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No matter what a DomCom is about, viewers will have very little trouble getting into the house. In fact, most will know it like the back of their hand.
No, they haven't seen it before, but they're intimately familiar with it because it's Standardized Sitcom Housing.
The standard house in TV land is almost always two stories, sometimes with an attic and/or a basement. On the first floor is the living room and the kitchen. No matter the context (time period, wealth of the occupants, etc.), it's usually built open-plan, so there's no separation between the two rooms, other than perhaps an island or breakfast bar. If there's a dining room, it's just another extension of the kitchen-living room zone -- a dining table off by itself on one side, with maybe a chandelier hanging over it.
The front door is almost always stage left[[note]]Stage left is to the actor's left, as they face the audience/camera -- to the viewer's right.[[/note]] and, unlike the majority of houses, opens directly into the living room/kitchen, with no hallway. With a front door opening into the main living space, a character (or [[CarMeetsHouse vehicle]]) can barge in with no warning, for [[RuleOfDrama dramatic]] or [[RuleOfFunny comedic]] effect. Also, inhabitants won't have to leave the scene if they're letting someone in.
If the show spends time in two different houses/apartments, the second will usually have the front door on the opposite side, to make it more distinct from the first.
In any home, the front door is almost never upstage[[note]]upstage is away from the camera/audience, i.e., the "back" of the scene[[/note]] -- that is reserved for staircases, and/or big picture windows that reveal obscuring bushes and painted backdrops. Staircases always slope down towards the front door. If there is a basement, it always opens into the kitchen, usually parallel to the staircase.
On the second floor are all the bedrooms and the only bathroom in the house ([[NobodyPoops if that]]) or at least the only one with a working shower. The basement is for the laundry (and the pot smoking if you're in [[That70sShow the '90s vision of the '70s]]).
When shown in [[EstablishingShot establishing shots]], often the outside doesn't bear any resemblance to the inside, with different arrangements of windows and doors. Sometimes the house will have [[BiggerOnTheInside way more rooms inside]] than would be plausible for a house the same size as the one used for the exterior shots.
A variation of this is the smaller Standardized Sitcom Apartment. It usually consists of a living room, a kitchen, two rooms opening from the living room and a bathroom. The front door opens directly to the living room which has TheCouch, a small table, the TV and usually enough space behind the couch for some working space. The kitchen is usually open-plan in front of the couch so it isn't seen in the usual couch-shots. Due to size-constraints, they don't have a dining table, or if they do have one, it's rather small. The fire escape can frequently be accessed through the windows, sometimes with access to the roof.
At this point the familiarity of the layout may be a useful tool to acclimate new viewers, but it would have originated (and continues to flourish) as a side-effect of the [[ThreeCameras multiple-camera system]]. One-camera shows are free to avoid this layout, although some of the elements might still be useful for staging (the front door opening directly in, for example).
Can cause ValuesDissonance (in an InformedAbility way) to viewers who live in areas where two-storey houses are common only among the rich. The house looks like it belongs to a rich family, but the people living in it are supposedly not (see FriendsRentControl).
See also LivingInAFurnitureStore.
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* In the 1997 informative video ''Film/TheKidsGuideToTheInternet'', the front door is stage right (your left). As usual, the main area behind the actors is a large bay window in their LivingInAFurnitureStore living room, with the computer front and center.
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* ''BoyMeetsWorld''
* ''FamilyMatters'': At stage left was the living room, which included a stairway at the left. Upstairs were four bedrooms: The master bedroom, separates bedroom for Eddie and Laura (although it is speculated Judy shared with Laura when she was part of the show), and a bedroom for Rachel (this later became Richie and still later 3J's room). Back downstairs was the bedroom for Mother Winslow and a bathroom. At stage right was the kitchen, with small pantry/foyer at the back and a back stairway. The front door opened into the living room, while the back door led to the garage and alley.
* ''TheHoganFamily'': Nearly identical to ''FamilyMatters''; both sitcoms were produced by Miller-Boyett.
* ''StepByStep'': Similar to ''FamilyMatters'', although not identical. Like its sister show, the front door opened to the living room, with the back door opening into the kitchen/dining area. However, the kitchen is in the center of the stage, while stage right is Carol's beauty salon (early seasons) or J.T.'s apartment (in later seasons). Upstairs were at least four bedrooms: One for the boys, one for the girls and the master bedroom; the fourth was likely a spare, until Lily was born.
* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' averted this. The front door was stage right with a foyer, the stairs descended into the middle of the main room, dividing the living room from the dining room, and the kitchen was a separate room (with shutters dividing the kitchen from the dining room). A hallway leading out of the left hand side of the foyer led to Darren's study/home office, a side door to the house and a second door into the kitchen. The living room was off the right hand side of foyer and had large glass doors along the back wall that opened onto a patio. There was also a half-bath downstairs.
* ''HomeImprovement'' is one of the most notable switch-ups in the expected floorplan, the front door was at the ''back'' of the set with the kitchen and living room merged at the ''front'', with the back door at stage left, connecting to a sideyard which is the location for scenes with Wilson. This accommodated a door on stage right leading to the garage which would also appear as a set. The neighborhood seems to be structured so that there is a back alley used to access the garage from the ''back'' of the house.
