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Photographer's Note
please check out the TE Beta version here Under the New York Bridge.
I don't have enough time to hunt for an Iceland photo this morning, so i'll go with a New York photo which I have already stored onto my screen saver waiting to be uploaded.
I'll get back to Iceland in a couple of days.
This is part of my ongoing theme from New York where I really tried hard to find unique perspectives and scenes from the city which we do not usually see.
Because it was my 2nd time in NY, i felt I could do this as i've seen already the majority of the main sites.
This photo was taken during the late evening, around midnight & thats why you don't see any people in the scene. I'm in lower east Manhattan, underneath the hwy, which you can see on top of the photo. In the far bg is one of the Iconic NY bridges, the Manhattan Bridge, even if it is blurry.
I liked the white lighting on the underside of the hwy and the curve. This was a view of a very popular walking area which I've never seen a photo of before, so obviously I felt the need to capture it. And I had to use my tripod due to the dark light.
For this scene I was walking back from a blue hour photo shoot of the Brooklyn Bridge, which I'll post some other time.
Hopefully for now you can appreciate something a little bit different from NY, and I hope Brenda likes it too.
ikeharel, holmertz, danos, jhm, cornejo, alvaraalto, worldcitizen, jemaflor, papagolf21, Fis2, snunney, Tue, dale54, PiotrF, pierrefonds, pajaran, ChrisJ ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile
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ikeharel (91122) 2017-09-10 6:42
Midnight stroll throughout NYC? brave photographer you are, Craig.
Fabulous night scenery, bridges and lights over the water, all wonderfully rendered.
Nicely allocated the pic. space.
Have a nice Sunday,
holmertz (71525) 2017-09-10 6:54
Hello Craig,
Lots of nice lights and reflections here, and of course an elegant white curve created by the underside of the highway. I like the copper tone of the railings along the sidewalk. I guess the color is a matter of reflections. They couldn't possibly be made of copper, or they would have been stolen long ago ;-).
Best wishes,
danos (109823) 2017-09-10 8:11
Hello Craig,
splendid the view of the sunset scenery,with the bridge to adds depth and perspective in the image.The reflections on the surface of the river completes perfect the whole scenery.
kasianowak (12301) 2017-09-10 8:41
Hi Craig
It's so much more difficult to take interesting black hour photos as opposed to naturally attractive blue hour ones. And yet you manage exactly that over and over again. It's, among all, your masterful composition with all the lines of light and reflections in silky water.
Best wishes
batalay (41257) 2017-09-10 9:05
Hello Craig,
The structure of the photo is somewhat evocative of the banister on a cruise ship. You've achieved excellent light management. The accompanying note, as with most of your photos, is excellent.
Warm regards,
Silvio1953 (173180) 2017-09-10 9:12
Ciao Craig, fascinating nocturne shoot, excellent perspective, wonderful colors and fantastic light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
lousat (109585) 2017-09-10 9:56
Hi Craig,busy days for you,so a jump in the recent past from N.Y. A very nice perspective under the bridge,with the best sharpness on the left part,impressive 3D effect too. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano
jhm (176608) 2017-09-10 10:28
Hello Craig,
On your question I makes a picture of one old car, and post them week.
A wonderful picture, all people sleep or taking a break.
Great architecture picture with the fantastic decorative area
But you took a fantastic panorama view, with the iron construction.
Sharpness and clarity are perfect made.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice evening,
cornejo (55464) 2017-09-10 11:03
Hello Craig, very good photograph of this beautiful and interesting night composition, very well captured in this beautiful image, with good clarity, light, color and quality. Great and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations, my friend. Thank you for sharing this beautiful work.
Good afternoon and happy start to the week.
Best wishes from the south of Spain.
alvaraalto (29884) 2017-09-10 12:44
Hello Craig
I can remember this place with daylight, but then the scene isnt very photogenic. The midnight, deserted atmosphere makes this a splendid moody scene. A great ambiance for a thrilling movie.
Excellent work
Have a good week. Groet Rob
worldcitizen (10994) 2017-09-10 19:30
Hello Craig,
Yes, I do like it. :-) There's a very eerie feeling to this scene, but, then again, it was late at night, and nobody else was daring to walk around under the highway! I like the empty benches in the foreground, and the very dark water. I probably won't be seeing this spot at midnight, so I'll experience it through your photo instead. :-)
jemaflor (115404) 2017-09-10 23:32
Hi Craig,
A night shot perfectly managed, good light capture and interesting depth effect, well made, tfs.
emka (124625) 2017-09-10 23:38
Hello Craig,
Haha, I have always a problem in the morning, when I want to post something before the "hour zero: and usually I am not prepared :(. I think that in New York it is easy to find many views that were not shown earlier. Always worth looking for them. Excellent perspective, splendid colours. I like the lights of the bridge. Nice palce for walking but a bit scary late in the evening when no one is in sight.
