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By JIM METCALFE
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HARROD — Jefferson had already played two 5-set thrillers earlier this week — both wins — when they hit the road to Allen East High School Thursday night in Northwest Conference volleyball action.
Alas for the Lady Wildcats, they couldn't come up with the same type of effort this night as the host Lady Mustangs got the 25-17, 22-25, 25-21, 25-15 victory at The Corral.
"We saw a different team tonight than we did the last two matches. We came out flat and that was disappointing," Jefferson coach Joy DeVelvis noted. "Apparently, we had something else on our minds tonight; we weren't focused on volleyball and it showed from the start."
With Allen East (9-9, 4-4 NWC) hosting its Senior Night, they took the lead right off the bat in the opening set on a hitting error by the Lady 'Cats (7-12, 1-6) — an area they struggled with all night long with 28 for the match — and a pair of aces by junior Carly Clum (4 aces; 13 kills) got the hosts rolling. With the Red and White committing 10 hitting errors in the first set alone, they could never really get on a run to keep pace with their counterparts. With senior Madison Winegardner (16 assists; 7 kills; 3 aces) setting much of the tone, as well as Clum, the hosts steadily pulled away. Clum put down a hit off the Jefferson defense on set point to take the first.
"We came out hitting well tonight. We were getting good passes and good sets so our hitters could do well," Allen East coach Dave Haberman noted. "We didn't quite do it as well the second set but they rediscovered the formula in the last two. Not only did we did well at hitting, we also got a lot of touches at the net. Either they were outright blocks or we slowed down their hits enough for our back row to dig them up."
The Wildcats seemed to settle down more in the second and a serving error by the hosts (10 for the match) gave them early momentum to a 5-0 lead on a second-hit kill by junior Brooke Culp (15 assists; 4 kills; 2 aces). They eventually built a 10-2 lead on a hitting error by the Mustangs (22 overall). However, a kill by senior Kaycee Rowe (16 kills; 18 digs) started the Mustangs on an 8-0 spurt to tie the set at 10 on an ace by sophomore Kylie Wyss (4 aces). The set stayed close the rest of the way but the Wildcats, with senior Katie Goergens (12 kills) and classmate Lindsey Deuel (13 kills) leading the effort, had the better of the play. When senior Rileigh Stockwell (4 kills; 4 digs) bombed one to the Mustang side of the court, the match was tied 1-1.
The third set was tight in the early going as both teams were getting more touches at the net. However, a stuff by junior Aubrey Woods gave the hosts a lead they never relinquished. That started a 7-0 span — all but one on winners — that gave Allen East a cushion. Try as they might, the visitors couldn't quite make up the difference, getting within 21-20 on a Deuel ace. A spike hit out of bounds broke the Wildcat momentum and the Mustangs finished it off with a kill by Rowe for a 2-1 set lead.
The fourth set followed a similar pattern as its predecessor — close early — but once a kill by junior Audrey Rodriguez gave the home team a 6-5 lead, they never gave it back. However, this time, they slowly pulled away and when the Wildcats hit the ball out of bounds on match point, the night was over.
"We know what we have to do; we just have to go out and do it," DeVelvis added. "We have the potential — we have shown it in enough spots this year; we just have to make up our minds we're going to execute."
Jefferson won the junior varsity match in two sets.
The Wildcats host Wayne Trace 6 p.m. Monday.
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Someone please be so kind to tell a computer and forum dummy how to look up forum members in Louisiana.
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Read this thread. I think it will give you some insight.
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Click on "members" and continue until you get to the LA pages. It does help if you list LA before your town as Rudi advices new members to do. If you put your town 1st on your profile then alphabetically your town will be listed instead of your state.
Your profile should say LA, Hammond
If everyone listed it this way you all your neighbors easily. Some people don't even list a state or a town. That's up to them.
There also is a Cub Locator map on this forum. I forget where it is but there is one on this site. Anyone? Want to help on this one?
Re: How to find Louisiana Forum members
Gary, the best way this works is if everybody lists their location in the state, city format in their profile as has been requested. As it is, if I wanted to searched for members in Louisianna yours would not show up in the alphabetical list with the others from your state since yours is reversed in your profile.
Edit: I see Chris was one step ahead of me. Here is one map http://www.frappr.com/farmallcub/
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Thanks for the link to the map which is missing the image of the US and Canada. But I added myself and saw my Cub neighbors. Hmmmmm David Bennet used to live in MA and now is in VA. Interesting.
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Gary, I just changed mine to the state, city format.
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Here is an easy way to locate another forum member in your state.
First you click on "Members†on the menu in the upper right corner of any page in the forum.
This will take you to the members list.
Next click on "LOCATION†in the heading row.
This will sort all locations in alphabetical order.
Since many members neglect to include their location you will find their location blank. These names are listed first. Since there are so many without locations you will encounter over 37 empty pages before finding location.
To speed things up click on "LOCATION†a second time. This will sort locations in a reverse order.
In this case let's say we want to find members in Florida.
To move through the list, click on any page number.
Since we know we have a way to go it is best to go to a higher page number.
As you can see you are moving toward the front of the alphabet.
Continue clicking on the page numbers.
 As you can see, Florida is listed here. You also see an Ohio listing as well as an Illinois listiing.
This is because the users did not format their location as "State, City" using the two letter state abbreviation first. Someone looking for Ohio or Illinois members will more than likely not find these names very easily.
Some things to remember:
In order for this to work best, members must list their address in the "State, City†format such as PA, Pittsburg or FL, Tampa. Putting the city first, spelling out the state name, using a period instead of a comma as a state/city separator, or using lower case in the state name will put your address in a different location and make it harder to find you.
