped badly down the stretch last season, can't buy a hit (he's 3-for-his-last-37) and Cespedes has been on the disabled list for more than a week with a strained muscle in his left hand.
Instead it's shortstop Jed Lowrie (.382/.462/.632) and team home-run leader Coco Crisp (.328/.434/.703, 5 HR) that are leading the way with help from the platoon bats of lefty Seth Smith (.388/.464/.571) and part-time catcher Derek Norris (.357/.500/.500).
Is it real? The shape of it clearly isn't. Crisp, who has reached double-digits in home runs once in the last seven seasons with a high of 11, is not a power hitter. Lowrie isn't going to produce anywhere near that level even if he does manage to stay healthy. Smith and Norris's small-sample warnings are even louder than those that should be going off throughout the rest of this piece given their part-time exposure. That said, that 5.26 runs per game this season is a match for that 5.2 runs per game in the second half last year. Cespedes has already shown he's ready to return on Sunday. Reddick should come around. In addition, Chris Young hasn't gotten going yet, the team's 125 OPS+ with runners in scoring position isn't as outlandish as the Mets' figure and Melvin does have a knack for putting his players in positions to succeed. Oakland won't be among the league leaders in run scoring if it finishes the season with Crisp and Lowrie as its best hitters, but an above-average performance with Cespedes leading the charge no longer seems so far-fetched.
Pittsburgh Pirates' run prevention: 3.67 runs allowed per game, second stingiest in NL
Pittsburgh's starting rotation of A.J. Burnett, Wandy Rodriguez, James McDonald, Jeff Locke and Jonathan Sanchez doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. However, while Burnett (2.63 ERA, 13.1 K/9), and Rodriguez (2-0, 0.56 ERA, 0.38 WHIP) are off great starts, the rotation isn't what has the Pirates among the league-leaders in run prevention. It's their bullpen and their defense. Pittsburgh's relievers have a combined 2.03 ERA, third best in the majors (behind Atlanta and Texas) in 66 2/3 innings, the third most by any relief corps in the majors (behind Houston and Toronto). Its fielders, meanwhile, have converted balls in play into outs at a higher rate than any other team in the majors, and itslead over the second-place Braves grows even larger when you adjust for the contours of their respective ballparks (using Baseball Prospectus's Park Adjusted Defensive Efficiency).
Is it real? The Pirates bullpen is talented, but it won't be able to hold up if manager Clint Hurdle and the starting rotation continue to demand more than 3 2/3 innings per game from it, which is more than any team but the Rockies got from its bullpen over 162 games last year. The defense, however, should benefit from a full season of Starling Marte in leftfield, the addition of Russell Martin behind the plate in place of an aging Rod Barajas, Garret Jones spending even less time in the outfield and the continued maturation of Pedro Alvarez at third base. Last year, the Pirates allowed just 4.16 runs per game. This year, they should shed Sanchez quickly and could call up Gerrit Cole and/or Jameson Taillon by season's end. Their ability to keep runs off the board is for real.
Player Performances*
*from teams other than those above
Chris Davis, 1B, Orioles
Season Stats: .403/.486/.855, 7 HR, 21 RBI
Davis leads the majors in OPS, OPS+ and slugging and the American League in all three triple-crown stats (batting average, home runs, RBIs).
Is it real? The power is. Davis has averaged 30 home runs per 162 games in his major league career and hit 33 for Baltimore last year in 139 games. He won't hit the 63 home runs he's on pace for right now, but even 40 wouldn't be terribly out of character for a hitter with his raw power in his age-27 season, particularly given that he only needs 33 more in 144 games to get there. Given that Miguel Cabrera led the league with 44 homers last year, that would put Davis in the fight for the home-run title. Don't expect him to compete in the other categories he's currently leading, though. Davis is a hacker who has hit .264 in his career, and the man he has driven in the most this season, after himself, is Adam Jones, another hacker off to a hot start who owns a career .324 on-base percentage.
Brandon Crawford, SS, Giants
Season Stats: .317/.403/.524, 3 HR, 13 R, 166 OPS+
The Giants' good-field, no-hit shortstop has been San Francisco's best hitter this season.
Is it real? No. Crawford hit .288/.351/.409 last September, which was his best performance in any single month of his major league career, not counting his five-game debut in May 2011. He hit .266/.331/.403 in his minor league career, and scouts have never seen him as much more than a glove-first shortstop. He's 26, so it's not as though he has a ton of untapped potential at the plate. He hit just four home runs in 143 games last year. That September line above represents his upside. If he is able to do that over a full season it would be a surprise and a dramatic improvement over his first two major league seasons. What he's done thus far is a complete fluke.