Kind regrad s Malgo
papagolf21 (129197) 2017-09-11 0:07
Bonjour, cher Craig,
Encore une superbe prise de vue au cadrage fort bien pensé.
L'image est belle et très originale.
Fis2 (125231) 2017-09-11 0:48
Witaj Craig!
Interesting steel construction.
Good night shot.
I like frame and colors.
Excellent light and sharpness.
Bridge add flavor to this composition.
Well done.
Nice new week.
snunney (121585) 2017-09-11 2:03
Hello Craig,
Perfect exposure accentuates the strong geometric lines of the different elements forming this nicely balanced composition. I like the restricted tonal palette and the play of light along the handrails, which also serve to draw the viewer into the scene. Creative photography very well realised.
Tue (57438) 2017-09-11 5:04
Hello Craig,
Great photo from New York. I really like the many lights underneath the highway and along the bridges. The many warm colours are most appealing too and the sharpness is superb. Great shot from a great city!
Sergiom (105511) 2017-09-11 6:24
Bonjour Craig,
Il fut un temps où je ne me serais pas aventuré dans ce quartier, sous l'autoroute, mais aujourd'hui, je me sens très en sécurité dans cette ville qui est belle sous tous les angles.
dale54 (12955) 2017-09-11 9:55
craig good afternoon...yes,you cant go wrong with NYC night shot,your shot is very impressive all around work.tfs dale
LuisGustavoLima (4422) 2017-09-11 17:42
Oi, Craig!
Foto bonita, a profundidade é bem legal! A nitidez e a luz são praticamente perfeitas, realmente estão muito boas. O reflexo vertical da luz laranja na água ficou bem legal. A água tem uma textura muito interessante. A luz branca faz um contraste bonito com o resto da foto, que é mais escuro.
sacimar (34423) 2017-09-12 6:23
Hello Craig,
good nocturnal image of this part of the city, I like the composition with the bridge in the back and the line of the subway towards it, light management is excellent, well seen,
Best regards,
PiotrF (34380) 2017-09-12 15:04
Hello Craig,
Interesting nocturne shot.
Very good composition, lovely colors and good clarity and sharpness.Thank you for informative note.
Very well done.
pierrefonds (82240) 2017-09-12 19:02
Hi Craig,
I like the pattern created the structure under the highway. Using a tripod a probably a slow shutter speed is showing the details of the structure and of the bridge. It also has a special effect on the colors. Have a nice day.
pajaran (79251) 2017-09-12 22:33
Interesantan i lep pogled u noci, dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad, lepo pokazano, dobra perspektiva i kontrast, lepe boje, lepo uhavcen trenutak. Lep deo grada u noci. Lepe klupe za odmor sa lepim pogledom.
Sve najbolje.
Interesting and beautiful look at night, good text ...
Good work, beautifully shown, good perspective and contrast, nice colors, nice moment. Nice part of town at night. Nice benches for a vacation with a nice view.
All the best.
ChrisJ (137094) 2017-09-13 3:21
Hello Craig,
Reminds me of London apart from the suspension Bridge. And the locked gates. Oystergate walk is a pedestrian friendly path from Tower Bridge to Westminster Bridge in London. Anyway a superb nocturnal shot with nice colorful reflections in the water. Tfs!
carlo62 (69222) 2017-09-16 13:57
Ciao Craig
splendida vista della Grande Mela, le luci delineano le architetture.
Eccellente esposizione, le luci illuminano e colorano anche l'acqua.
mkamionka (45733) 2017-09-18 13:16
Hi Craig,
I am glad you have mentioned it: it is true that if you visit a place for the second time it is easier to focus on original spots, having visited the classic ones on the first visit :)
Ideally one should have like emka a lot of time in each spot :)
I like very much this all industrial scene. There is so much going on here. The geometry is brilliant.
The sky has a lovely brown color, and in general it appears quite romantic in spite of the subject...
Excellent night photo,
Photo Information
- Copyright: craig macintosh (macjake) (82933)
- Genre: Luoghi
- Medium: Colore
- Date Taken: 2017-06-18
- Categories: Architettura
- Camera: Pentax K3, Pentax DA 16-50mm f2.8
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- Versione Foto: Versione Originale
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The finished Creeper stands quite tall. I love the size, and it wouldn't have taken so long to crochet if I'd used a different color block multiple.
Also, if I were to make another, I'd take longer to find the perfect colors first; perhaps even work with a hand dyer! I like that the foam blocks I used for stuffing are green colored. I blogged about a few more Creeper ideas I had here.
It's very sturdy. I crocheted a stitch from each piece together to join - Crochet 101, really. The head can turn just a bit to fixate on a victim, thanks to the slight flex of the crocheted joins (seams).
