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Ice Crystals by Len Burgess

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This one is really special with the craquelure egg and the gold highlights. Nice shot Len.  BTW, Len was very impressed with Fr. Green’s ice crystal shots, especially since he had shot them with his iphone.

The Latest From My Boy John McElhenny-Social media tips for your company from a 140-year-old museum. Really. | InkHouse

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http://www.inkhouse.net/social-media-tips-for-your-company-from-a-140-year-old-museum-really/

The Rabbit Is A Prism- Just Ask Him

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If I had a nickle for every time The Rabbit uttered the phrase “I am a prism” I probably could have paid for a couple extra nights in Playa.

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Complete Grammys 2013 Winners

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Mumford & Sons won album of the year for “Babel,” Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” won record of the year and Fun. took home the best new artist award.  If you have not heard any of these you need to check them out.  Last year at this time I was on the phone with Levon Helm’s manager discussing final arrangements for Levon Helm to come to North Shore Music Theatre on 7/7/12, then he passed in April.  We were working on getting Fun. to Gloucester this summer but by October of 2012 they were already booked a year in advance. We will keep trying . . .

Here are the Grammy Winners:

SHOW RESULTS
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Set Fire to the Rain,” Adele
Best Country Solo Performance: “Blown Away,” Carrie Underwood
Song of the Year: “We Are Young,” Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe)
Best Urban Contemporary Album: “Channel Orange,” Frank Ocean
Best Rock Performance: “Lonely Boy,” The Black Keys
Best Pop Vocal Album: “Stronger,” Kelly Clarkson
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “No Church In The Wild,” Jay-Z & Kanye West, featuring Frank Ocean & The Dream
Best Country Album: “Uncaged,” Zac Brown Band
Best New Artist: Fun.
Record of the Year: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye, featuring Kimbra
Album of the Year: “Babel,” Mumford & Sons

PRE-GRAMMY WINNERS
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Dan Auerbach
Pop Instrumental Album: “Impressions,” Chris Botti
Alternative Music Album: “Making Mirrors,” Gotye
Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye, featuring Kimbra
Rock Album: “El Camino,” The Black Keys
Rock Song: “Lonely Boy,” Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
Hard Rock/Metal Performance: “Love Bites (So Do I),” Halestorm
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Kisses on the Bottom,” Paul McCartney
Country Song: “Blown Away,” Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Country Duo/Group Performance: “Pontoon,” Little Big Town
World Music Album: “The Living Room Sessions, Part 1,” Ravi Shankar
Dance/Electronica Album: “Bangarang,” Skrillex
Dance Recording: “Bangarang,” Skrillex, featuring Sirah
R&B Album: “Black Radio,” Robert Glasper Experiment
R&B Song: “Adorn,” Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
Traditional R&B Performance: “Love on Top,” Beyoncé
R&B Performance: “Climax,” Usher
Rap Album: “Take Care,” Drake
Rap Song: “N****s In Paris,” Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
Rap Performance: “N****s In Paris,” Jay-Z & Kanye West
Musical Theater Album: “Once: A New Musical”
Regional Roots Music Album: “The Band Courtbouillon,” Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy
Folk Album: “The Goat Rodeo Sessions,” Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
Blues Album: “Locked Down,” Dr. John
Bluegrass Album: “Nobody Knows You,” Steep Canyon Rangers
Americana Album: “Slipstream,” Bonnie Raitt
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
Song Written for Visual Media: “Safe & Sound” (From “The Hunger Games”), T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters (Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars)
Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: “Midnight In Paris,” Various Artists
Latin Jazz Album: “¡Ritmo!,” The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
Large Jazz Ensemble Album: “Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You),” Arturo Sandoval
Jazz Instrumental Album: “Unity Band,” Pat Metheny Unity Band
Jazz Vocal Album: “Radio Music Society,” Esperanza Spalding
Improvised Jazz Solo: “Hot House,” Gary Burton & Chick Corea
Reggae Album: “Rebirth,” Jimmy Cliff
Comedy Album: “Blow Your Pants Off,” Jimmy Fallon
New Age Album: “Echoes Of Love,” Omar Akram
Spoken Word Album: “Society’s Child: My Autobiography,” Janis Ian
Children’s Album: “Can You Canoe?”, The Okee Dokee Brothers
Classical Instrumental Solo: “Kurtág & Ligeti: Music For Viola,” Kim Kashkashian
Classical Vocal Solo: “Poèmes,” Renée Fleming (Alan Gilbert & Seiji Ozawa; Orchestre National De France & Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France)
Classical Compendium: “Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita; The Awakening Of Jacob; Anaklasis,” Antoni Wit, conductor; Aleksandra Nagórko & Andrzej Sasin, producers
Contemporary Classical Composition: Hartke, Stephen: Meanwhile — Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays, Stephen Hartke, composer (Eighth Blackbird)
Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: “Meanwhile,” Eighth Blackbird
Opera Recording: “Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen,” James Levine & Fabio Luisi, conductors; Hans-Peter König, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel & Deborah Voigt; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Choral Performance: “Life & Breath — Choral Works By René Clausen,” Charles Bruffy, conductor (Matthew Gladden, Lindsey Lang, Rebecca Lloyd, Sarah Tannehill & Pamela Williamson; Kansas City Chorale)
Orchestral Performance: “Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride In A Fast Machine,” Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Engineered Album, Classical: “Life & Breath — Choral Works By René Clausen,” Tom Caulfield & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
Producer of the Year, Classical: Blanton Alspaugh
Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: “Imaginaries,” Quetzal
Latin Pop Album: “MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition,” Juanes
Regional Mexican Album (Including Tejano): “Pecados y Milagros,” Lila Downs
Tropical Latin Album: “Retro,” Marlow Rosado y La Riqueña
Contemporary Christian Album: “Eye on It,” TobyMac
Gospel Album: “Gravity,” Lecrae
Contemporary Christian Song: “10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord),” Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman, songwriters (Matt Redman); “Your Presence Is Heaven,” Israel Houghton & Micah Massey, songwriters (Israel & New Breed)
Gospel/Contemporary Christian Performance: “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord),” Matt Redman
Gospel Song: “Go Get It,” Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary)
Engineered Album, Non-Classical: “The Goat Rodeo Sessions,” Richard King, engineer; Richard King, mastering engineer (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile)
Surround Sound Album: “Modern Cool:” Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Michael Friedman, surround producer (Patricia Barber)
Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: “Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix),” Skrillex, remixer (Nero); Joseph Ray, Skrillex & Daniel Stephens, remixers
Recording Package: “Biophilia,” Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak, art directors (Björk)
Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: “Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection,” Fritz Klaetke, art director (Woody Guthrie)
Album Notes: “Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles,” Billy Vera, album notes writer (Ray Charles)
Historical Album: “The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set),” Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark Linett, mastering engineer (The Beach Boys)
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): “City Of Roses,” Thara Memory & Esperanza Spalding, arrangers (Esperanza Spalding)
Instrumental Arrangement: “How About You,” Gil Evans, arranger (Gil Evans Project)
Instrumental Composition: “Mozart Goes Dancing,” Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea & Gary Burton)
Long Form Music Video: “Big Easy Express,” Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, Old Crow Medicine Show
Short Form Music Video: “We Found Love,” Rihanna, featuring Calvin Harris