Paul Maholm, LHP, Braves
Season Stats: 3-1, 1.03 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, 8.5 K/9, 3.13 K/BB, 4 GS
Maholm didn't allow a run in his first three starts this season, turned in a quality start in the fourth and has been one of the majors' best pitchers despite a long track record of mediocrity.
Is it real? In his first six seasons with the Pirates, Maholm posted a 4.48 ERA (95 ERA+) and 1.45 WHIP while striking out just 5.6 men per nine innings, good for a 1.83 K/BB ratio. He's shown steady improvement over the last two seasons, however, posting a 3.66 ERA (102 ERA+) and 1.29 WHIP for the Pirates in 2011, pushing his strikeouts above 6.0 per nine innings with the Cubs early last season, then having a strong stretch run for the Braves after a deadline deal sent him to Atlanta, posting a 113 ERA+, 1.19 WHIP and striking out 7.7 men per nine innings (with a 3.11 K/BB) over his final 11 starts of 2012. Though his current ERA and WHIP are clearly the result of a small sample, his strikeout numbers seem to be continuing that trend, suggesting that the 30-year-old Maholm, who has added a slow curve that can dip below 60 miles per hour to his repertoire this year, could be maturing into an above-average crafty lefty.
Ervin Santana, RHP, Royals
Season Stats: 2-1, 2.48 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 8.1 K/9, 5.20 K/BB, 4 GS
The erratic Santana was one of MLB's worst starters last year, posting a 5.16 ERA (73 ERA+) and allowing a major league worst 39 home runs, but the Royals saw something in him, acquiring him and $12 million of his salary at the end of October, and have thus-far been rewarded.
Is it real? Santana was an All-Star and the recipient of some down-ballot Cy Young votes in 2008 when he went 16-7 with a 3.49 ERA (127 ERA+) and 214 strikeouts (8.8 K/9, 4.55 K/BB), but failed to live up to that performance in the intervening four seasons amid eroding velocity, never once striking out more than seven men per nine innings or posting an ERA+ better than his 111 mark in 2011. He is still primarily a fastball/slider pitcher and the average velocity of the former has dipped below 92 miles per hour this season, but he has brought back the sinker he abandoned last year, his home runs per fly ball rate has regressed (though that is likely due to the fact it couldn't have stayed as high as it was last year regardless of what he did) and his peripherals in the early going speak loudly, as does his strong performance against the Red Sox at Fenway Park Sunday afternoon (7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 7 K). Santana is a notoriously erratic pitcher, so don't expect him to keep this up all season, but certainly his outlook for 2013 is far sunnier than it seemed coming into the season.
Justin Masterson, RHP, Indians
Season Stats: 3-1, 1.67 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 8.3 K/9, 2.78 K/BB, 4 GS
Masterson's apparent break-out year in 2011 instead looked like a fluke after a 2012 that largely echoed his lousy 2010 with a 4.93 ERA (79 ERA+), 1.45 WHIP and 1.81 K/BB ratio, but the see-saw has tipped back yet again in early 2013 as Masterson has looked more like the 2011 model.
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Recently, the Springloops version control system made its debut on the web and was greeted with both skepticism and interest. One developer, Hasin Hayder decided to look at it from a different angle and worked to see how easy it would be to reproduce a similar service.
Springloops is a nice code management service recently came into focus. It helps you to manage the code base of your application, monitor the commit and deploy the final version easily to another server. So if you are wondering how to build such a system and how it actually works, this article is for you.
He breaks it down into the six main topics (as he sees it) that are the core parts of the system - things like payment gateways, setting up subversion and making it user friendly. He goes through each topic, explaining its place in the application and providing some links to resources to help you set it up (or at least learn more about it).


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|The Scoop on the Philly Open
|By US Chess Scoop
|April 2, 2013
GM and Webster student Fidel Corrales Jiminez and IM and author Daniel Naroditsky tied for first at this year's Philadelphia Open. The co-champs took home over $4500 each in prize money while Naroditsky also picked up a GM norm.
The US Chess Scoop also caught up with the youngest chess master in USCF history, 9-year-old ("pretty close to ten") Awonder Liang while WGM Tatev Abrahamyan talked about preparing for the US Women's Championship.
IM norms were scored by FM Adarsh Jayakumar, FM Jeffery Xiong, FM Arthur Shen and Adithya Balasubramanian.
Find full standings and payouts on philadelphiaopen.net and USCF rated results on MSA. Subscribe to the US Chess Federation on Youtube and look for our video coverage later this week and next of SuperNationals V in Nashville.