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A shuttered ice cream factory in Framingham being transformed into a three-story upscale fitness center - who would have thought?
Many people figured the former Breyers ice cream plant on Old Connecticut Path would remain industrial, said Bonnie Biocchi, president and CEO of the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce.
"That is a unique reuse of that property," she said.
Last Monday, the Framingham Planning Board approved plans to tear down the old plant � which has been closed since 2011� to make way for the proposed three-story gym complete with a day spa, yoga studios, basketball courts and pools.
While real estate brokers struggle�to fill�commercial properties�across MetroWest and the Milford region, the number of�significant redevelopment projects is on the rise.
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The current business park zoning does not allow retail, industrial or�residential uses, according to Milford Planning Director Larry Dunkin. He is unsure what the future might hold for the land, he said.
"It was designed for research and development,"�he said. "I am sure someone will eventually want to do something with it."
Marlborough used tax increment financing deals in recent years to attract businesses to two of its major vacant properties, Hewlett Packard and Fidelity.
In March, the Marlborough City Council approved a 153-room Hilton Garden Inn at the former Hewlett Packard�site, now a mixed-use development called Marlborough Hills owned by Atlantic Management. There will be�upgraded offices, stores and�350 apartments on site,�according to plans.
There is an increasing market for such�mixed-use development as younger working professionals prefer not to commute far � or in some cases even own cars, said Paul Matthews, executive director of the 495/MetroWest partnership.
"Over the past few years, commercial lenders have recognized the value in these projects," he said.
Patrick Reffett, community development director in Natick, said there always seems to be an "anomaly" property that just�can't catch a break�� like the former Sam�s Club, located in the "Beetle Back" at the intersection of Speen Street and Rte. 9.
"There has been interest from time to time, but for some reason they don�t make it too far with the property," he said.
In the meantime, plans are in the works�to redevelop the former BJ�s corporate offices site south of�Sherwood Plaza, including�an LA Fitness club. The plans also call for a parking garage and seven-story building in the future.
Reffett said demand always exist�for retail space along Rte. 9, but office space�doesn't move too quickly.
"It demonstrates office space may have been overbuilt," he said, noting he is hoping growth in the economy and possible changes to tax structure will drive businesses to town.
Other plans in Framingham call for renovating the former International Paper Co. on Pennsylvania Avenue, redeveloping the�Mt. Wayte Plaza and renovating and expanding 15 Pleasant St. Connector, an office building�formerly occupied by Genzyme. �
The plans for the�International Paper Co. were downsized from two new�six-story building with 169,500 square feet and a parking garage�to an overhaul�of the current building for a total of 98,200 square-feet for office, lab or research and development with 393 surface parking spots. The plans were changed, "as a result of current market conditions," according to a site plan review filed with the Framingham Planning Board.
Biocchi, however,�said she is encouraged by several commercial�properties being "snatched up" quickly, such as MathWorks buying the former Boston Scientific property in Natick when the latter company moved to Marlborough.
Many companies in the Boston area are interested�in opening manufacturing and research and development facilities because of the region�s proximity to major highways and the city itself, she said.
"I think the future of the MetroWest commercial market is very bright," she said. "The market here is picking up."
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ExxonMobil Not Finished With Venezuelan Arbitration; Could Win $7 Billion
International Business Times News, January 3, 2012 Tuesday
ExxonMobil has not thrown in the towel in a controversial arbitration in Venezuela over seizure of its assets, in which the International Chamber of Commerce ruled against it in favour of the government of President Hugo Chavez.
Irving, Tex.-based Exxon Mobil is scheduled to receive $907.6 million from Venezuela's state-owned oil producer PDVSA in compensation for the 2007 seizure of the U.S. company's oil wells and refineries. A certain portion was already credited in the form of debt relief and the remaining $746.9 million could be paid out in the form of cash, further debt relief, or $305 million held in U.S. courts, said Patrick McGinn, a spokesperson for ExxonMobil.
Chavez's government seized the company's assets when it nationalized the country's oil industry. Caracas offered ExxonMobil the book value of its seized assets in the Orinoco River Basin while ExxonMobil demanded more. Government officials said the company's demands were excessive. An impasse ensued, and for years the two have been locked in arbitration.
"This ICC arbitration award represents recovery on a limited, contractual liability of PDVSA that was provided for in the Cerro Negro project agreement. Contract sanctity and respect for the rule of law are core principles used to manage our business over the long term," McGinn said in a statement.
ExxonMobil originally asked for $12 billion, but has since lowered its compensation request to $7 billion.
The arbitration is being hailed as a victory for the Chavez government. PDVSA, on its Web site, said the arbitration is consistent with what Venezuela was initially ready to offer.
"After four years of arbitration, the actual amount determined by the ICC Court is, in fact, less than the exorbitant sum originally claimed," read the statement.