** Also interesting is that there is a column blocking the the stairs and most of the front door from the audience POV, and often there are scenes taking place in that foyer. When they got a piano they placed it in that back corner.
* ''TheBradyBunch'': The front door was at the center of the stage, with the living and dining rooms merged immediately ahead of the door (as one were to walk into the house), the staircase to the right of the living room (accessible after having to walk around an entry area half-wall), the kitchen immediately ahead of the living-dining area, and the family/rompus room (also the alternate entry for the family) above that. To the right of the door (from the vantage point of the viewer) was Mike's den/work study. Behind the kitchen was the foyer, which contained the washer-dryer and the entry to Alice's (rarely seen) bedroom. Upstairs were three bedrooms and the walk-in linen closet. From the top of the stairs, one passed the boys' room, the girls' room (with bathroom in between); across the hall was the master bedroom, with a master bath. Above all of that was the attic, converted (for the final season) into Greg's room.
* ''AllInTheFamily''/''ArchieBunkersPlace'': A simple two-room house downstairs. The front door opened into the living room (stage right, to the audience's vantage point), with a staircase at the top of the stage to the audience's vantage point and the dining area at the end of the living room. Behind the living room (or stage left, as viewers can see it) is the kitchen. There is a back door, which opens into the alley, where presumably there is the garage. (Although no mention of a car is ever made; in fact, Archie is known to borrow vehicles for personal use.) Upstairs is the bathroom and two bedrooms; presumably to the left (from the staircase) is Mike and Gloria's room (this later was Stephanie's room) and Archie and Edith's room. Below the staircase to go upstairs is the staircase for the basement.
* Norwegian sitcoms more often than not have the front door at stage right. Notable exception is ''AtMartin'''s, where the front door was in the back, right next to the stairs. Still opened right into the living room, though.
* ''TheCosbyShow'' [[http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/2900/what-is-the-floor-plan-of-the-huxtable-home separates the kitchen from the living room with an actual wall and door]], but the dining room is a room "behind" the kitchen. There's a smaller, more commonly-used table in the kitchen.
** Additionally, the front door is on the right from the audience's perspective. There is a left-side "back door" in the kitchen, with the dining room door upstage. This almost results in a JustifiedTrope, as the Huxtable residence is shown to be a Brownstone walk up, so it is not unreasonable that the front door would not be on the lengthier upstage wall. Strangely, said wall does have a ''window'', despite sharing a wall with the building next door.
* Peter (then Spinner's) Loft in ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' qualifies, it has a large living room - kitchen area downstairs, and up a small staircase is a bedroom area. Earlier seasons if we saw more than just a kid's bedroom the house/apartment would fit.
** One of the biggest stylistic differences among incarnations of the ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' franchise are the houses. ''Series/TheKidsOfDegrassiStreet'' was shot largely on-location in the titular neighborhood which consists of pre-WW2 closely-spaced/small-footprint multistory houses; ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' was shot on location in more suburban environs (probably built in the '50s/60s); ''The Next Generation'' is mostly made on a backlot and the older-style houses are back.
* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' and ''Series/ICarly'' almost fit the description word for word. They both subvert it a little, though. ''Drake and Josh'' often had the characters in their room and used the kitchen less often, and ''iCarly'' has much of the show take place in the room where they shoot their webshow. Spencer's bedroom, while never seen, is on the bottom floor, as is the bathroom.
** At one point we do see Spencer's bedroom, which looks the same as the studio, same with Carly's room before its redesign.
* ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'': Both houses have the main entrance on stage left. Both houses also feature back doors on stage right, which are also frequently used. In fact, in Raymond's parents' home, the stage right back door was used far more frequently than the stage right "main" door. Also, Ray's house has the back staircase, facing the main entrance, a staircase in stage back to the basement, and an open floor plan with the kitchen and living room open to each other. Ray's parents' house is single-story and looks considerably older, as the kitchen and living room/dining area are separated by an actual wall and door.
* ''FullHouse'': Here the front door is actually stage right. The living room has an alcove in the back which was originally where Joey slept. Through a door is the kitchen which has a second rear stairwell to the second floor. The second floor is implied to be a hallway with stars at both ends leading down into the living room and kitchen, along with the single bathroom and the bedrooms. One bedroom being Danny's and the others belonging to Uncle Jesse, Stephanie, and then DJ and Michelle--after DJ moved into her own room with Michelle and away from Stephanie. The basement, once a garage, was turned into Joey's room and Jesse's recording studio, and the attic above the house was later converted into a suite for Jesse and Rebecca as well as an extra room for the twins.
* The Banks household of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' definitely qualifies-- although their formal front door is stage left and offscreen, family members more frequently enter the house through the kitchen (in the version of the house's layout seen from season 2 forward). If they have guests, Geoffrey is there to answer the door for them and can leave the scene to do so. There was also a set of not-too-often used doors upstage in the living room.