The state you are looking for may not show up at the top. Once you are close you can "fine tune your page by scrolling down.Â
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Sorry for leaving out the details.. Well I am training for a big bench and a big chest. Or do those not go together? I have a 4 day split routine. Which consists generally of 3-4 sets of 8. Deadlifts is the only exercise which is a pyramid style rep setup. The week starts off with Legs( Squats, Leg Press , Hamstrings machine , Calf Raises)
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Then usually a day rest and then Back ( Deadlifts , Row Machine , T Bar Row , Lat Pulldown, Barbell shrugs)
THen Shoulder/Biceps( Military press , Cable raises , Dumbell Raises, Barbell Curls , Preacher Curls , Hammer curls)
And then a rest day or 2 depends how im feeling. THen starts back up again. I am usually training at a high intensity throughout. It almost seems like my Lower Body is better than my upper body. I Feel a good sore from my lower body and back days after and more like a injury pain from my upper body days after.
I was thinking of maybe changing to where I do a week of this routine and the following week. Do more reps and less weight and the following week go back to the heavy and just keep going back and forth. What does everyone think?? I am pretty dedicated and consistent with everything such as diet and sleep and such. I just feel my chest just doesnt want to work or something. When I am warming up to do squats. Legs just work and want to lift more and more. Even deadlifts. Not the same with the chest.
You're warming up very poorly and not resting long enough between sets.
It's because you're going to failure each time. You stick to 225 and fail with 8 reps on it, and you think you'll get 8 reps again. It won't happen.
Pick a weight that you can do 12 reps with on the 1st set. With 1 rep short of failure. Then continue using it for the next 2-3 sets. Whenever you can get 12 reps of that weight on the last set, raise the weight up by 5 lbs.
In your case it just seems once you hit the lower reps like 5 and below, it's not working for you because it's more strength-wise. I'd try using different exercises, maybe barbell benching doesn't work for your chest.
You can also just try Wendler's 5/3/1 or HCT-12 on here since you're not progressing that well. You say it's just for your chest, but I'm sure your other body parts will benefit with a new program as well.
Oh and yes, learn to warm up better.
Last edited by Xaevin; 07-19-2010 at 10:12 PM.
First off I would switch chest around with legs. If chest is a priority train it when you are freshest...possibly at the start of the week after 2 rest days. Second cut back on the exercises. You do not need flyes or the chest press machine. Drop both pulley pulldowns and do close grip BP. Also if you want a big bench you will have to spend some time training with a lower repetition range than always 8. Finally if chest is a priority you will likely have to cut back on your other exercises for other bodyparts as well.
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You need to change your warm up pronto!! Also what is your goal? Is it to increase your 1 rep max or to increase strength endurance. You need to decide what your goal is. If it is to incresae your 1 rep max you need to be using the max effort method.
*New Warm up*
Start with the BAR. Each set increase the weight by 10-15% and stay within the 1-5 rep range.
Sample warm up:
45 x 10
95 x 5
I guarantee you that you will not burn out when you get to 225 with this progression. I bet you will even be able to hit a new PR with this method
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Look up Chris Mason's "raise your bench 30 pounds in 30 days" article here. I did everything wrong on that program...ate like crap, didn't get enough cals, and played softball 3 nights a week and still raised my bench 15 pounds in a month. Might be just the thing you need to bust through.
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Deadlift: no thanks
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My chest didn't really start to grow until I incorporated heavy weighted dips into my routine.
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Unless you have the right genetic make up training for just strength will not produce a developed chest as most of the time max strength does not correlate well to developing size especially if you have bad leverage issues. This is not to say to never train with low reps because you should surf the strength curve but if you want developement you need to stay on the side of the curve that leads to more hypertrophy most of the time.
There is always a ceiling effect with max strength so just developing that kind of strength will not induce the greastest growth potential. Focusing more on strength density is more important.
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damnn allen.. Take me underneath your wings and make me look like you. haha. In my mind when I vision what a good body would look like to me , i think yours would pop up because its also strong. anyways.. I think what I am going to try out , is a week of hard heavy 5 x 5 lifting routine followed by a 12-15 reps hypertrophy routine. And just keep going every week alternating. what do you guys think?
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alright soo i gave the hybrid workout a chance and dramatic difference in atleast how i was feeling. It was my leg day today and usually i lift 3-4 sets at 8 reps. So today I started my barbell squat with a 5x5 routine and then when i went to do the leg press i put down a little weight and instead of the 3 sets of 8 reps.. I did 3 sets of 12-13 reps. Made a dramatic difference! I barely got through that without dying and the pain was almost unbearable, (good pain). And then i proceeded to the hamstrings and did a normal 3x 8 routine and finished off the calves with the first exercise with a 3x8 and then the next exercise with a 3x12. I really noticed a huge difference and really barely got through the workout. Im thinking I will do the rest of my days like this with the main compound movement being a 5x5 and the following supplemental exercise with a 3x12-15. Does this sound like it could work to pack on muscle and strength??
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Teenage angst and powerhouse vocal talent — that's what Disney put on the road this winter with High School Musical: The Concert, a showcase of performers based on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel original movie High School Musical. Directed by Kenny Ortega, who also directed the movie, the visual elements for the tour were created by set and video designer Michael Cotten and lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe.
But angst was not limited to the teens for this tour that was "confirmed very late," according to Woodroffe, so the creative team had to hustle, with only a couple of months from its inception to get this show on the road. "Our brief was to make a spectacular, exciting, and dynamic musical show that would knock the socks off the younger audience, but we also wanted to achieve this with some finesse and style," says the lighting designer, who also notes they were going for a "bright, poppy, exciting, cool, modern, slick" feel.
"High School Musical onstage was more like a rock concert than a Broadway show," adds lighting programmer Patrick Dierson. "There was a lot of choreography, set piece moves, pyro, CO2 jets, and big video projection screens."
Setting the Stage (And The Video)
A curving ramp built by B and R Scenery, Barco video screens, and flanking red drapery by Sew What? Inc. dominated the sleek and straightforward set. Cotten, whose background includes being a member of the band, The Tubes, and experimenting with film and video as early as the 1970s, took his lead from Ortega (the two have a long history of collaboration), who knew right away this was not going to be a stage version of the movie. At the same time, however, they wanted to honor the film version. "I decided on the all-purpose ramp around which we could create many looks," says Cotten.