Fedel Gheit, an oil analyst with Oppenheimer, told International Business Times the arbitration is a victory for the Chavez government because it is on the low end of the scale.
That being said, the arbitration sum makes it so that ExxonMobil essentially breaks even on its investment in the country.
"To my recollection, that is the exact book value of the asset," Gheit told IBTimes.
But book value and market value are two very different things, and the company's assets could very well be calculated in billions of dollars, he said. With oil prices higher now than they were previously when ExxonMobil first entered the country, Gheit said he suspects the market vaule of the company's assets could have quadrupled beyond its book value.
The settlement, in a way, goes against the whole principle of investing - one does not invest without the intention of collecting on returns.
"It's unfortunate in a way because it makes it difficult for companies to conduct business," Gheit said.
ExxonMobil could receive more in compensation come February when a larger arbitration hearing between the two is argued in the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes for the fair market value of the company's assets in the country, said McGinn.
"We recognize Venezuela's legal right to expropriate assets subject to compensation at fair market value," McGinn said.
Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, said if ExxonMobil continues its arbitration, it will take all necessary measures to protect itself.
ExxonMobil's shares rose $1.56 to $86.32 in midday trading. They rose nearly 16 percent in 2011.


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Hey guys! This is my 2014 Reading Challenge: Quarterly Update #1. It's been 3 months of hard reading & lets see what I've actually managed so far!
2014 Series Challenge
Hosted by: Octavia @ Read, Sleep, Repeat
1. Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School #2) by Gail Carriger
2. Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer [my review]
3. My Life From Hell (The Blooming Goddess Trilogy #3) by Tellulah Darling [my review]
1. How to Master your Marquis (A Princess in Hiding #2) by Juliana Gray
2. Why Earls Fall in Love (Wicked Widows #2) by Manda Collins
3. Sapphires Are An Earl's Best Friend by Shana Galen [my review]
4. Desperately Seeking Suzanna (Tricks of the Ton #2) by Elizabeth Michels
5. Dash of Peril (Love Undercover #4) by Lori Foster [my review]
6. Wallflower Gone Wild by Maya Rodale
7. Hard as You Can (Hard Ink #2) by Laura Kaye [my review]
…I'm a little behind on writing my reviews, oops :/
2014 Debut Author Challenge
Hosted by: Kristi @ The Story Siren
Goal: discover and read 12 books by debut authors
4 out of 12 so far! Not too bad, and I actually wrote reviews for them!
1. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge [my review]
2. Alienated by Marissa Landers [my review]
3. Ask Again Later by Liz Czukas [my review]
4. Stolen Songbird by Danielle L Jensen [my review]
2014 Historical Romance Challenge
Hosted by: Anna @ Herding Cats & Burning Soup
GOAL: Level 4 30-60 historical romances
10 out of 30-40! So still sort of on track! I'll take it.
1. Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare [my review]
2. How to Master your Marquis by Juliana Gray
3. The Wicked Wallflower by Maya Rodale [my review]
4. Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett
5. Must Love Dukes by Elizabeth Michels [my review]
6. Why Earls Fall in Love by Manda Collins
7. The Trouble with Honor by Julia London [my review]
8. Sapphires Are An Earl's Best Friend by Shana Galen [my review]
9. Desperately Seeking Suzanna by Elizabeth Michels
2104 TBR Pile Reading Challenge
Hosted by: The Bookish Team @ Bookish
Goal: 11-20 A Friendly Hug
11 out of 20 (?)! Mostly thankfully to book club I'm reading a lot classics etc that I've been meaning to read for a while, so it's perfect for this challenge (:
1. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell [my review]
2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
3. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell [my review]
4. Wanderlove by Kristin Hubbard
5. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
6. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
7. And Than There Were None by Agatha Christie
8. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
9. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
10. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
11. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
2014 YA Contemporary Challenge
Hosted by: Katie @ Katies Book Blog & Montana @ The Book Belles
Goals: 10 books published in 2014
7 out 10! I'm doing super well on the comtemporary reading this year because there's just sooooo many cute ones out. Plus I've definitely been feeling it more this year. I think last year, I read a lot less contemp.
1. Being Sloane Jacobs by Lauren Morrill
2. 16 Things I Thought Were True by Janet Gurtler [my review]
3. Solving for Ex by Leigh Ann Kopans [my review]
4. Panic by Lauren Oliver [my review]
5. The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry [my review]
6. Ask Again Later by Liz Czukas [my review]
7. Bright Before Sunrise by Tiffany Schmidt
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Long time, no see. Obviously I took a break from blogging. I decided I miss it, so I'm back. I'm not going to belabor why I stopped or why I'm starting again. I'm just going to dive right back in. I thought it might be fun to do a weekly recap of dinners. I figure I can use it as reference for meal-planning. I'd like to use it help me recognize when we get into ruts, as a reminder of what we ate at different times of year, favorites, and things we didn't like as much. Plus whenever I ask James for ideas when I plan meals, he's stumped, so hopefully it will be a good reference for him, too. I always enjoy seeing this kind of things in other people's blogs, so perhaps it will be interesting to others as well.