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The season for Kinston�s boys tennis team isn�t over yet.
The Vikings learned on Monday they had earned one of three wildcard spots in this year�s NCHSAA state 2A dual-team playoffs. Kinston (8-4) will travel to Wendell Corinth Holders (12-1) for a first round match at 4 p.m. today.
According to the NCHSAA the berth is the first for Kinston since 2006 and its ninth overall. To coach Michael Moon, the playoff berth wasn�t given to his team, it was earned.
�These guys make coaching a lot of fun. They work hard in practice every day, and they know what it takes to have a successful year,� Moon said. �This wildcard berth is a direct result of that work ethic. They deserve it.�
The Vikings finished third in the Eastern Plains 2A Conference this year behind Greene Central (15-5, 8-2) and conference winner Tarboro (11-1, 10-0), both of which earned automatic bids.
All four of Kinston�s losses in league play came to those two teams, including a tough 5-4 loss to the Rams. But a pair of non-conference wins against North Lenoir gave the Vikings a high enough win percentage to get into the postseason.
The team also had four qualify for this weekend�s 2A Eastern Regionals at Greene Central: Dan Hoang, Koty Wojeski, Julian Quintero and Stan Vanclooster.
The Rams, in the dual-team playoffs for the 20th time, will travel to St. Pauls (8-0) for a first round match at 4 p.m. also.
Ayden-Grifton�s team earned a wildcard in the 1A playoffs. The Chargers (5-8) will travel to Cape Hatteras (0-7) for a first round match today at 4 p.m.
EC3A baseball tournament
The start of the Eastern Carolina 3A Conference baseball tournament has been pushed back a day to Wednesday to allow Erwin Triton and South Johnston to play their final game today in order to set the final regular season standings.
The two teams hadn�t played each other until Friday, with Triton winning 6-5. They were scheduled to play their final game on Monday but weather postponed it to today.
North Lenoir (4-14, 2-10) will travel on Wednesday to that game�s winner, which will earn the No. 2 seed. The Hawks finished last in their final season in the league. They�ll have to win the conference tournament to make the state playoffs.
C.B. Aycock won the regular season title and earned a first-round bye.
EC3A softball tournament
While the EC3A�s baseball picture is a bit convoluted, its softball tournament is set and will begin today as scheduled.
North Lenoir (5-10, 3-9) finished sixth and will travel to No. 2 Triton (13-5, 9-3) today for a game at 6 p.m. C.B. Aycock earned the bye.
Other first round games will be: Eastern Wayne at South Johnston and Southern Wayne at Clayton Cleveland.
Kinston baseball gets it going
Following Friday�s 6-0 win over Tarboro the Vikings have now won back-to-back Eastern Plains 2A Conference games � it�s only two EP2A wins on the year.
Will Deters pitched a shutout with 10 strikeouts, and Taishu McLawhorn and Sam McLawhorn had two hits each. Damien Williams had two RBIs, Sam McLawhorn, Octavius Howell and Deters had one RBI apiece.
Second year Vikings coach Michael Ellsworth has felt his team has been on the cusp of breaking out all season, but last week it finally did.
Kinston (6-13, 2-9) will wrap up its season with a game against SouthWest Edgecombe on Friday at Viking Field.
�This game was truly a team effort and team win,� Ellsworth said. �Their effort and level of a play is a testament to how much they want to win and how hard they are working to make it happen. I couldn�t be prouder.�
Rams still in hunt
It can�t win a conference championship outright, but Greene Central�s baseball team can earn a share of the EP2A title with wins in its final two games and a little help.
The Rams (12-7, 9-2) host first place North Pitt (18-1, 10-0) in a pivotal game tonight at 7. If they win, they�ll need the Panthers to lose at Wilson Beddingfield in their final league game in order to claim a share of the crown.
If that happens, there would most likely be a one-game playoff between Greene Central and North Pitt to see which team gets the league�s top playoff spot.
Important NCHSAA dates
Regular seasons in spring sports are winding down. Here is a list of upcoming NCHSAA playoff and championship dates:
Today, state dual-team boys tennis playoffs begin; Friday-Saturday, individual tennis regionals; Saturday, 1A and 3A track and field regionals; Monday, boys golf regionals; May 8, girls soccer playoffs begin; May 10, baseball and softball playoffs begin; May 10, state 1A track and field championships; May 11, state 3A track and field championships; May 11, 2A and 4A track and field regionals; May 13-14, state boys golf championships; May 17, state 2A track and field championships.
Important NCISAA dates
The regular season in spring sports is also winding down for Parrott Academy. Here is its list of playoff dates per the NCISAA website:
May 10, girls soccer and softball state playoffs begin; May 11, baseball and boys tennis playoffs begin; May 13-14, boys golf championships.