For each performer, a theme was created — drums for Corbin, pop imagery for Ashley, diamonds for Vanessa, for example — and each segment became like its own scene, using both new content and footage from the film for some sequences where the live performance integrates with the one onscreen. Each performer also had his or her prop identifier, including an enormous flying "V" covered in faux diamonds for Vanessa, designed by Cotten and built by Accurate Staging, who also built the band platforms.
"Other than footage from the film, we wanted to do a feature segment for each of the performers — not rock videos and not canned content," says Cotten. "I would do a storyboard, get Kenny to approve it, and then send it to Robb [Wagner of Stimulated]. I basically did storyboards to create a world for the character. We had to decide what color was right for Ashley, for example. They're not rock videos, but they are important for the identity." Gary Lanvy, who Cotten credits with actually "making it all happen," was the tour's supervising producer.
With little time, planning was crucial, and Cotten's team created both computer and 3D models of the set. "There was no time to do it, but we did it, before anyone saw anything," Cotten says. He used Strata software for computer renderings and then created scale drawings in VectorWorks.
For the young performers, many of whom had little touring experience, Cotten was careful to check and recheck the set design, even after it was built, to ensure there would be no safety issues. "We even worked out what sort of choreography there would be so there would be no issues," he says. "That modified the ramp structure quite a bit to accommodate the routines." And to limit the amount of running around required and keep costume and other changes relatively simple, all traditional backstage areas were created right under the stage. Tait Towers built the stage floor and under-stage areas, including some mechanical elements.
According to Wagner, who created the tour's video content, a fully produced screen show was required in three weeks from the time he was contacted. "Cotten sent me a number of style frames, which gave us a great head start on nailing the design concepts for many of the performances," says Wagner. "We also received a digital beta cam master of the tele-film from Disney, music videos, and movies featuring the cast, and a number of DVD dailies directly from the briefcase of director Kenny Ortega."
Content was cut using Final Cut Pro, then working in Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Cinema 4D by a team of editors Wagner assembled. The team also recreated the "HSM" logo in Cinema 4D instead of waiting for artwork from Disney to expedite the process. All content was created for full SDI resolution, 10-bit, uncompressed video. "Meeting this standard added to render time and made for huge files, but we understand the importance of brand identity and integrity, even on a low-resolution LED screen," says Wagner. "Since we are primarily a television production company, adhering to these rigid standards is part of our everyday routine. We ended up outputting approximately 50 separate digital beta cam masters at Sony, which were loaded into a Doremi drive."
For accompanying film footage and other content, the main video setup included a 30'×30' (20×20-module) SACO V9 LED screen by Nocturne Productions, two VIx2 Doremi Labs dual-video channel disk recorders for wall content and playback, and cameras and additional video gear from Pete's Big Screen TV. According to Peter Daniel, owner of Pete's Big Screen TV, the system was based on a Pinnacle Systems PDS 9000i SDI switcher, complemented with a Sierra 64×32 SDI router. Other video gear included four additional 10.5'×14' screens, two trays (20 cards) of AJA Video SDI encoders and decoders (from composite or component analog to SDI and back), and four Sony D35 3/4 aspect ratio cameras (two with super long custom Canon lenses with 25mm to 1,000mm focal length for use in large venues). An additional camera sat on a 24' jib, while the last was a handheld. The video content from Stimulated was synched with an Avid Pro Tools rig triggering the show.
"It was a very fast-paced show with a lot of multiple screen changes from live I-Mag to content rolls," says video director Kevin Carswell. "Having a 30'×30' upstage wall as your backdrop, one would think it would take over the show, but we followed one simple rule of thumb: keep the pace and capture the moments. The kids on stage were the stars of the show; we were just one small part of the big picture."
Moving set pieces, including a large disco ball and the "V," are lowered from the grid at center stage. Stage Rigging provided two CM variable-speed hoists for the "V," as well as a variety of motors and hoists for the mirror ball and other moving set elements, with a total of 55 CM hoists for the production.
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When it came to lighting the set, the goal of creating a concert tour from an existing TV film made little difference to Woodroffe's seasoned eye — except for the requisite use of signature theme colors red and white — but having the existing footage "helped us enormously when it came to the programming, as there was a map for us to follow that was already in place," he says.
Woodroffe and Cotten worked to create a seamless integration of lighting and video, as expected, "to make sure that our two different disciplines were comfortably meshed together in the design," Woodroffe says. "This flowed on in the programming process, where we carefully followed colors and textures from the film."
The key was for lighting and video to avoid competing for intensity, so both departments had to work out levels during programming. "Really, what it ended up being was that we let video set a comfortable intensity level for their wall, and we adjusted the lighting around that," says Dierson of the lighting versus video programming. "It was much easier for us to concede lighting levels than it was for video to deal with riding it up and down throughout the show."
The lighting rig primarily revolved around a center circular truss and a downstage 180° truss that spanned the entire width of the stage. The moving light package, provided by Upstaging, included 28 Martin Professional MAC 2000 Profiles, 39 MAC 2000 Washes, 10 MAC 700 Profiles, and 24 MAC 700 Washes. Some of the Martin units were built into the set. Additional fixtures included 8-lite Molefays with scrollers for audience lighting, Martin Atomic Strobes, ETC Source Four PARs, Wybron CXI Scrollers, Color Kinetics ColorBlasts, and two Lycian M2 followspots, with four Le Maitre Radiance hazers and two High End Systems F-100 Foggers for effects. Confetti blowers, provided by Artistry In Motion, were in the truss and on the floor. Pyrotechnics were by Pyrotek Special Effects Inc. All truss for the lighting rig — 60' semicircle truss, 22' silver circle truss, 30' rear truss, and two 24' angled trusses — was by Tomcat.
While lighting director Calvin "Mac" Mosier set up silhouette looks throughout the show with lights and smoke, video director Carswell responded with color backgrounds on the video wall. "Technically, we discussed what the day presented in the way of spots and dialed the look accordingly to the foot candles," says Carswell.