Sunday: Chili Cheese Fries--homemade oven fries, topped with leftover homemade three-bean chili, and colby-jack cheese. Easy, yummy comfort food.
Monday: Potato soup, old school pea salad, beer bread. I think I've found my new favorite potato soup recipe. For future reference--from Betty Crocker Vegetarian Cooking, Jalapeno Potato chowder, substituted canned green chiles for the jalapenos, celery for the bell pepper, upped the potatoes to ~4 cups and upped the milk to 3 cups. Creamy and good--added cheese not necessary.
Tuesday: I had an evening meeting, so it was fend for yourself sandwiches or leftovers.
Wednesday: On Wednesday nights we have prayer, dinner and adult study at church, so I usually don't have to cook.
Thursday: I worked late, so we had a fallback quick pantry dinner. Organic boxed max and cheese jazzed up with some crumbled black bean burger from the freezer and diced canned tomatoes.
Friday: Baked tempeh, rice pilaf, roasted cauliflower.


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Caprion specializes in large-scale studies of biomarkers as a service for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as for government agencies. Applied Biosystems provides mass spectrometry technology that complements Caprion's long-standing strength in biomarker discovery to address the need to advance candidates along the biomarker continuum. QTRAP technology, which was developed by the Applied Biosystems/MDS Analytical Technologies joint venture, enables integrated quantitative and qualitative analysis through the MIDAS workflow for fast MRM assay development and accurate quantitative results. This makes it the technology of choice for Caprion to expand its quantitative capabilities into this rapidly emerging field. 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Paul DelVecchio -- otherwise known as Pauly D -- is leaving The Shore behind (for now) as he ventures to Vegas to follow his DJ dreams in the premiere of MTV's new "Jersey Shore" spinoff, "The Pauly D Project."
The series, which Pauly D compared to HBO's "Entourage," will mainly chronicle Pauly D's new venture as a celebrity DJ, travelling the world, spinning dance record after dance record and definitely misbehaving along the way. However, Pauly D is just excited that his fans will get to see a different side of him. "I'm pretty much just a small town dude from Rhode Island," Pauly D told HuffPost TV. "I'm excited to show the world this side of me and for everyone to see where I came from, and meet my friends and my family."
Of course, fans of "Jersey Shore" won't be disappointed in Pauly D's new venture because all of his signature Pauly D-isms -- "Cabs are here," "Yeah, buddy!" and "Oh yeah" -- are still in full effect.
"I've been talking like that my whole life," said Pauly D. "All of my friends talk the same way, so when we filmed 'Jersey Shore,' they just came out. I definitely brought it to The Shore, and now everyone talks like that."
The season premiere of "The Pauly D Project" follows Pauly D's audition to be the resident DJ at The Palms in Las Vegas, and while it's well-known that he landed the gig in the summer of 2011, now viewers will get to see Pauly D behind the scenes. Yes, the celebrity DJ still gets nervous for big gigs; yes, he's still on the hunt for D.T.F. (down to f---) girls; and yes, he still needs to get his G.T.L. (gym, tan, laundry) on.
You can take the boy out of The Shore, but you can't take The Shore out of the boy.
However, Pauly D takes his career as a DJ quite seriously, as HuffPost TV learned. When asked whether he would give up his life in front of the camera for a life behind the spin table, Pauly D said, "I really enjoy filming and television, but DJing is where my heart's at. I just love music, and I love to make people happy with my music. I've spent my whole life listening to music, in my car or in my room. I just love it."
So what's on Pauly D's setlist? "Rihanna, Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia and anything by Nicki Minaj," he said, before adding that Madonna's new album MDNA is "dope." He's currently working on his debut album, which will feature "The Pauly D Project's" opening track "Night of My Life."
Viewers also meet his entourage, which pretty must consists of his best friends from Rhode Island. There's Gerald "Big Jerry" Gialanella, his bodyguard; Ryan Labbe, Pauly D's "social director"; and Michael "Biggie" Morgan, Pauly D's road manager and DJ mentor.
Unfortunately for Biggie, he's also burdened with being the responsible one -- and the only one in a long-term relationship. "He's a great friend," said Pauly D. "But he's got it rough. Imagine being on the road with us, and he's the only one with a girlfriend? So it was really tough for him."
Just because Pauly D has a new entourage, doesn't mean that his "Jersey Shore" cast mate Vinny Guadagnino won't make an appearance on "The Pauly D Project."