** Season one was unusual as there are very few similarities between the two different sets, yet are mentioned to be the same house. The stage-left front door was used more often and shown a few times, and the stairs were upstage in the small hallway the front door was in. In the second set, the stairs were upstage-right in the living room. The kitchens were similar, but seemed to have been inverted, direction-wise. The original kitchen was smaller, but the backdoor is in pretty much the same place. The kitchen can be justified with an actual renovation.
** An odd subversion in the case of the Banks house was that, while most versions of this house are much larger than you'd expect the family to inhabit given their supposed income, the Banks' home had a surprisingly ''small'' floor area, at least in the lounge, given the apparent size of the house in exterior shots. Maybe they had other rooms that you saw less, but...
** In one of the later episodes of the season, as a result of Will and his girlfriend getting back at Carlton helping scorned lovers get back at him, he ran screaming through the fourth wall, giving us a good perspective of how all the areas of the set- including the campus store that had been added to normal locations- were located in relation to each other.
* Subverted on ''TheGeorgeLopezShow'': the family has the usual kitchen/living room setup, but the vast majority of the action takes place in the kitchen or backyard.
* The house on The ''GoldenGirls'' differs slightly from the standard sit com house where all the rooms are on the same floor with a large living room area connected to the front door with a patio area beyond and at the other side a separate open plan kitchen and dining area, the 4 bedrooms which sometimes all seemed to have their own bathrooms were up a very short hallway from the living room. Plus the outside of the house did not match the interior at all.
* ''GrowingPains''
* ''HannahMontana''
* When ''Series/HappyDays'' began as a single camera show, the Cunninghams' house had a normal looking layout. After the first two seasons, the show was filmed by three cameras in front of a live studio audience. The Cunningham house set was changed to the '''exemplar''' Standardized Sitcom Housing. Its front door opened into the open space of the living room and the dining room, which was separate in the old house, became part of the living area. When you look at the layout it makes no sense with the outside shown in exterior shots. The living room door and the kitchen and its door are on the same side!
* ''Series/HeyDad'', by contrast, is set in what appears to be a realistic Australian house. Certainly, most Australian houses will have a separate lounge room (or living room) and kitchen, and many lounge rooms will have more than one comfy chair.
*** The Kelly residence also varied in that the home office was at the front of the house, putting the front door towards the center.
** The same is true of 'Kingswood Country' where the front door opens into the living room, the kitchen is separate and the back door (used at least as often as the front door) opens into the kitchen.
*** 'Mother and Son' also had the kitchen separated from the living room by stained glass doors.
** Livable attics and basements are rare in Australian houses too.
*** Assuming the Australia house even has a basement -- a rare thing. The Queenslander style house will frequently have enough space beneath for a de facto basement, but that space is usually taken up by hordes of spiders and snakes.
* The house on ''TheKingOfQueens'' partially averts this by being on stage right, but they use the back door (stage left into the kitchen) as often as they do the front. The kitchen and living room have a great deal of access between them, however, and the stairs do slant down toward the door.
* ''Series/LivingSingle'': Entrance stage right for both the girls' and boys' apartment. The door into the girls' kitchen is occasionally used, and there are frequently scenes in the entrance hall of their apartment building.
* Averted in ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' as it was shot in an actual house. It's tiny, and the kids all share one room.
** The same applied for UK soap opera ''Brookside'', which was filmed on a real cul-de-sac on a housing estate, using a number of houses for filming while others held production offices, dressing rooms, and so on.
* Justified in CoronationStreet (where the exteriors of the houses are permanent buildings specially created at Granada Studios - later rebuilt some miles away at Media City), but the interiors are filmed elsewhere on multi-camera sets)- terraced houses of that vintage often ''were'' laid out much like this (front door opens directly onto sitting room, stairs run down to face front door, small kitchen accessed through sitting room) to make them as compact as possible.
* ''MarriedWithChildren'' - in fact, the layout of the Bundy house was overall very similar to the Bunker house, with a couch in place of Archie and Edith's chairs.
* The Harpers' house on ''Series/MamasFamily'', more or less. The living room and dining area are one big room, with the kitchen separated by a wall. However, there is a downstairs bathroom, behind the living room. All the bedrooms are upstairs (except Vint and Naomi's, which is in the basement). Fans have also noticed a continuity error within dialogue that seems to point to one of the bedrooms "disappearing" when the show switched from network to first-run syndication. Since the basement is Vint and Naomi's room, it isn't for laundry in this case; the laundry room is a little area off the kitchen, between the back door and basement door. Also unique are the stairs: instead of a single open staircase like in most sitcoms, it's an L-shaped staircase. The few stairs that we see lead away from the audience up to a landing; the remaining stairs are behind the back wall and never seen.
* The Dunphys' house on ''ModernFamily'', the staris face the door directly and are unusally close to it alothough it's notable that they do have an actual hallway that continues on down to the kitchen or has a door that leads to the living room.
* ''MyWifeAndKids''
* The Sheffield household in ''TheNanny'' followed the format to a certain extent, but was justifiably far larger. People entered stage-right into a reception area with a hall and stairs leading to other parts of the house (and a bathroom under the stairs), then travelling right were the lounge/sitting area, a separate dining room, and a separate kitchen. Max and CC's office was behind these somewhere. Upstairs were the bedrooms and bathrooms. There was also a large but seldom-seen basement/wine cellar which Fran and CC locked themselves in at one point.