"There were a lot of spot pickups that ran with some tight cueing," adds Woodroffe, "but Mac Mosier picked this up pretty quickly as the show developed, and he was pretty much cue-perfect by the time we opened in San Diego."
For programming the lighting, there were two goals to keep in mind, according to Dierson. "First, I wanted to work at the extremely efficient pace to which Patrick Woodroffe has become accustomed, as well as to make sure that Mac Mosier would be able to pick up on playback and followspot cueing easily," he says. "In both regards, the layout of the console was of premier importance, so everything had to be laid out in an efficient fashion for both programming and playback." And Dierson must have kept up with the lighting designer's demands, because when asked what piece of equipment was his workhorse, Woodroffe replies only, "Patrick Dierson." Interestingly, when Dierson is asked what his biggest challenge was on this production, he replies only, "Woodroffe."
Without preprogramming the lighting, Dierson used MA Lighting's grandMA On PC software to prep the show disk before rehearsals, creating presets for the various types of lighting fixtures. The lighting and video setup was networked with two MA Lighting grandMA consoles and three MA NSP units. During rehearsals, the consoles ran in a multi-user configuration, allowing Mosier to run the show and make changes to individual instruments and cues while Dierson programmed and updated cues. Once on the road, the configuration was changed to be Full Tracking Backup. The lighting console was also used to set up group master intensities to inhibit certain lights and create a more hospitable environment for live camera and I-Mag aspects of the show, as well as to run effects such as confetti blowers.
This was lighting director Mosier's second outing with a grandMA system, according to Dierson, the first being Madonna's recent Confessions tour ("Material Whirl," July 2006). "He was very receptive toward seeing how I lay out the console and how it might fit into his style of playback and programming," the programmer says. "Troy Eckerman [co-programmer for Madonna with Cory FitzGerald] had left him with a great layout on Madonna, and Mac eventually ended up with a hybrid of our two styles of console views.
"For programming, the layout was very ergonomic," continues Dierson. "Presets were laid out in a very linear fashion that leads your hands instinctively from one screen to the next. This allows for some extremely rapid data input. For playback, we ran a single, main cue list because our set list of songs didn't change. The show was extremely well choreographed and flowed so smoothly that we decided early on that using separate pages for songs was simply unnecessary."
Potentially messy or dangerous effects triggered from the lighting console via DMX channels were parked and un-parked on a cue-to-cue basis via macros, and having inhibitive intensity sub-mastering of those channels acted as a double safety. This allowed programming to occur at a relatively rapid pace without accidental triggering of effects. "Just like a gun, all we had to remember to do was take the safety off when it was time to start the show," says Dierson.
As for the programming on the grandMA, Dierson says two particular features stood out. "The first was the implementation of Movement Fade Paths," he says. "This feature allows you to adjust the fade curve of DMX channels. MA has added this feature directly within the cue list, and they've gone as far as separating dimming curves from movement curves." This assisted in doing flyaway cues where fixture beams slowly moved from the stage out to the audience. Because the lighting rig included large and small fixtures with considerable differences in mass, the various fixture models can look quite different when they move. "Being able to ramp down their movements at the end of a cue fade really added finesse to each of the cue transitions," Dierson adds.
And it seems like the lighting team has created a recipe for success, at least according to one participant. "When working with Patrick Woodroffe, the biggest challenge is usually what we're going to order for dinner," jokes Dierson. "He's got an extremely clear vision of what he wants to see on stage. He's also extremely lenient and open to the suggestions of everyone around him. Once you pick up on his train of thought, the only limitation is how rapidly you can enter data into the lighting console. We were doing so much programming in real time during rehearsals that we were finding ourselves caught up with very few notes at the end of each run-through."
The tour wrapped in January, but Disney is currently in pre-production for its second installment for TV, High School Musical 2: Sing It All or Nothing!, so we may see this crew on the road again.
|Show director:
|Kenny Ortega
|Scenic/video designer:
|Michael Cotten
|Lighting designer:
|Patrick Woodroffe
|Lighting programmer:
|Patrick Dierson
|Lighting director:
|Calvin "Mac" Mosier
|Video director:
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|Video engineer:
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|Arnold Simmons
|Video boom operator:
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|Handheld camera operator:
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|Lighting crew chief:
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|Master rigger:
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|Steve Woodward, Brendan Langard (Stage Rigging)
|Moving lights tech:
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|FOH lighting techs:
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|Dimmer tech:
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|LED tech:
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|Asst. LED tech/camera operator:
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|Pyro tech:
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|Jack Tempe, Joe Rogers, Jerry Fox
|Upstaging Inc.
|Nocturne Productions, Pete's Big Screen TV
|Stage fabrication:
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|Scenic fabrication:
|Accurate Staging, B and R Scenery Inc.
|Pyrotek Special Effects, Inc.
|Stage Rigging, Inc.
|Soft goods fabrication:
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The daily deals category as we knew it is dead, and Groupon's (GRPN) acknowledgement of this may cost CEO Andrew Mason his job.
The Chicago-based online commerce company reported fourth quarter results yesterday that were much worse than Wall Street expected, with the company in the midst of a business model pivot. Groupon is moving from the once-lucrative model of daily deals into more direct e-commerce sales, bringing it into competition with powerhouses Amazon (AMZN) and, to a lesser extent, eBay (EBAY).