"Vinny is a good friend of mine, and he's a part of my life right now, so we got him on the show," he said. And even though Pauly D acknowledges that fans want to see a spinoff starring him and his "dude" Vinny, there haven't been any official plans yet.
Filming may have wrapped on "The Pauly D Project," but Pauly D can still look forward to filming Season 6 of MTV's hit "Jersey Shore" this summer. Of course, this season will be a little different for the cast, as Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is currently pregnant, and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is currently in rehab.
"It's going to be different this year, for obvious reasons," said Pauly D. "But I'm excited. I'm happy for Snooki and the baby. I feel like we're all having this baby because she's a part of our family. And I hope that Mike can get well soon so that he can be a part of it this season."
"Jersey Shore" aside, Pauly D says his dream role actually lies on the West Coast. "I need to get on that 'Entourage' move," he said. "That would be huge."
"The Pauly D Project" premieres Thursday, March 29 at 10:30 p.m. ET on MTV.


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OSU's Conforto, Stanford's Appel named Pac-12 players of the week
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Oregon State sophomore outfielder Michael Conforto has been named Pac-12 Player of the Week and Stanford senior right-handed pitcher Mark Appel has been tabbed Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 25-March 3, the Conference office announced Tuesday.
Conforto paced Oregon State to a sweep of Bryant, going 7-for-15 (.467) with four home runs and 12 runs batted in over the four-game series. The Redmond, Wash. native slugged 1.267 and posted an on-base percentage of .556 during the weekend. He also walked twice and was hit by a pitch. Conforto hit all four homers over the last three games of the series, going 7-for-12 during that stretch. He hit a two-run home run in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday, and followed that up with a two-run shot in the first inning of the second game. His first of two home runs Sunday was a grand slam, the first of his career, while the second was a three-run shot, giving him seven RBI on the day, which is a single-game career best. He became the first Oregon State player to homer in three consecutive games since Mitch Canham accomplished the feat in 2007. On the year, Conforto is batting .356 with four home runs, two doubles, one triple, 16 RBI and a .711 slugging percentage.
This is Conforto's first career Pac-12 Player of the Week honor and Oregon State's 60th all-time selection.
Appel, a Houston, Texas, native, tossed a three-hitter last Friday against No. 22 Texas, while the Cardinal posted a 2-0 shutout win. He matched a career-high 14 strikeouts and walked one. The first-inning walk was followed by the retiring of the next 13 batters. Appel took a no-hitter into the sixth against the Longhorns and set the tone for Stanford's series sweep. The All-American has struck out double-digit batters in each of his last two outings.
This is Appel's third career Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week selection and Stanford's Conference-leading 78th all-time.
Also Nominated (Player): Brandon Dixon, ARIZ; Ryon Healy, ORE; Lonnie Kauppila, STAN; Kevin Kramer, UCLA; Dallas Carroll, UTAH; Yale Rosen, WSU.
Also Nominated (Pitcher): Cody Moffett, ARIZ; Trevor Williams, ASU; Cole Irvin, ORE; Andrew Moore, OSU; David Berg, UCLA; Bob Wheatley, USC; Brock Duke, UTAH; Sean Hartnett, WSU.
2013 Pac-12 Players of the Week: Feb. 19 - Ryon Healy, Jr., 1B, ORE; Feb. 26 - Trever Allen, RS So., OF, ASU; March 5 - Michael Conforto, So., OF, OSU.
2013 Pac-12 Pitchers of the Week: Feb. 19 - James Farris, Jr., RHP, ARIZ; Feb. 26 - Matt Boyd, Sr., LHP, OSU; March 5 - Mark Appel, Sr., RHP, STAN.
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TV has been undergoing a lot of changes in the past few years. The concept of being tied down to a cable or satellite service to be able to enjoy the same kind of streaming entertainment you have on your computing device, or smart phone, is quickly vanishing. Thanks to devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Google's Chromecast, and Android USB sticks, the concept of streaming entertainment directly through the television has paved the way for Android TV to develop.
Set to be released and updated through this year and next, a host of companies have stepped up the game when it comes to what can be streamed onto modern or adapted televisions. The Android TV device is designed to bring everything you love about your smart phone to your television, and more. They aren't designed to turn your television screen into a big computer screen, so you won't be full out web browsing with it. You will however, be able to watch all manner of streaming media, and with some devices, you will even be able to stream your PC games on Steam to the big screen.
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Now some may be asking, what is the difference between one of these new Android TV devices and what we already have? Amazon Fire TV as an example, allows users to play smart phone games on their television and you can even get a gaming controller that is designed for certain games. The big difference here is that with some of these newer generation Android TV devices, you can use controllers and even keyboard/ mouse setups to play more complex games. The key factors that make Android TV different is the level of complexity they can handle with streaming content and their similarity to solid programming and development that Chromecast uses.
