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Necessary Roughness Set Visit: Step Into The World of Dr. Dani

Strolling into Dr. Dani’s house I found myself blown away at the level of detail in every room of the first floor, which consisted of a living room, family room, kitchen, and Dani’s office. The fridge was decorated with pictures of the TV family growing up, DVDs around the family room, a schedule of the LIRR (Long Island Rail Road), to-do lists, psychology books, and even food in the pantry. I did take a trek up the stairs to the second floor, but sadly I was met with stairs to nowhere.  All in all, the set for the house was very livable. I wouldn’t mind moving in myself.

The second set that I came across was the New York Hawks training facility. I must note that this is an imaginary football team with no ties to the NFL . The NFL is pretty stingy with who they give their license to (videogamers probably know this from the Madden franchise ) so the show creators had to come up with their own football league and teams.

The training facility was beautiful. Walking in through the main doors, posters of the New York Hawks cover the walls. There is a staircase to your left with the team’s schedule displayed. Going forward, visitors come across the trophy case, which highlights some of the greatest moments of the New York Hawks. Three offices for the head coach, trainer, and assistant coaches dominate the majority of the facility. Smack dab in the middle of it all is the medical center filled with physical therapy equipment for the injured players. Finally there are the locker rooms with players’ names over each individual locker. One of my favorite parts of the NY Hawks facility was reading the fake writing on the notepads the assistant coaches used. You can check out the pictures below.

On set that day I had the opportunity to talk to Executive Producer Craig Shapiro and actors Marc Blucas, Scott Cohen, Patrick Johnson, and Hannah Marks. Sadly Callie Thorne was not available as she was home resting due to back spasms. Here are some highlights from the conversations:

NewNet News - Cleantech company Eventix deploys Autodesk's software

Cleantech company Enventix has deployed software from provider Autodesk for the green manufacturing of its Enpresso system, which enables the conversion of municipal waste, biomass and other feedstocks into renewable energy.

Autodesk’s Clean Tech Partner Programme – which provides software for emerging cleantech companies in North America, Europe and Japan – provided Enventix prototyping software to help evaluate and refine its original concepts.

The Enpresso technology converts waste-to-energy two to six times more effectively than competing systems while exceeding any standard for air emissions, the company said.

‘From product development to marketing, Enventix is making good use of digital prototyping to help solve the huge renewable energy conversion challenge that society faces,’ said Robert Kross, senior vice president, manufacturing industry group at Autodesk. ‘Through the Clean Tech Partner Program, Enventix is producing radical solutions with minimal investment.

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