** Sylvia and Morty's apartment fit the sitcom standard of lounge-kitchen, and was realistically small.
* ''NewsRadio'' has this in an OFFICE: The elevator's on the stage right (though off-stage), the main office space is in the center. The meeting table (analogous with a sitcom house dining table) is off to the side in the main room. There's Dave's office (analogous with a study) on the right opposite the entrance. And characters off to do less-relevant tasks take the stairs in the back up to the booth (analogous to going up to bedrooms), though they remain visible, behind soundproof glass. The kitchen's the only out-of-place location, it is next to the entrance and behind a wall - though it has windows with venetian blinds.
* ''{{Reba}}''
* ''{{Roseanne}}''
* ''TheRoyleFamily'' has a completely realistically laid out house. Narrow hallway, small living room, kitchen and dining room etc., none of which conforms to sitcom geography.
** This house is a little unusual because: The hall to the parents' room is made of four arches, a square, that breaks up the space between the living room and kitchen; the parents' room and bathroom are on the bottom floor; the kitchen is tilted, with one wall -- the one with the open pantry -- foreshortened and at an angle to give the kitchen an illusion of depth. Logically, it's impossible to create a floorplan of the house as it's shown.
* ''Series/SamsonEnGert'' had a front door on stage right and a door to a kitchen on stage left, with a door to a rarely used basement in the centre. Sometimes forays were made outside to the local town hall, a grocery store, or a barber shop.
* The Baxter residence in ''ThatsSoRaven'' is uncannily similar to the Tanner residence in ''FullHouse'', and virtually identical to the Winslow residence in ''FamilyMatters''. (The actor who played [=3J=] on FM is one of Raven's PowerTrio).
** And the ''ThatsSoRaven'' creators served as ''FullHouse'' executive producers during the second half of the latter's run.
* ''WhosTheBoss'' - this house was made to have a more-than-passing resemblance to the one in the last season of ''ILoveLucy.''
* ''Series/WorkingClass'' - One of the few sitcoms where the kitchen and the living room are fully separate.
* ''Series/{{ALF}}'' - Also one of the few sitcoms that has the kitchen and the living room separate, though in this case there is a window between the two. This of course was for both plot convenience and shooting convieniece; when company came over Alf would hide in the kitchen, and the window made for convenient operation of the Alf puppet.
* "ANTFarm" is this although the front door is stage right. With the show set in San Francisco, the outside of the house is similar to the [[FullHouse Tanner residence]], also in the same city.
* GoodLuckCharlie is almost entirely this floor plan except for the wall between the living and kitchen and the angle of stairs.
* MelissaAndJoey plays with the layout a little bit. Joey lives in the basement, the door visible from kitchen, and a few scenes have taken place in the dining room, which is location behind the kitchen and the living room. And yes, there is a door connecting the kitchen to the living room.
* MisterRogersNeighborhood
* ''Series/OneDayAtATime''. Most of the action takes place in the Romano apartment.
* Somewhat averted in the TV version of ''Radio/HancocksHalfHour'', where the layout of the living room changed from week to week according to the demands of the plot.
* ''Series/That70sShow'' has a unique example. The living room is typical, with the entrance stage left and stairs that lead almost out the front door. You also have the couch facing the TV and a bar in the front part of the shot. The kitchen is beyond (stage right) and a door opens into another set, with a similar setup. However, the set goes against the trope because to the rear of the set, there is also the dining room (which we only see during family dinners) and a den, which has two entrances. As we see when Kitty shows the house, the set is a full 360, which looks more like a suburban home in TheSeventies. Where the layout gets confusing is how the basement opens off the kitchen, under the den, and there's a door into it from the backyard that should be under the den.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' plays this straight. Front door stage left, stairs upstage in the living room, kitchen stage right, back door stage right with a table in. This presumably makes it easier to plan action sequences.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' subverts this, with the kitchen/dining room through a door upstage in the living room. The exit door is stage right from the living room, and upstage left from the kitchen, and the staircase stage left from the usual shot. If it were a real sitcom, it would be an absolute pain to shoot on, because it's designed more like a, y'know, ''actual house''.
* ''TheClevelandShow'' is set up like an actual house, which would be a pain to shoot on in live-action.
* Averted on ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' as all buildings and houses are designed as they would be in real life.
* ''{{Daria}}''
* ''TheSimpsons'' have a front door which opens to an entry hall facing the stairs. But since it is an animated show, the staff has more flexibility with floor design.
** Though the producers explicitly make the house's layout inconsistent, it isn't entirely difficult for fans to produce an accurate floor plan.
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* ''MaryTylerMooreShow'': Both of Mary Richards' apartments fit this trope. Ted Baxter's apartment (as seen in later seasons, after he married Georgette) is averted, with the front door at stage right.