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Emerging onto this new frontier in television streaming of entertainment and gaming, there is already a bit of technological arms race to get to the top. Among the leaders in bringing innovation and performance for Android TV, there are three clearly vying for the top spot. Below is a summary of the devices that could easily reach that goal over the next year or two as they continue to develop.
NVIDIA Shield Android TV Game Console
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At the 2015 Game Developers Conference, NVIDIA announced their newest bid on the Android TV market. The NVIDIA Shield Android TV device features their top of the line Tegra X1 processor that can easily stream 4k quality video without a hint of struggle. It will be part of the NVIDIA GRID system for streaming games and will require a subscription, with as yet announced pricing system that is determined by the quality and speed they want to stream at. That being said, this is one device that is offering the best for both worlds between gaming and movie streaming alike. Preliminary announcements claim the system will out sometime in May and look for it to be priced around the $200 mark. The superchip Tegra X1 is what makes this product the top Android TV device.
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While NVIDIA is no one to scoff at, another long time name in gaming, Razor, is putting their bid in on this newest niche market. The Razor Forge is offering a significantly lower starting price for their unit, which is sized and shaped like an Amazon Fire TV box. For a paltry $99 (before tax and extras) the Razor Forge comes with an impressive set of specs. It boasts the Snapdragon 805 CPU, 16GB of on board storage plus 2 GB RAM and an Adreno 420 GPU. Not to mention it also include Gigabit Ethernet as well as 802.11ac wireless. Comparing it to another similarly priced Android TV device, the Google Nexus, you are get a lot more technological bang for the same buck. For a bit more, but still less than other major contenders, you can also get the Razor Serval gaming controller with it, bringing the start price up to $150.
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As if the videos and pictures from the Japan earthquake and tsunami weren't already stretching the limits of what once was unfathomable in my mind, now the very real surreal has shown up in my own back yard. I'm left wondering about the world we're living in.
Actually, it was my own front yard.
Coming home from church Sunday afternoon, we turned on to our street to find a whole row of parked law enforcement vehicles greeting us. There were at least 3 city police cars and one county sheriff's deputy car. One had the warning lights flashing.
As we pulled into our driveway and parked, yet another sheriff's deputy drove up. He pulled into the rear of the line of cars, which was now right in front of our house. We got out of our car about the same time he did and we headed toward the street to ask about what in the world was going on.
He stepped into our yard of offered the explanation that "one of our neighbors" had shot themselves in the leg and then thrown the gun into the empty, wooded lot that is immediately adjacent to ours.
Yes. Of course. That was exactly what I thought it was.
What? Your neighbors don't do that kind of thing?
What kind of world do I live in??
He said the law enforcement officers were scouring the lot looking for the gun, hoping to find it before someone else did.
Then he made some witty comment about the city cops being slow and he, a county officer, needed to go help them out.
I am grateful and especially thankful to know that they were looking for just a gun and not some crazed criminal wielding it. I am even more thankful that so many officers were indeed involved in the search.
I'm glad that at least one of the officers felt the need to offer us some kind of explanation for what was happening at our property line. I know he was probably repeating the alleged victim's testimony, but I don't believe that's what really happened.
Who in the world, after shooting themselves, throws the gun away?
Who would tell a police officer that story and expect them to believe it?
What kind of world do I live in?
Later that day, again driving home, I heard sirens and saw a big billow of black smoke beyond the trees not too far away. Less than a mile from our house a field was on fire. FIRE. It was an empty field, but lined by houses and roadways. As I drove by I could see the red flames that were taller than I. There were several big fire trucks, lights flashing. Almost everyone driving by, myself included, slowed down to gawk at the scene. Some even pulled off the road to watch. I probably would have too if I had not been on a time schedule.
While the fire was close enough to home for me to be able to see and smell the smoke from my front porch, it didn't actually appear to be a threat to me. But it could have been.
By the end of the day I had been inundated with images of threats all around me, near and far, but ultimately I was safe and unharmed.
But not unaffected.
I felt as if my imaginary safety boundaries were shrinking.
What kind of world do I live in and where are those safety boundaries anyway?
I felt it hard to turn away from the images of Japan on my computer screen and TV. The cars and buildings and lives being swept away by the wave are thousands of miles away, but they made me cry right here in my own house.
Standing right here in my own house, I couldn't stop looking out of my bathroom window at the woods next door. As the wind blew the leaves around, I thought I kept seeing tiny flashes of the sun reflecting on something shiny underneath the leaves. A gun? Maybe. Maybe not.
Standing in my yard, those same leaves blowing across my feet, I felt my face getting hot even though I wasn't really close enough to those flames to feel the heat.
I have been a victim before, directly and indirectly. I've been assaulted, had a gun pointed at my head and been threatened with death. I've seen my husband's office ransacked and the empty space where the computer equipment used to be; the hallways littered with broken glass and splintered wood. My phone has rung in the middle of the night in response to an alarm, after which I sat outside on a bench waiting for the police to return from chasing a robber toting off the stolen goods.