Esther Mathieu Looking For High School Juniors And Seniors

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Hi Joey!

Hope you are staying safe in the storm! I am currently looking for high school juniors and seniors to model for me. Any chance you could let your readers know? You can see more info here: http://esthermathieu.com/blog/high-school-seniors-massachusetts-photographer/

Thank you!

Esther
http://www.esthermathieu.com

Rocky Neck by Charlie Carroll

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Photo by Charlie Carroll

Even though this my summer hood, which I know and love so well, it took me a minute to figure out where this was under all that snow.
E.J. Lefavour

2012 Bluefin Blowout Tournament on National Geographic Channel Tonight

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2012 Bluefin Blowout Tournament on National Geographic Channel Tonight Xfinity channel 120 in Gloucester

Make sure to tune into Wicked Tuna tonight at 9pm on Nat Geo…it’s tournament time in Glosta!!! Bluefin Blowout in action – check it out.

at:  www.bluefinblowout.com!!

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Photo- Wave Crashes Over House Old Garden Beach Rockport

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey.. My brother Andy McCloy suggested I send this shot to you taken at high tide yesterday . It is the house above Old Garden Beach in Rockport. It sits above a 20 ft seawall. So sad to watch. The owners had just completed renovations.  The house was continually battered wave after wave . I have never seen the ocean pummel this beach the way it did yesterday. I sent it into channel 5 and they used it on the news yesterday … Didn’t get to see it though , Comcast was and is still out!
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Shelley McCloy VassalloAtlantic Ave.Rockport 

Gloucester MA Public Information Officer Storm Update 15:05 Hours

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Storm Update SUNDAY 1505 hrs.

The Mayor has used the Code Red system to alert the residents of Gloucester on the latest clean-up efforts from the major storm that impacted us on Friday and Saturday. To reiterate the main points for everyone

– Gloucester Public Schools are closed tomorrow, Monday, as the efforts to clean-up from this massive storm continue.

– The parking ban is discontinued at 6pm this evening. However, for public safety’s sake, if you don’t have to drive..don’t. Allow us to continue our efforts to restore the City to normalcy as quickly as possible.