Ryan Herman can be reached at 252-559-1073 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @KFPSports.


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Michael Jackson's 14-year-old daughter Paris opened up to Oprah about her late father in an interview airing Sunday.
On "Oprah's Next Chapter," Paris and Oprah discuss how the teenager is faring three years after the 2009 death of her pop star father.
"It never gets easier," Paris says in a promotional spot aired by OWN, which also shows Winfrey asking if Michael Jackson wanted her to have "a quote 'normal' life."
Paris described the lengths to which her famous dad went to preserve some of his kids' anonymity.
"I didn't get why I was wearing a mask," she said. "But I understand it now."
"He told us that when he was younger, he didn't really have a childhood," Paris said. "And he wanted us to have that. ... Chuck E. Cheese and Toys 'R' Us were our favorite places to go."
Paris and her brothers, Prince and Blanket, were closely sheltered during Jackson's life but have been in the public eye since, appearing onstage at Grammy Awards and on other TV shows.
"Oprah's Next Chapter," which also will include an interview with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, will air at 9 p.m. EDT Sunday on OWN.


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8,000 Meter Challenge – More Than a Day of Trails
I know I need to write something here but I'm honestly not sure how to begin or where to go. If you would like to see the data and specifics of the 8,000 meter challenge, check out the write up on the Off Road Pursuits blog, here I'd rather just talk about what it meant to me personally.
When I originally asked Jess, Dax, and Carlyn if I could join them during their attempt at the 8,000 meter challenge the idea was simple. I've never attempted to summit Baldy, Gorgonio, or Jacinto so I wanted to find out if I could do them all in one day. It's been too long since I put myself in a solid position to fail and I needed to get out there and test myself again. I would be joining Jess for his last big training day before Leadville 100, hopefully do as much as I could and if all else failed I would act as support for the group while they finished what I couldn't.
Then on Thursday, while I was spending the week alone in Idyllwild, I got the terrible news that our good friend, Ben, and his climbing partner, Gil, had gone missing in Peru. I spent all day and night wandering aimlessly around the cabin praying for the best case outcome while trying to get a signal on my cell phone to keep updated on the progress of the search. While I know that these types of situations rarely end well, I also know that Ben is one of the strongest and most determined people I have ever met and if anyone could get themselves out of a bad situation it would be him.
While I spent all day Friday trying to keep updated on the search I debated on whether I even wanted to go out and do the challenge and I wasn't the only one. Dax sent out a fantastic email that summed up what we were all thinking. We all were hesitant to go out in the mountains with a friend missing but it would be the only true way to honor his spirit and the best way we could find to send our positive energy to Peru. To finish the email Dax had a great suggestion, keeping with Ben's belief in Naked Wrist Racing he asked that we all take on the day with out our watches and GPS. It turned out to the one of the best ideas of the weekend.
While my concern was going in to my biggest challenge in terms of mileage, time and elevation that I have ever done, it has always been my watch that kept me on track with my calories. How would I do without knowing how often to take in my food. Well, as it turns out Ben addressed this with a great Nietzsche quote early on in his post about it: "Necessity is not a fact then, but an interpretation." It turned out that if I just stop thinking and let my body do what it needs to do, I'll be fine. That would turn out to be an overwhelming theme later in the day.
So with the following in mind, "if a fulfilling run is part of the game, and especially if the time is not too important, the Naked Wrist can be a good option," we met up on Saturday morning to start on an adventure that would turn out to be more than I even imagined.
With a start just before 6am, we set our sights on the summit of Mt. Baldy knowing it would be a warmup for the big climbs later in the day. Ben was immediately on my mind and would remain there throughout the day. Baldy is the shortest and steepest climb of the day but a good one. Never having done it before the time seemed to fly by and we were able to summit and get back to the car on Jess' "warp speed" time projections.
After getting back to the car we made a quick change and got on our way to San Gorgonio. As we were driving I did the math and was surprised to realize I had taken in exactly as many calories on the mountain as I would have if I had a watch and was keeping track of time. It looks like maybe my body does know what is best for it, another lesson from Ben.