I survived all of that, but not imperviously. The feelings and memories have marked my perspective. I have been influenced by it all.
Yesterday I survived a tsunami, a shooting, and fire. And I am not the same.
What kind of world do I live in?
Maybe the most important words in that sentence are not "what kind of world," but rather, "I live."
I live.
I live where there are no real safety boundaries anyway. I live in a place and time that was chosen by a higher power than I. I live, with every breath I take, surviving the trauma and tragedy of this world; being spared some of it; having to taste some of it.
I live affected by it all and it makes me different.
I am left to live so that I can make a difference.
I need to get busy.
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing! Galatians 2:20-21
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Christmas comes early for nearly 100 kids around Syracuse
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hristmas is coming a little early for nearly 100 kids around Syracuse thanks to an East Syracuse man who is going door to door handing out presents.
It's all part of Dale Johnson's non-profit organization called Tillie's Touch which typically gives sporting goods to underprivileged children throughout the year. This year, Johnson decided to do something extra for the holidays, handing out sleds, books and clothing to kids in need.
"We want to make sure that every child has a fun filled Christmas and that they're able to wake up Christmas morning and find Christmas presents under the Christmas tree," says Johnson.
Click here for more information on how to donate to his organization.


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Away off the top of Scotland is an archipelago where Stone Age men and women roamed, Iron Age forts stood tall and Vikings battled. It is a place where mysterious ancestors built enigmatic stone rings and German warships sank to the ocean floor.
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Weekend Tempo 4/19/2013
Gallery Players present Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" 210 NE Ford St.; Friday an Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.; $16, $14 students and seniors (tickets on Saturday are two for the price of one); call 503-472-2227 or visit www.gallerytheater.com for more information. (N-R subscribers click here for review)
Live Music
Dennis Brutke and the Country Gents (country western) McMinnville Grange Hall; 7:30 p.m.; $5
Orvill & Garry (dueling guitars) The Horse Radish, Carlton; 7 p.m.
Never Strangers (bluegrass) McMenamins Hotel Oregon, Paragon Room; 7 p.m.
The Troublesome Trio (alt folk) Cornerstone Coffee Roasters; 7 p.m.
Tiffany Kuenzi (country) Spirit Mt. Casino, Mountain View Sports Bar; 9 p.m.
The Jake Blair Band (blues, rock) The Wildwood Hotel, Willamina; 9 p.m.
La Casa Verde presents: Black & Blue (acoustic blues, folk) 10 a.m.-noon; Jack Ruby Presents (roots rock) noon-2 p.m.; The Hill Dogs (electric folk rock) (N-R subscribers click here for story) 2-4 p.m.; The Granary District.
The Cris Lay Trio (rock, blues) The Horse Radish, Carlton; 7 p.m.
Billy D (alt rock) McMenamins Hotel Oregon, Paragon Room; 7 p.m.
Tiffany Kuenzi Spirit Mt. Casino, Mountain View Sports Bar; 9 p.m.
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Currents Gallary presents the fourth annual Recycled Art Show Opening reception Saturday 5 to 8 p.m. Visit http://www.currentsgallery.com for more information.


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Many employers told workers to stay home as slick roads and blowing snow made for a treacherous morning commute where speeds were slow and some vehicles still spun into ditches or got stuck in snowbanks. One New Jersey Transit bus slid backward down an icy hill in Paterson and crashed into a carpet store. The driver was the only person on the bus and she had minor injuries.
New Jersey Transit had buses and trains running but with delays. Spokesman John Durso said ridership was light through the morning. About 30 percent of the flights out of Newark Liberty Airport were canceled, according to the website FlightAware and there were long delays for many in-bound flights.
Still, some people had to go out.
In mostly quiet downtown Newark, 46-year-old Lamont Whitehead was shoveling snow from a parking lot.
"I live for this," Whitehead said. "I love the snow and I love the cold. Maybe it's because I was a winter baby. I grew up always loving to play in the snow. It's colder than normal today, but this is still fun for me."
Before dawn, David Neff stopped at a Mount Laurel convenience store for a quick break during a longer-than-usual night of delivering newspapers.
"It sucks out here," he said. "They're just starting to plow stuff. We definitely got what they said and maybe a little more."
Forecasters had said much of the state would get 4 to 8 inches.
By Friday afternoon, the state was blanketed with at least that much. The top reported total was 11 inches in Long Branch.
The snow tapered off by midday, leaving the state with bitter cold. Wind chills were around 0 in some places Friday morning and were expected to be even colder by evening with air temperatures under 5 degrees.
By Sunday, forecasters say they expect temperatures to return to normal before plunging again next week.
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