* ''TheBigBangTheory'': The individual apartments follow this fairly well, between Leonard and Sheldon's place (the main set), Penny's apartment, Raj apartment and Howards room. What is done interestingly is that Penny's apartment set is directly connected to Leonard and Sheldon set with a stairway between them, which has led to entire scenes taking place between all three divisions. In addition the stairway is lightly redecorated to represent three floors with a separate foyer and a basement laundry room, which allows the characters to have five entire floors on three sets to do a WalkAndTalk using careful cuts. You can see a floor plan [[http://www.sheldonsfans.com/quote-254-the-big-bang-theory-apartment-floor-map.html here]]. As you can see, the apartment wouldn't work in real life unless it had some weird angles outside.
* Both used and averted in ''{{Friends}}''. The apartment which sees most of the action (which belongs to Monica pretty consistently throughout) fits this trope precisely, but a good deal of the show also takes place in the apartment across the hall, Joey's place, so the door is on the right-hand side of the screen. If the people own extraneous apartments (such as Ross, or Phoebe) their design is often more unique.
** Most of the apartments on the show (aside from Monica's) were also a more realistically small size than typical sitcom apartments. [[FriendsRentControl The unusually large size of Monica's apartment]] was, of course, frequently lampshaded.
* Various locations on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Most notably Ted's apartment, but others as well. Barney's apartment is different by having a ''suit room'' and a hallway with his porn professionally lit.
* ''MadAboutYou'' had the layout of a standard sitcom house, but in a New York apartment. Instead of putting the bedrooms up on a second floor, they were down a hallway at the back.
* ''{{Seinfeld}}''
** Due to the setting (a "small" New York apartment), some of the convention is broken, even when compared to other apartment-based sitcoms. For instance, the bathroom is clearly visible from the main room (something which rarely occurs on ''any'' show). Also, the kitchen is right next to the front door, which helps shorten Kramer's frequent journeys from one to the other. This however is more common to television apartment sets, and somewhat true-to-life.
* ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'': The Solomons' apartment fits this pretty well. Most of the apartment scenes are in the living room (no couch, but several armchairs and a TV) or the kitchen (right off of the living room). Where 3rd Rock deviates is with their bedroom arrangement: Dick's bedroom is off the living room, Sally's is a large walk-in closet which is actually ''inside'' Dick's bedroom, and Tommy's is a small alcove behind the kitchen. Harry sleeps on the back porch. Access to the roof is through the kitchen.
* ''{{Frasier}}'' had one of these, though justifiably on a grander scale than usual. The front door opens onto a very large main room, with a large couch and Martin's chair, and a small bathroom next to the door. There's a fair-sized dining table, a grand piano, and some bookshelves at the back, and beyond that the door to Daphne's room, which has its own bathroom (Fraiser originally used it for his study). Next to the table is a small kitchen for having furtive conversations in. At the back of the main room, up a step, is a large window onto a balcony, and there are more rooms off round a corner (we don't see the precise layout, but both bedrooms are very large and seem to have their own bathrooms too.)
* ''ThreesCompany'': The trio's apartment fits the description to a T.


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Per the deal, Kosmos Energy handed 50% working interest in
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that primarily operates in Africa and South America - will continue
to act as the operator of the blocks till the exploration activity
ends with the other 50% stake.
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operator of the venture, if the exploration shows successful
Located about 155 miles from the capital city, Paramaribo, and
spanning over an area of about 2.8 million gross acres, the blocks
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Something old, something new, something borrowed — and someone the groom used to sleep with?! As Charlie Sheen prepares to wed porn star girlfriend Brett Rossi, RadarOnline.com has learned that his one-time nemesis and ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, will be attending the ceremony. What's more, her twin sons with Sheen, Bob and Max, will even play a special role in the festivities.
Sheen and Rossi "both had the idea to invite Brooke to their wedding," an insider reveals. "They all get along and are one big happy family. It might be unconventional for most people, but not for Charlie's wacky world!"
In addition, the source explains, "Having Brooke at the wedding will also show the twins that they all get along."
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Indeed, the troubled tots are a major consideration as Sheen and Rossi plan their big day, the source says.
"The twins are going to be a part of the wedding ceremony," the source reveals. "Charlie and Brett are planning on giving them special gifts to make Bob and Max feel a part of their new family."
As Radar exclusively reported, Mueller is "ecstatic over Charlie's choice for a future wife," a source said. "She is so happy. Brooke has repeatedly been over to Charlie's house with their sons, Bob and Max, and she and Bret have truly hit it off."
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The 36-year-old socialite has joked that she "prefers women over men" — a reference to Rossi's girl-on-girl adult acting and "has even joked that Charlie is an amateur compared to her, and she would 'pinch hit' for Charlie with Brett in a second if she got the chance," a source previously said. "Brooke loves the current environment of Rossi's support and the bond all of them are creating, while she resides in a house Charlie bought her just down the street."
But meanwhile, as Radar has reported, Sheen's second ex-wife, Denise Richards, has been "excommunicated" from the pack.
Sheen, 48, is dragging Richards into a private mediation session as soon as this week in an effort to lower her child support payments, since she allegedly refuses to let him see his two daughters with her, Sam and Lola.
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This woman used to make movies and now she's doing reality shows. That's bad!
Denise Richards has officially announced that she is gonna have her own reality show. The show will air on the E! network and will follow Richards around as she "navigates Hollywood, romance and motherhood."