So far, the shift in model looks like a train wreck, with Groupon's operating and free cash flows plunging year over year. Operating cash flows fell 61% year-over-year to $65.7 million, compared to $169.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. The decline in free cash flow was even worse, plunging 83% year-over-year to $25.7 million. Despite the sharp drops, Groupon still had $1.2 billion in net cash and cash equivalents at the end of 2012.Wells Fargo analyst Jason Maynard is a Groupon skeptic. "[W]e are not convinced that unloading overstock goods at very low margins is a good strategy," Maynard wrote in a research note. "We believe that this diminishes the brand, and could drive the more profitable deals to other premium branded sites. More importantly, we think this puts Groupon on a collision course with Amazon." Daily deals once excited Wall Street because of their high margins, but low barriers to entry invited a raft of competition from related businesses, which forced a re-rating of Groupon and the industry as a whole. Consumer reviews site Yelp (YELP) and restaurant reservation service Open Table (OPEN) were among those who jumped in, most to little success. The effect on valuations has already forced Amazon to take a write down on its investment in Groupon rival Living Social. Mason, 33, has been at the helm of Groupon since founding the company in 2008, but with the company in transition he may no longer be the right man for the job. Hudson Square Research analyst Dan Ernst suggested a change by the board away from Mason could be positive for the company. "Our view might be more negative except that A) it appears the new COO has near term plans to significantly cut costs overseas, and B) the magnitude of current issues could prompt the board to make changes, that would likely serve as a positive catalyst for the stock."
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The Longest Journey is finally getting a sequel: how Kickstarter brought the band back together
When your game ends with one protagonist presumed dead and another in a coma, six years is a long time to hang onto a cliff. But Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is finally getting its sequel, Dreamfall Chapters, with the help of Kickstarter.
Chapters, the third in the Longest Journey adventure games, was originally announced in 2007, but shelved while creator Ragnar Tornquist and writer Dag Scheve worked on Funcom's MMO, The Secret World. Tornquist and Scheve have since parted ways from Funcom, re-forming under the banner of Red Thread Games, a small indie studio.
The Report caught up with the gang to ask what it was like getting the band back together.
A recurring dream
The Longest Journey was released in 1999 as a point-and-click adventure game that focused on the parallel worlds of Stark and Arcadia. Stark is a land of machinery and tech, while Arcadia is a land of magic. April Ryan, the main character, moved between these worlds as she attempted to restore balance to the universe. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, the 2006 sequel, focused on a new character, Zoe Castillo. The plot gets far more tangled from there, and involves dragons, prophesies, human experimentation, and conspiracy theories. It ended with the cliffhanger above.
"With Dreamfall, we never got to finish what we started. So we always knew we wanted to do it," Scheve told me. "Ragnar wanted to create this new company to start working on Dreamfall, he asked me if I was interested, and I said, 'You had me at hello.'"
Tornquist chimed in: "He actually did say, 'You had me at hello.' The women in Tom Cruise's life: that's Dag's main source of quotes."
Scheve laughed. He was easily sold on the idea of returning to the Longest Journey universe.
Tornquist explained that, while the team size has dwindled from the hundreds that worked on The Secret World to a team of under two dozen, not much has changed in the way he likes to see games made.
"Every game's different and every game's the same, in a way. It's the same in that the way we approach it, the way we make games, is similar, because we always have a world and a storyline. It always begins with a heart and soul, the essence, the themes, the storyline, and we evolve the game from there," Tornquist said. "That process has been remarkably similar since the first Longest Journey game."
The only major difference is that now, there's no publisher funding development, no overseer handling the practical issues. Red Thread Games is funding the creation of Dreamfall Chapters via Kickstarter, and that means a tighter focus on what can and can't be done with the resources available.
Tornquist, for his part, didn't seem worried though.
"The game will be made with 17, 18 people, but it's gonna feel like a game made by a lot more people, because the spirit, productivity, heart of the team is… people are so passionate about this. It's amazing what you can do when the team is passionate about what they're doing," he said. "The less you have sometimes, the more you make."
New kid on the block
There's a new member of the band going on this Journey reunion tour (rimshot) with Tornquist and Scheve: Martin Bruusgard, former lead designer on The Secret Word. The Report spoke with Bruusgard back in October, after massive layoffs hit Funcom.
Bruusgard told the Report that year that he hadn't given up on creating, so when Torquist approached him with the possibility of helping create the third entry in the Longest Journey series, Bruusgard returned to the world of gaming. "He brought me flowers," Bruusgard said.
"Chocolates. Don't forget the chocolates. You always forget the chocolates!" Tornquist reminded him.
Tornquist said he believes Bruusgard's addition to the team will benefit the game's development, because Bruusgard hadn't played either of the previous entries until recently. "That's actually a very good thing, to have someone who can look at it with fresh eyes and at least question – or not even question, just bring something new to the table, since he respects the story and the feel of the games," Tornquist said.
I asked Bruusgard what he had seen in other adventure games that he could bring to Dreamfall Chapters. What lessons could be learned from games that had been released in the half-dozen years since Dreamfall: The Longest Journey? Bruusgard said one of the bigger changes is how he came to view story.
"I came from the type of gamer that usually don't care too much about the story. I care more about the mechanics. But what I learned from working with Ragnar and Dag is that story can be amazing in a computer game if it's done right. I think I personally underestimated how much other people care about story. As long as it's done well, it can be an amazing feature for a game. That was a sort of revelation for me."
"Games like The Walking Dead, I think, are fantastic in the way they tell story. If we can borrow or be inspired by something along those lines, that'd be amazing," he said.
Can I borrow a cup of HDMI cable?
The small team size and lack of funding has been a boon to the development team in some respects. There's no more game of telephone, where the message gets lost as it travels from director to designer, designer to programmer. Everybody can communicate freely and come to a consensus on how the game should be.
I asked Bruusgard, who cited a need for financial stability when we last spoke, why he would abandon his previous position for Dreamfall Chapters. "I honestly love it. I think it's so much… I want to use the word 'cozier.' We're so few people, so we talk so much about every single aspect of the game. In larger companies, when so many people are involved, there's more layers of decision-making, and right now it feels like we're just a group of guys – and a girl – talking about the game and coming to this unanimous understanding of what the game should be, and what direction we want to move it," he said.
"It feels so different to come into work, and it's one room, and everybody's there, and it just feels… again, cozier."
"It's very limited, very tight, so we have to make the most out of every dollar and cent, we have to do everything ourselves. We can't expect anyone to do anything for us," Tornquist said. "From borrowing the neighbor's HDMI cable to show our presentation to running the Kickstarter, it's all on us."