By the time we got to the parking lot for Gorgonio it was already starting to get warm so we through on the layers of sunscreen, prepped the packs and hit the trail. Gorgonio is the longest of the three climbs but, despite a brutal steep switchback start to the trail, it's incredible beautiful. The combination of the scenery, the ridiculous music accompaniment which would include Ace of Base, Carly Jepsen, Sir Mix-a-Lot among others, and the great company the mountain went surprisingly quickly. I hit a brief low point on the ascent which I recovered from quickly and again on the descent that a small piece of Dax's beef jerky saved me from. Other than these two instances I really enjoyed this climb. Ben couldn't have been more right, without a watch to worry about I was able to take in so much more of the beautiful nature I was surrounded by and enjoy the company I had out there. The final push to the summit was a long, exposed effort but it was completely worth it to just put my head down and charge to the top. The views from the top were amazing and I immediately understood why Ben thrived when he was in the mountains.
After a long descent which featured all of us starting to battle a little bit with various stages of soreness, stomach issues, and fatigue, we made it to the cars to start the drive to Jacinto and our final climb of the day. We jumped in the car and less than a mile down the road Jess pulled over and we pulled in behind him. Expecting Carlyn was about to succumb to the stomach issues she was having Dax and I waited for the passenger door to open and see her leap out. It was Jess that stepped out of the car and headed in our direction and I immediately felt something was wrong, then he gave us the news that Ben and Gil's bodies had been found on the mountain in Peru. I was speechless, it was like getting punched in the stomach while in a headlock. All the air was completely out of my body. Dax and I sat there silent for a while trying to process what Jess had just said. How the hell could Ben be gone? There has to be a mistake! He's one of the strongest people I have ever met he can survive anything. He's told me about things he's done that I don't even understand until I go home and look it up and realize just how amazing the accomplishment was. There is no way he won't be joining us for the R2R2R run in the fall that he was organizing.
Finally when I couldn't take it any more I put the car in drive and pulled out. I had to do something to try to stop thinking. The drive to Jacinto was a mix of silent thought, Dax and I trying to find the right words to help ourselves come to terms with the news, and an overwhelming sense of loss that turned to inspiration and finally determination. There was no way I wasn't completing this climb of Jacinto. Ben was a huge inspiration to me, not just his physical ability and the things he accomplished but the way he lived his life. He was one of the most passionate people I met and without question one of the most well rounded. Some of the best parts of running with him were listening to his ramblings on everything from 90's Hip-Hop, to climbing, to the Dalai Lama. It never ceased to amaze me how many topics he knew intimately and how passionate he was about each. However, the thing that left the biggest impact on me was Ben's complete intolerance of anyone not pushing themselves. He surrounded himself with people that strived for greatness and in turn he pushed all of us to be better and stronger as well. He didn't have time for people that made excuses, were afraid or too caught up in what other's thought to put themselves on the line. Ben truly lived by the Prefotaine quote, "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
On one of my earliest runs with Ben we discussed this philosophy and how much he hated people telling him how "amazing" something he had done was. At first I thought it was a harsh way of thinking, that the everyday jogger wasn't as good as those that could do more, go longer and do it faster. But then I realized, it wasn't the jogger that Ben had a problem with. It was the jogger that never wanted to be anything more than that. It was in him to desire more out of himself and those around him and he couldn't afford to spend his time wanting more for you than you wanted for yourself. He had great things to accomplish and he wanted you along for the ride.
It was with all of this in mind that when we got to Humber Park to start our climb of San Jacinto I was reinvigorated and ready to tackle the mountain.The group had a swap of women as Carrie joined us for Jacinto and Carlyn stayed in town due to her stomach problems and constantly rolling her ankles. There was no need for her to keep pushing, she has an Ironman soon and can't afford to get hurt. Unfortunately, my mind and legs being ready to go wasn't enough to convince my stomach. While I was staying on top of my calories all day this was the first time I had done anything that woud take this amount of time and all the gels, chews, and waffles I took were catching up to me and I had no desire to eat anything sweet. I was able to get in a few hundred calories on the way up the mountain but once we hit the summit I had a fig newton and a couple sips of water on the entire descent. It wasn't enough…or even close to enough. We were all hurting on the climb but we were able to pass the time with stories of Ben, recounting our favorite runs (unanimously the JTree Traverse), and generally doing our best to honor Ben the way he lived his life, by pushing ourselves to be better and stronger than we were when we started the day.
My lack of calories was causing me to crash badly on the way down but one constant thought kept me moving forward, Ben wouldn't quit. It hurts? Who cares? Keep moving! Summiting Jacinto was tough but getting back to the car was probably the hardest thing I have ever done mentally and emotionally. There is no question I wouldn't have been able to do it without the support of Dax, Jess, and Carrie and especially the constant thought of Ben in my heart and mind.