"The show will give viewers an inside look at what it's like for Denise to go through these ups and downs while always in the public eye," said Lisa Berger, Executive Vice President for E!, in a statement. "At the core of this series is a resilient single mom who is trying to get her life back on track."
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The album was recorded in New York City and Celeste TX with John Kent (Ben Kweller) as producer and drummer. While Lattanzi plays the guitars and bass on the album, there are several notable guest appearances including James Iha.
Spin Magazine featured The Candles in their Best of SXSW 2010 coverage stating that their "sweet melodies in three-part harmony over ambling rhythms and laconic guitar" were reminiscent of the "golden charms of '70s singer-songwriters like James Taylor and Harvest-era Neil Young" and "executed with Lattanzi's emotional precision and sure sense of craft [Between the Sounds] still holds the power to be as moving as watching the sun set over Topanga Canyon."
Rolling Stone Magazine reviewed the record in their August 2010 issue and said: " With the deaths of Big Star's Alex Chilton and Andy Hummel, it's been a bad year for fans of Seventies power pop. Some small good news: this taut 10-song debut. Leader Josh Lattanzi has played with Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger and toured with the Lemonheads' Evan Dando, and he can be fairly judged by the company he keeps."
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VIA and QSound Labs, Inc. Bring Superior Sound Systems to Windows Vista
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VIA Technologies, today announced the delivery of a superior sound system for Windows Vista based multimedia, personal and laptop computers.
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Nic Crane | 13th September 2007
The Razer Barracuda AC-1 sound card now supports Linux.
Saitek launches three innovative PC speaker systems
Mike Reilly | 18th July 2007
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SteelSeries Announces Worlds First Circumaural Professional Gaming Neckband Headset
Jonathan Smith | 11th July 2007
SteelSeries Siberia Neckband Headset, the first circumaural neckband headset created for professional gaming.
Auzen X-FI Prelude 7.1 To Retail By End July
Matthew Fogg | 29th June 2007
For those who are eagerly awaiting for Auzen X-FI Prelude 7.1 sound card, the mass production is going to kick off by second week of July
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Consider these two key improvements in content to generate more interaction by subscribers.
Getting e-mails delivered to inboxes remains one of the biggest concerns for most e-mail marketers. This makes sense, as any e-mail that doesn't reach a subscriber surely can't produce a return.
This won't change anytime soon, and, frankly, seems to become increasingly more difficult as Internet service providers (ISPs) try to optimize their customers' experiences in the inbox.
How ISPs manage incoming e-mail is definitely facing a shift. That shift is placing greater importance on reputation. Senders are being held more accountable for delivering engaging content to subscribers.
ISPs use authentication to identify legitimate senders (that is, to detect and delete fraudulent e-mails like spam and phishing=related messages). Authentication is just the starting point, though.
Once a sender can be properly authenticated at both the IP and domain level, the ISP can apply better reputation algorithms to determine if the messages are "wanted" by the subscribers.
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Two main hurdles stand between the e-mail marketer and the inbox:
1. Reputation: Once an e-mail message is authenticated, the ISP applies its sender reputation algorithms to predict whether recipients will "want" that message.
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If too many recipients click the "this is spam" button or give the messages the silent treatment (deleting without opening), the sender reputation takes a hit, which reduces deliverability.
2. Content: It drives reputation factors, which is why content will continue to rule in ISP decisions. I am not talking about content filters here, but the content that causes your recipients to engage with your message. Engagement is quickly becoming a key ingredient in the reputation score.
Do recipients open the message, download images, and click on links? Do they move the message from the spam folder to the inbox? Or do they ignore or delete them without opening?
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It's like the early days of the Web, when people used animation indiscriminately to attract the eye without adding value.
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Until next time, keep on deliverin'!
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Explicitly mention N in a different region--Have N return to Unova, put BW PC on the bus.
Explicitly mention alternate forms of Genesect and Original Dragon, have placeholder data--Give formes to things they havent hinted to and give a form just for a move.
God this is kind of soul-crushing. They really messed up these games. I honestly wish they were joking right now.
A rather unfortunate idea has slipped into my mind... What if those foreshadowed forms were done away with to make room for the Kami Trio's and/or Keldeo's? I know it's baseless speculation, but I still can't help but feel a bit of rage knowing that could be what happened. Ugh, it's probably just me trying to explain away this nonsense.
Its possible maybe the OD was planned but scapped eventually, you never know.
Genesect and OD were left out, we know this: The Therian and Resolution formes were cash grabs.
The Therian formes were clearly made as incentive to buy the AR searcher, and given Resolution formes lack of stat differences, I wouldn't be surprised if it was made specifically to make the movie more interesting.
EDIT: You know what's worse? Lenora was brought down to being a fossil researcher, reviving fossils.
You know what would have been a better role for her? Being able to restore Genesect to its pure form, and contributing to the restoration of the Original Dragon by using her knowledge in Unova myths.
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Keldeo's resolution form and the Therian beasts.
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Kyurem and another Gene item be able to restore themselves.
The only guess I can make is that the Original Dragon and Genesect's forme are being saved for later, along with the other mysteries. I know that it seems hopeless at this point, but I'm still keeping a little bit of hope that we will see both eventually, just not in BW2.