Scheve agreed. "I've been sort of a social media recluse and now I'm on Facebook and Twitter, I'm answering emails from press and potential distributors, I'm helping write press releases, emptying the trash cans."
"You have not emptied a single trash can!" Tornquist interjected.
"Lies! Lies!" Bruusgard said.
Scheve paused for a moment. "Well… asking someone to empty the trash cans."
But there's stress in this environment, too. Tornquist admitted that, while he felt he sold the idea to the team well and with confidence, in reality he had no idea if the desire to make Dreamfall Chapters would pan out. "We were sitting in the meeting room, before launching the Kickstarter, and my finger was hovering over the big green button," he said. "I told the team, 'This might be a disaster, it might be a complete catastrophe, don't worry if it is, we'll find a way to do this. So don't take it personally, we've done the best we can.'"
With that sentiment in mind, Tornquist pushed go. The game has since raised more than $810,000 out of a goal of $850,000.


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By Dennis Glade
Washington Times Herald
The Loogootee baseball team had high expectations entering the season. Losing its first two Blue Chip Conference games was not part of the plan.
The Lions lost to conference rival Vincennes Rivet, 4-3, in eight innings Friday at Les Page Field.
With the game tied in the bottom of the seventh, Casey Miller stepped to the plate with the winning run - Matt Mathies - in scoring position. However, Miller fanned, sending the game into extra innings.
In the top of the eighth, Conner Wittmer ran into trouble on the mound for the Lions. Patriot Austin Woodruff reached base on an infield single.
Wittmer then advanced to second as a pickoff attempt from Wittmer was wild at first.
Gavin Benock was then hit by a pitch and Collin Vieke attempted to bunt him to second.
Wittmer fielded the bunt, but Wittmer's throw to first was mishandled by Hayden Bell to load the bases with none out.
After a Zach Templin grounder, Bell threw home to stop the Patriots from scoring, but the throw got away from catcher Waylon Matthews to give Rivet a
3-1 lead. Peyton Cummings then got his second RBI of the game for Rivet on a sacrifice fly for a 4-1 Rivet lead.
"We're in a situation where we have a guy on first, where it's only his second time playing first base in Hayden," Loogootee coach Roger Bailey said. "This was the first outing for Conner in seven days. In the seventh inning, they had a pop up bunt and we made a beautiful lay out play and doubled them off first. He (Wittmer) lobbed it a little and I think that caught Hayden by surprise. Those kinds of mistakes happen." The Lions tried to rally in the bottom of the eighth with the help of two errors from Patriot shortstop Tanner Thomas. The miscues helped the Lions score twice in the inning, but Alex Frye was left at second with the tying run.
Both teams scored in the first inning. Mathies was thrown out at third, trying to stretch a double into a triple after scoring Trevor Resler with the tying run.
A throw to second to catch Mathies got away from the Rivet infield, and Mathies was out trying to make third.
"The ball ricocheted off of his (Mathies) foot," Bailey said. "He looked and thought about it, and when he looked up, he saw the third baseman was breaking for the ball. He thought he could make it - that's a read. I let the guys have that freedom. He just didn't make it." The late rallies by both teams overshadowed what had been a great pitcher's dual. Gabe Nolley went six innings, allowing one and striking out four for Loogootee. Nolley retired 12 consecutive Patriots in one stretch.
Rivet's Chase Allen went seven innings while allowing one run and fanning six.
"It's his (Nolley) second outing a varsity pitcher," Bailey said. "He's just a sophomore and he's thrown really well. He's given us good depth, he's gone deep in both games and he just seems poised. He get outs, nothing flashy." The loss was the second of the week in Blue Chip games for the Lions who were earlier defeated by North Knox, 8-6. Bailey noted it's an unenviable position, but his Lions need to buckle down and get a rhythm.
"We not at all used to losing conference games," Bailey said. "We haven't lost one in a couple years and we compete for that. It¹s not June. It's not championship baseball - but in a way - it is. We are going to work hard to win every one from here on out and hope some other people in the conference beat up on each other. Maybe we'll get a share of it with two losses."
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Mad Island Banding
March 29, 2012 by Pete Marra
Every spring millions and millions of migratory birds fly non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico and make land fall at places like the TNC's Mad Island Preserve in Texas. Thanks to support from SCBI champion Helen DuBois and the Trull Foundation, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBC) is there to greet these tired travelers back to the United States. A collaborative effort, SMBC along with TNC and the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory plan to combine a rigorous bird banding effort along with a educational activities for local Texas school groups to excite the masses about migratory birds and their migration. Please check in with us regularly from now until mid-May to see how this amazing animal migration is faring.
Bea Harrison, the lead bander, writes:
"Big rainstorm here. We are back at the lodge. Caught a hooded warbler and some savannah sparrows this morning.
Hooded Warbler (left) and Savannah Sparrow (right) © Gerhard Hofmann
Since things are slow we thought we would show you where the Mad Island Preserve is geographically. Mad Island is nestled in the center of the Texas coast. The site where the banding occur has 20 mist nets distributed across a swath of short coastal forest, a perfect stopover area for tired songbirds."


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The Vikings' offensive, defensive and special-teams players of the week in their 24-10 win over the Lions in Week Three:
Who else? While the passing game is only starting to work out its kinks, RB Adrian Peterson is in midseason form. And he clearly is ready and willing to carry the team on his back until Brett Favre and the receivers make even more strides. Peterson rushed for 160 yards and two TDs, one of which covered 80 yards for a career long. That TD deep-sixed the Lions for good.
CB Antoine Winfield was in on nine tackles — all within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage — and intercepted Lions QB Shaun Hill in the endzone to officially seal the victory. Winfield, the old pro, is still playing at a high level, and it comes at a time when the Vikings' secondary is in a bit of flux.