While I was typing post this I got a call from Toby, who was very good friends with not only Ben but Gil too. Toby was on his honeymoon when this happened and I wasn't able to talk to him until today. Honestly, one of my biggest concerns was how he was doing with the loss. Of course, Toby was way ahead of me on this and was able to put in to words what I wasn't. We didn't lose two friends on the mountains in Peru, they will never be lost because of the impact they have had on our lives. We may not be able to make new memories with them going forward but they will always be there with us. Every time I step on the trails I know Ben is out there in the mountains ready for the adventure.
Much like Ben found a renewed sense of determination since the passing of Tim, it is now on to us to find our purpose and drive in this world. What is it that we will do to make ourselves and those around us better people? It's up to us to live our lives to the fullest, we can no longer be happy just knowing someone that pushed themselves to the edge and live vicariously through them. Ben would never want us to live that way.
Rest in Peace Ben and know that your legacy is in good hands. We will all continue to Pullharder in your honor!
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I didn't know Ben or Gil, but I do know about being inspired and having inspiring people become a part of me. Thanks for a great post and the inspiration.
August 12, 2012 at 9:46 am
I am training for 8MC this year. My research has led me to dirty running and the other blogs of Ben's amazing friends. It's been great getting to know all of you. I'm definitely taking on Naked Wrist Racing – Ben (Gil & Tim) touches another life (as do you all).
June 22, 2013 at 8:04 pm
Hi – This year's 8K was like no other. The thunderstorm that hit San Gorgonio was pretty severe and caused flash flooding. Only 14 people were able to finish, but it was a great experience, and I may have to give it another try next year. I'm transitioning to my running season now and plan to incorporate a lot of naked wrist running. Keep blogging, you guys are really inspiring me to do more trail running and I've learned so much.
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Dr.-Ing. Stefan Covaci is senior solutions architect for future internet services platforms at the computer sciences and electrical engineering faculty of Technical University of Berlin, Institute for Telecommunication Systems. Between 1990 and 2007 he was working at GMD FOKUS (today Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS) acting as director of the competence centre Intelligent Mobile Agents. He co-initiated and participated to the agent standardisation work of OMG (Object Management Group) and FIPA (Foundation of Intelligent Physical Agents), and was one of the co-authors of the first agent technology standard – the OMG-MASIF (Mobile Agent System Interoperability Facility). He has extensive experience in the management of a variety of projects and study contracts for the European Commission, German Agencies (BMBF, BMWF) and other industrial national and international organisations in the areas of IT and telecommunication networks and services. His recent work is in the areas of next generation networks infrastructures and service delivery platforms for the Future Internet with a focus on interoperability and management solutions. He is member of the Architectural Board of the European Future Internet Public-Private Partnership (Fi-PPP) and technical coordinator of the FI-STAR project – applying Future Internet technology in the Healthcare sector. He is the technical coordinator of the DAAD – UNIFI project enabling future internet academic teaching and research in developing countries. He has published over 90 papers and was chair or member of the program committee of many international conferences.


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Ephraim Huit is my 9th great-grandfather times 2, because I descend through his two daughters, Lydia and Mary.
"Here Lyeth Ephraim Hvit. Sometimes Teache'r to ye chvrch of Windsor who died September 4, 1644. Who when hee Lived we drew ovr vitall breath. Who when hee died his dying was our death. Who was ye stay of State ye churches Staff. Alas the time forbid an Epitaph." Ephraim died September 4, 1644. Per FindAGrave.com FindAGrave.com "Regarded as the oldest gravestone in Connecticut and is one of the oldest readable stones in the US. The gravestone is in remarkable condition."
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Sonja Tremont-Morgan, who joined "The Real Housewives of New York" franchise last season, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system,for if they did,I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." -Henry Ford
While the world waits with baited breath on the Contrived Drama of the Debt Ceiling, the real show has already been played out,secretly and behind the scenes. The first audit of the privately owned and foreign owned Federal Reserve by the GAO,has turned up $16 Trillion dollars of loans all over the world to prop up the global fiat empire. This massive money creation is over and above Hank Paulson's $700 billion dollar heist of the American public. It is also in addition to QE1 and QE2 that resulted in an illusionary recovery of the economy. All of this money printing has done nothing to create any economic growth and it never will. The scary part is that this was done with no oversight or accountability . (Thank God we have someone like Ron Paul to hold these Elite accountable and expose their crimes before the collapse.)
"As a result of this audit,we now know that the Federal Reserve provided more than $16 trillion in total financial assistance to some of the largest financial institutions and corporations in the United States and throughout the world. This is a clear case of socialism for the rich and rugged,you're-on-your-own individualism for everyone else." Senator Bernie Sanders VT (Get the full report here.)