Hoping really hard that Generation 6 will be the games to tie up any loose ends.
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The situation reminds me of the anime version of the GS ball. I really do wish that it hasn't come to that, you seriously can't tell me that the Kami Trio is more important to Unova than the Original Dragon gamefreak.
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Maybe their saving it for an event?


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Rated 5 out of 5 by kabo1 overall good/parking woes though It was a lovely stay in Hamilton, Ontario. I had pre-paid the parking with the hotel at $9.99 for the one night but was surprised to be told by the lot that I had to pay $21 . I assumed there had been some sort of error and I really did owe this and paid. The parking attendant then told me that if I DID pay the parking, I'd have to go back up to the lobby and come back with proof. I was limited on time and could not do this. It did turn out that I ended up[ paying BOTH the $9.99 with the hotel AND the $21 with the parking lot. Better communication needs to happen between the parking garage and hotel. May 16, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Andoni Helpful Staff The staff representative communicated all the necessary information about the hotel in a quick easy fashion and then assisted me in contacting others in our party with a professional easy that was very reassuring. May 12, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Mamma2 I see you're tying.. It's clear that there have been improvements made in the lobby and that area, but it's the rooms that need the greatest attention. In the first room I had, it felt dirty and just plain worn out. Walls were so thin, there may as well have been none. Got changed to the 10th floor. The porter who came to help me was wonderful and courteous. Up here it was much better, but the water stains and other stains were hard to ignore. Even a picture in the room showed water damage in the matting inside the frame. I tripped over a torn rug in the middle of the hallway and was just not impressed. Certainly has competition up the street. May 12, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by xvisit Bad Bar Terrible hotel bar service and management makes "green" room service reward meaningless. May 9, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by jenniferb25 Expected More From the pictures online i expected more from the hotel. It would have been nice to know before hand the pool was going to be closed for maintenance and the gym facilities were lacking. Machines did not work or were in decay. The room was not impressive but served the purpose. May 8, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by bobtym good downtown hotel Great rooms and attentive staff. the only downfall is the parking. could be better marked or at least information at time of booking. May 7, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by VanBrian14 Not trying hard enough Apparently this was a busy weekend for the hotel and they couldn't seem to get on top of it. Initial check-in was delayed while the person behind the counter just stared at their computer screen and kept saying just a minute. Then the club floor room we got was so obviously in need of a make-over it was really disappointing. All of the furniture had cigarette burns and finish missing on the edges, the plaster was bubbling up behind the wallpaper in the bathroom, and a phone jack was just hanging out of the wall. Then when we returned from a wedding reception after midnight there was a huge party going on on our "CLUB" floor with doors wide open, drunks strolling up and down the hall talking loudly, and nobody from the hotel trying to control things. It went on for hours. The only thing this place has going for it is its central location for a business traveller. We were there for relaxation and romance and got neither. May 5, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by IsDataFact Special Assistance From Andrea On May 1, I inadvertently left my computer bag in the underground lot, and I didn't discover that fact until I hit my office in TO. I called your hotel and was greeted by Andrea, who sought assistance from mall security. When they proved unresponsive (an understatement I discovered after I contacted them later) Andrea went in search of the lost item, and I met her in the lot. After asking some well timed questions of a parking attendant, she discovered a maintenance worker had found it and placed it temporarily in an electrical room. With the assistance of other mall staff, we discovered the missing item. During this search Andrea ended up (unbeknownst to me) staying a fair time past her normal end of shift, and I appreciate it very much. I have serious doubts that my bag would have been returned in a timely manner if I hadn't received her professional assistance. Hats off to her. I'll tell this story a million times and she'll always be at the centre of it. Please give her a promotion and significant raise in remuneration. May 4, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Kathy419 Activity coordinator We were very well cared for by staff at our conference, place was clean and comfortable. The restaurant food was delicious and server was excellent . Did not get to see sites in ur city our schedule was to full so I can't comment on the following questions. I had a lovely stay! Thank u Kathy Fehr May 4, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by bowler101 unhappy While we stayed at the hotel on April 25 to 26, 2014, the fire alarm activated at 0445 hrs. It was not a concern that this occurred but what happened after. We waited in our room, listening to the instructions as we did. My wife and my sister who was in the next room were very concerned. We we not informed that the emergency no longer existed until my wife called the front desk and was told, much later. There should have been an all clear sounded. April 28, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by unhappyinhamilton56 This Hotel room is dated and in poor condition Room in the 9th floor is dated and desk unsuitable for any work and unable to use chair. Bed seems ok and the bathroom is clean but as I am here on business I will need to use the business centre, as work in my room will be impossible. I have shortened my stay because of this. This is a very poor working environment and not what I expect from Starwood. April 27, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Miserablemack This hotel has always been my favourite when staying in Hamilton as we stay there during our tournaments every year. When the fire alarm went off at 5 a.m. it was a little scary. Waiting a long period of time to hear the all clear which never came just the Fire dept.is here stand by for further info. Never heard them to say everything is ok, then just before we checked out a letter was put under our door saying they were sorry for the alarm Also your painters were