Special teams
P Chris Kluwe was a key field-position weapon all game. He knocked four of his five punts inside the Lions' 20-yard line, and two of them landed inside the 10. Kluwe's wobbly high-hanger was trouble for Lions PR Stefan Logan, who fumbled the attempt, which the Vikings recovered and converted for a TD on the next play. Kluwe averaged 43.2 yards on his five punts and held on four successful tries — three extra points and one field goal.


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---- — WEST NEWBURY — The members of All Saints' Episcopal Church will officially welcome their new, permanent priest, the Rev. Derrick Muwina, on Sunday, Nov. 3, at the service of Holy Eucharist at 10 a.m.
Muwina earned his diploma in religious studies and his certificate in theological studies at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Seminary in Kitwe, Zambia. He received his bachelor's degree in theology (cum laude) at the University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. He earned a master's of theological studies from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, and a master's of sacred theology from Boston University. He is a candidate for a doctor of theology at Boston University.
Muwina will preach and celebrate the Eucharist, and a celebratory luncheon will follow in St. John's Hall. The members of All Saints' invite friends, neighbors and the community to share this occasion with them, as they welcome their new priest and his family. Church and Sunday School begin at 10 a.m.


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Series: Evolution Basics (46 entries)
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
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Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
From science and religion blogs: quantum uncertainty and God, the remarkable fact that we have come to understand our place in the created order, and the role of theology in making wise choices about the use of technology.
From a Judeo-Christian perspective, all of these curiosities dovetail into a profoundly meaningful explanation: Being made in God's image helps to explain our creative and investigative skills, particularly when we consider that God has specially engineered this universe to reveal himself to human beings.
We feel that the long-term efforts by ForumC to bring these different factions together are beginning to bear fruit. Where the atmosphere at the first conference was at times tense, this second conference was perceived by all those present as more relaxed and open. The willingness to concede past? errors and the problems involved in the respective positions taken was one clear sign of this.
But what I heard on Sundays did not seem to fit with what I experienced of the world the rest of the week. Growing up in New Mexico in the cottonwood bosque of the Rio Grande valley provided everything for a kid to become a biologist. I roamed along the river, cooked over cottonwood fires, ate wild asparagus, watched clouds form thunderheads over the distant peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Musician Michael Gungor talks about the recent controversy over the evolution of his views on evolution, science, and biblical authority.
The dark matter hypothesis is one case where we have remained 'fairly confident' for an extended period of time while we gather many different kinds of evidence. This situation is a good analogue for the common deity detection problem. The question "Is there a God?" is not readily addressable by observation and, for practical purposes, not nearly as interesting as "What is God like?".
News about the Ebola outbreak and initiatives in genomic medicine lead our news roundup this week, with a collection of research and learning opportunities in biology and at the science/faith border to follow.
The purpose of Jesus's art was to give verbal, visual, and dramatic forms to those complicated and confounding relationships, symmetries, and harmonies between himself, the father and spirit, and between the triune God and the world… Such creative expressions did not and do not make everything clear, but rather resist simple clarity, forcing their hearers to come at the whole complicated truth from a position of intellectual and spiritual humility.
It is important to know what we should not expect from the Bible. But my fear is that we leave it at that and neglect the role that the Bible plays in the lives of Christians here and now.
We need to hear stories from others who have wrestled with evolution and Christian faith. What arguments made them change their views on science? How did they hold fast to their relationship with God? The essays in this series will eventually comprise a book, provisionally titled, "Evolving: Evangelicals Reflect on Evolution."
For Augustine, the literal sense of scripture is not a scientific narrative of physical reality, but a liturgical and poetic narrative of God's awesome power at the dawn of history. This is a vital thread in the story of how to read Genesis.
The great irony lies here: these partisans are actually leading good-hearted people to reject their faith, precisely because these partisans have convinced these good-hearted people that they must accept a false dichotomy.
Learning about science has taught me humility about my Bible reading and it has pushed me to think again, to read again, to ask again, and to wonder all over again what the Bible was saying when it was written and how the Bible was heard to its original hearers (so far as the evidence permits us to know such things).
This week in origins news, a great collection of articles by key players in the conversation about theology and science, a surprising science fair discovery, and the Apollo 11 anniversary!
Everyone is so worried about success and getting this or that honorable diploma—the people here are smart and understand many complex things perfectly—but it's a long distance from the head to the heart.
We don't have all the answers and never will. And when God says that he is revealed in his creation, I think that means we need to take care of what we have and understand where we came from. The more I understand how things work, the bigger God gets. When he was just a magician pulling things out of a hat, that doesn't even compare to how I see him now!
Last year I introduced readers to one of the leading voices about Christianity and science, John Polkinghorne. I also helped BioLogos bring in another leading voice, Robert Russell. This new series introduces a third prominent Christian thinker, Lutheran theologian Ted Peters, Research Professor Emeritus in Systematic Theology and Ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (http://www.ctns.org/), and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.


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With a little over two months away from graduation, many high school seniors and their parents are busy trying to lock down the perfect college. But getting admitted is only half the battle; the other half is figuring out how to pay for it.
But experts say there are ways to make college fit into your long-term budget. Researchers say the earlier you start planning the better prepared you'll be.
They encourage students and their parents to apply for financial aid no matter what your circumstances. Experts say you never know what aid is available until you apply.
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Rachmaninov Hall Moscow conservatory
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Rachmaninov Hall Moscow conservatory
Rachmaninov Hall is at the same time the oldest and the newest concert venue of the Conservatory.
The building itself appeared in the beginning of the 19th century.
In 1886 – 1918 the building was a residence of the Synodal singing college, and in 1898 a hall with a good «flying» acoustics was added to there.
In 1968 the building became a part of the Conservatory, the restoration of the Hall took a lot of years, and 1983 the beautiful Hall in white and blue was opened again by a concert of brilliant Russian pianist Svyatoslav Richter.
In the end of 1986 the Hall received its name after Sergey Rachmaninov, a great Russian composer and pianist, graduate of the Moscow conservatory who's life was also connected with the Synodal choir college. A big number of chamber and choral concerts can be heard here as well as both early and contemporary music.