While Americans have been getting hammered,in this winter of our Empire,the Elite have been securing their bets gone wrong. Too Big To Fail should be Too Rich To Fail. As Americans continue to get crucified for speculating on the housing and stock bubble,the Elite get you to pay for their losses. This kleptocracy is a way of life and if the American people understood the enormity of this perverse crime,there would be revolution in the morning. And not just here in America,this money went all over the world to prop up the local Elite in foreign fiefdoms. The world is enslaved by debt and the wars they fund. We deserve better than this.
The sick thing about this report of the largest theft in human history,is the name of the report,Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Policies and Processes for Managing Emergency Assistance. The title of the article is the equivalent IBM conducting a review of the Holocaust,which they facilitated,and titled their report, Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Policies and Processes for Managing Lebensunwertes Leben. (Life unworthy of life.) This report shows that no one is coming to save you and you had better start thinking and acting for yourself. The report seems to be about how best to do this crime again. If tens of Trillions did nothing,how about hundreds or thousands of Trillions? The government is an active and willing participant in this crime. Banksters derive power from creating debt/money and politicians derive power from spending money/debt. It is a sick symbiotic relationship that will not be cut until the whole cancerous system collapses.
We are reaching the mathematical and inevitable end of our way of life. If not for these Trillions printed out of thin air,we would have entered into a unprecedented world-wide deflationary default. This would have destroyed all paper assets,because there would not be enough money to go around. The effect of paper asset devaluation would have rendered every nation,corporation,and individual,insolvent. The Elite fear deflation,because that means they would lose control over their source of power,the creation and spending of money. If the world economy collapsed,people would be forced to wake up from our credit induced acid trip and start looking for the drug dealer that ruined our lives.
When the dollar dies, millions will die. Without a viable currency all commerce will stop. It won't just be the dollar it will be all paper currencies since they are all based off of the same fractional reserve lie. That will collapse all paper assets and destroy the world wide economy. Crops won't get planted,fuel won't be exported. This is the first time in human history that people also have no idea how to feed themselves. This will lead to millions of people left as hopeless as the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We laugh at how pitiful North Korea is…Don't laugh,they are a lot closer to our future without money,than we are. Eventually,humanity will adapt to this new reality and a new way of life will emerge. Our job is to make it through the storm alive and hopefully with the assets to shape the new reality.
The inflation/deflation debate is over,yet again. This report shows the Elite will print unlimited amounts of fiat to prevent any systemic deflation. $16 Trillion dollars is larger than the total US Economy. In fact,without this massive injection,there would be NO US Economy. Any whiff of deflation,will be met with a MOAB bombs or Nuclear bombs of money creation. The inflection point is at some point people,corporations and nations will lose faith in the currency and sell their dollars,Euros and Yen to by real assets. It will become painfully apparent that the Elite are determined to destroy the currencies to keep their control system going. We don't even really need more money to be printed. If the velocity of money sped up and people kept bidding on a limited pool of REAL tangible assets like gold,silver and oil,it would create systemic inflation that would destroy the dollar. (Reade the groundbreaking Silver Bullet and the Silver Shield.)
The dollar is going to fail. All currencies and paper assets are going to fail. It is a mathematical certainty. Unless more money is created in excess of the debt AND interest accrued the year before,the entire system collapses. If debt/money is created in excess,we reach a point where the exponential growth of compounding interest necessitates larger and larger amounts of debt/money to be created to keep the system from collapsing. This ever expanding money/debt eventually reaches the reality of limited amounts of resources in the natural world. More money chasing after a limited amounts of goods brings about hyperinflation and the destruction of the currency.
What do you do? I am not one for fear mongering,because fear mongering relies on an emotional response and not a logical response. You know your entire way of life is hanging on a thread. You saw it flash before your eyes in 2008. Your savings,your retirement,your job,your kids,your food,everything,rests on this fiat debt scam. There should be a default and/or a revolution any day. Knowing that it is coming and and knowing you are having a hard time committing to massive change for fear of looking stupid with the neighbors,what do you do? I spent 6 years putting together the Sons of Liberty Academy to help people get past this mental block and to give them the absolute confidence to take massive action in their lives to be aware and prepared for the largest event in human history. It is free and supported by the generous donations of our 8,200+ members. Join the Academy today to be aware and prepared.
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A few posts ago, I told you all about a collage I was creating. I thought you might like to see how it turned out. This collage was a commission from a friend. Her sister turned 50 and she wanted to give her a unique gift. I asked her to give me some details that I could use to make it as personal as possible.
She is a homemaker and loves the color red. This chair is made from a piece of cereal box cardboard. I made a chair shape, covered it with old text, painted, and stitched it.