– If you have parked your vehicle in a school lot, please remove it by 6am Monday. If you’re in a municipal lot, we won’t be enforcing meters until Tuesday morning at the earliest.

– Main Roads are clear. The DPW is working tirelessly to address ALL roads. Due to the amount of snow and the inherent narrowness of some roadways, special equipment such as front loaders had to be brought in to clear some secondary roads. There are only so many of these machines. This takes time, but rest assured that your road will be cleared. If you have questions you may call the DPW up until 4pm tonight at 978-281-9785. They will also be available during regular business hours during the week.

– It will take a few days in order to address the sidewalks and snow mounds in the downtown and surrounding areas. Again, this was a massive storm and DPW is working as quickly and safely as possible. We are counting on residents cooperation and understanding during this difficult process.

– Rain is expected tomorrow, this may shift priorities temporarily to cleaning catch basins to avoid flooding and freezing of roadways, further hampering efforts to clean up

– Make sure that your fire and carbon monoxide detectors have fresh batteries, are tested, and are working. Clear all outside vents for natural gas, oil, propane, or other gas related heating or energy systems, including appliances such as clothes dryers.

– Keep generators at least 25 feet away from the home to avoid CO and exhaust fumes.

– If there is a fire hydrant at or near your home, don’t forget to shovel a clear path to it. If there is a fire, every second will count.

– While we believe the vast majority of residents have had their power restored, if you are having issues please call National Grid at 1-800-465-1212. If it is an emergency, dial 911.

Speaking on behalf of Mayor Kirk, Public Safety, the School Administration, and DPW, I would like to sincerely thank the citizens of Gloucester for their cooperation during this event. Your continuing cooperation and patience will be of invaluable help in the upcoming days. The Police Department, of course, is available 24 hours a day and I would encourage you to call 978-281-9900 for non emergency questions. 911 should be reserved for ongoing EMERGENCY situations only. Thank you.

Leonard Campanello

Chief of Police

City of Gloucester

Code Red City of Gloucester Issued 1PM February 10, 2013

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City Hall Nine Dale Ave Gloucester, MA 01930 TEL FAX 978281 978– 9700 2819738 ckirk CITY OF GLOUCESTER OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CODE RED – Issued at 1pm Sunday, February 10, 2013. @ gloucesterma.gov Good afternoon. This is Mayor Carolyn Kirk with some important messages from the City of Gloucester’s code red emergency messaging system. The local state of emergency that was declared on Friday is still in effect, and the city continues to respond to the impacts caused by the recent blizzard. Please listen carefully to the following 6 important announcements: 1. After consultation with public works, public safety and school officials, it has been determined that additional time is required for clean up efforts. Therefore there will be no school tomorrow, Monday in Gloucester Public Schools. The Superintendent of schools will issue an announcement directly to families as well. 2. While main roads are passable, there are many secondary, remote and deadend roads which may require special equipment such as back hoes for snow operations. Special equipment resources are limited and it will take through today and tomorrow to reach some areas. DPW will be taking your calls until 4pm today and tomorrow during normal business hours. The number for DPW is 978-281-9785. That number again is 978-281-9785. 3. It will take the better part of the week to address the downtown area and sidewalks. Priorities will be ensuring safe routes to school, and residents are reminded they are responsible for clearing sidewalks adjacent to their property. 4. The parking ban will be lifted as of 6pm tonight. However, streets are narrow due to the volume of snow, and we are asking residents to keep roads as clear as possible due to ongoing snow operations. Residents are reminded that it is against the law to place snow in city streets. 5. If your vehicle is parked in a school parking lot, please remove it by 6am Monday morning so that the lots may be cleared. If you are in a municipal lot, meters will not be enforced until Tuesday at the earliest. 6. The forecast is calling for rain tomorrow which may divert resources for clearing catch basins to minimize flooding. This will delay snow operations so we ask for your patience. Citizen cooperation during this weather event has been outstanding, and we ask for your continued cooperation and patience in the days ahead as we return to normalcy as quickly and safely as possible. To repeat, Gloucester Public Schools are canceled tomorrow, the parking ban will be lifted as of 6pm today, however mobility and access throughout the city is still restricted so we are asking citizen cooperation and patience as we return to normalcy over the course of the coming week. Thank you for listening, and this concludes this message

Mexico. MyZone Challenge Training. It aint over

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

See that MyZone Fitness Band? Its still recording my workout and will upload the data once I get back to the MAC. It aint over til the Fat Joey Sings!

02/08/2013 11:30PM 65mph Winds.

Posted on by capeannpainter

Out on the deck 02/08/2013 11:30PM 65mph Winds.

Not the best video but you’ll get the point. my poor dog Blaze ran for the door after she almost got blown off the deck.