Now the Rachmaninov Hall building is known as the Sergey Rachmaninov building (formerly the Third study building of the Moscow conservatory).
Capacity: 252 seats
OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL "Soul of Japan"
September 7, 19:00
In a concert of Japanese music for the opening of the Festival "Spirit of Japan" was attended by leading masters of the play on koto the school Sawai - Hikaru Sawai and Keiko Ivahori, as well as a performer of the shakuhachi Kohei Shimizu.
Organizers: Embassy of Japan in Russia, the Russian-Japanese center of musical culture at Moscow conservatory.
The Moscow Conservatory (Московская Государственная Консерватория им. П.И.Чайковского) is a prominent...
The interior reproduces the atmosphere of an old Moscow flat - with invariably cozy sofas and book sh...
The interior reproduces the atmosphere of an old Moscow flat - with invariably cozy sofas and book sh...
The restaurant attracts creative public - actors, journalists and musicians.
This is classical French bistro. Instead of table-cloths they have big sheets of paper, flowers in th...
This museum's exhibitions include paintings, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts of Japan, China, Ko...
In this building is located ITAR-TASS, the main news agency of Russia.
An exibition devoted to the 100th birthday of the famous architect. Prepared with the assistance of t...
An exibition devoted to the 100th birthday of the famous architect. Prepared with the assistance of t...
Overview and History
Moscow takes its name from the Moskva river, where Slavic settlements began around 500AD. They adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988 A.D., and it would last as the national religion for a thousand years.
By the 15th cent. Moscow had become the capitol of the Russian state under the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which had been busily assimilating smaller feudal territories while battling the Golden Horde of Mongols. The city was raided and burnt down by the Tatar-Mongols at least three times.
Consolidation of many smaller territories under Moscow's power set the stage for Ivan III to adopt the title of "Ruler of all of Russia." His son Ivan IV, or "Ivan the Terrible", become the first crowned Tsar of Russia.
The succession of Tsars lasted from Ivan IV until Peter the Great, who proclaimed the Russian Empire in 1721, with St. Petersburg for its capitol.
The Russian Empire survived the "Times of Troubles" which saw chaos, invasion and several uprisings of the people. Napolean Bonaparte came within 25 miles of capturing Moscow during his disastrous invasion of 1812, but was turned back after thousands of his starving troops were ambushed and killed by peasant guerilla fighters.
By the beginning of the 20th Century, Moscow was capitol, this time of the largest country in the world.
The Industrial Revolution came later to Russia than to Western Europe, partly due to Russia's institute of serfdom which kept peasants bound to the land. Soon enough however, the emergence of the Socialist political movement was loudly advocating total revolution, and by 1917 the Soviet Union replaced the Tsar and his autocratic rule. This began the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which lasted until 1991.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moscow continues to be the capital of Russia, or the Russian Federation as it is now known. It is still the largest single country in the world.
People and Culture
Moscow is in the grips of a western renovation, with consumerism and ostentatious displays of wealth parading everywhere. As of 2008 it is the city with the most expensive cost of living in the world, home of the most billionaires, as well as being the largest city in Europe.
Getting There
Moscow is laid out in five major sections in concentric pattern, with the Kremlin smack in the middle. The Kremlin is the administrative seat of power, and its name means "fortress." Its walls delineate the 15th century boundaries of the city.
You can find information about getting to and from the airports here .
Click here for some great tips about the fantastic metro system
Here is some more useful overview stuff about the metro, trams, trolleys etc.
Things to do
There are many galleries and museums in moscow but here are two favorites:
First is Modern Art Museum . and second is Winzavod - it means wine factory
In addition to these, you can visit the Museum of Geology, Museum of Aviation and Astronautics, Museum of History of Moscow.
For art lovers, try the State Tretiyakovskaya Gallerry - with a huge collection of Russian art and icons - one of the most famous russian museum after the State Hermitage in St.Petersburg.
There's also a beautiful Zoo, comparing to others in russia..
As for restaurants and clubs there's nice cafe just near the red squre - F.A.Q. Cafe - if you can read russian.
There's an old good club 'Propaganda' - it's almost 10 years but still one of the best places to go out every night! Others which are not bad are:
What to look for in general: Red Square, the Kremlin, the Lenin Mausoleum, the Cathedral of St. Basil, and Bely Gorod which is a shopping district.
One more beautiful old place to see in Moscow is - Novodevichiy monastery (was built in 1524 and Ivan IV became a czar there).
A good place to visit for outdoor activities is also Vorob'evi Gori (hills) - it's kind of recreation zone on the moskva river with a park and Moscow state university's main huge soviet building on the top.
Another thing you can do is go for a walk down Old Arbat, a pedestrian street with ethnic flavour of Soviet times and buildings from the time of the Russian Empire.
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Transvestite potter ponders honours dress dilemma
Transvestite potter Grayson Perry is already thinking about what frock to wear when he goes to the palace to pick up his CBE.
The artist, who regularly appears as his female alter-ego Claire, famously wore a Little Bo Peep outfit when he won the Turner Prize for his ceramics in 2003.
The 53-year-old, who grew up in Chelmsford, admitted he had not expected the honour, saying: "I suppose I'm surprised that the tentacles of the establishment reach into my particular pond of culture."
He said he had "weighed up the coolness factor" of accepting the award, but said it would help give him "a platform" and was nice for "the older generation of people in my family".
– Grayson Perry, CBE
People from that background who perhaps don't tend to go into art galleries and can sometimes judge success by making money or being in a question on a quiz show or getting an honour and now I've done all three."
Asked what he will wear to his investiture, Perry said: "I'm planning it already. Certainly I'll be putting together a nice outfit, I think it would feel a bit funny if I wasn't."
The artist even said his teddy bear, Alan Measles, who has featured in several of his radio and television programmes "might get a look in" at the ceremony.
Perry lives in London and Sussex with his wife, the author and psychotherapist, Philippa Perry and their daughter Flo, born in 1992.