We've got to have a girly dress in there... she has two daughters and a sister. This skirt is made from stamped, gathered, and painted deli paper.
So lucky to find a little birthday-related text!
This house is another cereal box cardboard piece. I've used stitch, paint, ink, gel pens, watercolor crayons, and found text to give it tons of texture.
I found these two lines in an old typing manual. If you ever see an old typing manual at a book sale or garage sale... buy it! You will find so many word treasures inside!
As I delivered the finished piece, I was really nervous. What if I took it in the wrong direction? Thankfully, my friend loved it and I hear her sister did too. What a privilege to be part of someone's special day. Yet another way that art connects us!


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If you can put together an airplane model kit, you can put together a DIY flat pack home. The components to put them together come pre-assembled, and you can put one together in no time. The cost savings over traditional homes can't be beat, either. There are many websites that can give you helpful tips and advice to help you design some truly astonishing DIY homes and add-ons. Here are a few good ones.
Home Channel Video: Building a Flat Pack Log Cabin
If you enjoy working with your hands and exploring all the options of building a flat pack house on your own, then watch the video Lindsay Roper made that shows you how to put together your own DIY flat pack log cabin. Lindsay owns a Bed and Breakfast in the Cotswolds and was looking to expand her business by constructing a DIY log home on her property. The video shows her constructing the home from top to bottom in the gardens around her house.
Lindsay accomplishes what she set out to do and winds up with a cozy wooden cabin with a veranda and double rooms at the end of the video. The log cabin looks downright quaint and at home in the beautiful surrounding area of the Cotswolds. Follow along closely with what she does on the video and you can order and construct your own. Be sure to watch all the videos on the Home Channel to build up your arsenal of DIY needs and knowledge.
One example of a master DIY flat pack company and helpful resource for potential DIY owners is Ideabox. They manufacture affordable ultra-modern DIY homes that have been certified and decorated by the engineered green home association. They prefabricate small to big model homes that are green, energy efficient and help their homeowners lead a healthy lifestyle. They've even designed a whole community of flat panel DIYs in Eugene, Oregon.
One thing that is of the most interest regarding them is the way the Ideabox team works with their clients to help them design their home, decorate it and place it on site. They call it the design phase, and the team meets with the customers to find the best fitting DIY home for their needs. They make building the home easy, and the team helps with all parts of the DIY home building process.
Another great service they provide is helping their clients pick out an ideal site for their flat panel home to be placed on if they don't have a site yet. Ideabox is involved in all phases of the project and oversee their customer obtaining site work, general contractors, transportation and permits. The entire process takes about eight weeks, and then you are ready to live in your DIY flat panel home.
Anyone looking to put a really nice add on to their home should look up the online company, SunPorch. They get added to this list because of the simplicity of their website and providing an online link that makes putting together a DIY sun porch a cinch.
You can use their online tool at the link to get a virtual 3D model and floor plans for your customized sun porch. You just enter in the zip code of where you live, and the link will prompt you to put in all the dimensions for the sun porch that you want.
Once this is completed you'll get online blueprints and drawings that are so simple that you will have the sun porch put together in about two days. The baseline model price is quoted immediately when you are finished entering the size of the sun porch. Choosing any modification or features like extra doors automatically updates all the drawing and blueprints and the total cost of the sun porch. Delivery is free and delivered by a white gloves service to your doorstep.
Historic Home Restoration
Some of the most ambitious DIY undertakings are the historic do it yourself historic houses restoration projects. Whole homes are dismantled and carted off to another place to be re-assembled later. Sometimes it's even another country that the components are taken to. This practice started in 1870 when wealthy merchant, John Fulford fell in love with a nine-bedroom manor while he visited Norway. He had the mansion taken apart and shipped the pieces back to Britain. The home is currently up for sale, and they are asking for £500,000 for it.
DIY historic houses don't have to be that much trouble. Many DIY savvy builders are disassembling historic old barns, numbering the pieces and shipping them to a new place where they are put together quite easily.
Anyone that is looking for an inexpensive and easily assembled DIY flat pack home or add on should consult an online company that makes things simple for you to order the DIY and put it together onsite. Many of the online resources have many helpful tips and suggestions that make putting them together much easier. Keep in mind that you don't have to spend a lot of money or wait a long time to get the DIY home of your dreams.
Patrick O'Reilly is a freelance writer and has constructed DIY flat pack homes and add ons for his lovely property in the mountains. He especially enjoys listening to his fellow DIY builder friends discuss their stories of using DIY components to aid in historic houses restoration projects. His friends found online resources like the ones at HomeDesignCity.com very helpful to the success of their project.
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