painting the only exit that people had to get down the stairs I know some people just walked on the wet paint and kept on going. It was upsetting to say the least. April 27, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by Kathleen55 Not happy Came from out of town for medical reasons. Pool was being fixed should have been disclosed on Internet. No fridge/microwave. Pay for internet really! We moved to different hotel and thankful we did. April 26, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Stewie48 This hotel made running a meeting easy From room set up to refreshing the room for breaks and setting up lunch- the team did a great job and responded quickly to anything I asked for. The participants loved the food too - well done! I ate in the restaurant during my stay and thoroughly enjoyed the food and attentive service. April 18, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by NanaJ Very nice, clean and friendly staff Last weekend I took my daughter, and 2 grandchildren for a special night away. Your hotel was an excellent choice. I was greeted by Amber at check-in and she was very personable, knowledgeable and happy to answer any and all questions. Our room was clean and the view nice. The children spent most of their time in the clean and well maintained pool and fitness room. We decided that this would be an annual event and will be back again next year. Keep up the good work. April 18, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Linda0124 Unhappy Guest I was not satisfied - so do not want to write a review April 17, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jbotz76 Convenient Had a date night with my wife. It is close to everything. Room was clean, bed was very comfortable. Only complaint was that the bar was understaffed. Michelle did an amazing job given her circumstance. Will come back again. April 14, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Genridge Carcas Third time at hotel , Usually everything no problem but.. Being on third floor for first time I would request higher from this hotel. No view of Hamilton but giant First Ontario place sign and top of roof with dead carcas of bird on top of vent not my ideal view. April 13, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by johnnylarue not valued In short, staff coould ve cared less that we where guests at their hotel. Any request for information or service was met with disinterest and indifference ( with the exception of our check in experience). Our prearrival request for extra pillows was questioned and then ignored, our dining experience was a disaster only marginally saved by the hostess. We sat at the table 25 mins prior to having our order taken and waited 35 mins to get our drinks (after an additional request!!!!). The food was good , but impossible to enjoy after the ordeal we went through and we had to eat in a rush after waiting so long to begin.... I will be re visiting my loyalty programs and considering other options in the future. April 13, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sherry456 Nice upgrade On arrival, I was assigned a large corner room with a very comfortable king size bed. The internet worked beautifully for my iPad and computer. Unfortunately, the garage was being cleaned and getting to and from the parking garage up to the hotel was more problematic. Food was good at both the lounge and restaurant and it was connected to a shopping center April 12, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by dime Food in the restaurant is excellent Staff were very helpful, the hotel is clean and comfortable. March 30, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by jed1 This hotel needs a rethink! During our stay there were numerous university sports teams staying. The hotel simply could not cope. There were only three elevators which meant that it always took ages to get to ones room (by ages I mean 15 minutes or so waiting for an elevator). The stairs did go to the lobby (why?) only to the outside via an alarm activating door (so one couldn't even get to ones room via a staircase). To check in and check out was a disaster. People were giving up and going back to their rooms in the hope that things would improve. I was about 30 minutes at the head of the queue for checkout before one of the two staff became free. Basically the hotel could not cope with the number of student guests they had who seemed to spend all their time in the floor corridors chatting as one would expect from young people. I must give credit to the students who were always courteous and even after their banquet did not give us a noisy night. It was just that the hotel was not able to deal with the number of young guests. March 26, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by jolo2014 Disappointed I have been now able to talk with my wife and we both agree with the following problems with our stay.The reservation was not completed properly,our last name was misspelled.On check in our last name was again misspelled off my id as was the street name. We had gone down to the pool and found new towels which was great but we found a candy wrapper on the floor that was not there earlier.Finally our final bill had to be corrected. March 24, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by Toronto0160 Hotel needs to have a "quiet floor" We reserved with a request for a quiet room. I called a couple days before our arrival to ensure the staff knew of the quiet request. We checked in making sure we were getting a quiet room. When we saw the activity and noise on our floor, we asked to be moved - hotel was supposedly full. At no point did anyone mention the 400 students staying on all 16 floors, getting "ready" for their formal (until 2am). I finally was told what was going on by 2 cops walking the hallways at 1:30am. I think that if "filling rooms at all cost" is the priority of Sheraton, instead of indicating they wouldn't be able to fulfill by request, I don't need to be a guest at Sheraton anymore. March 24, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Beepbeep Lack of professionalism On March 19 2014 a group of university students arrived at the hotel, maybe 200 or even 300. They completely overtook the hotel, intimidating clientele. About 6:30 pm I spoke with the manager and suggested he needed to get this situation under control. He nodded and smiled essentially. They ran amok until midnight or so. 1:15 a.m. someone is knocking on my door, woke me up. I was scared didn't know what to do. They knocked again so I called front desk, they said they would send up security. About 1:30 again a knock, called front desk again. About 1:40 again a knock and finally I yelled at the person to go away. I was terrifed and didn't get a wink of sleep all night. This is ridiculous. What if the fire alarm went off, I was too scared to leave my room. Management brushed off my concerns, I can't imagine how many other guests were brushed off and spent a sleepless night also. I note there were many men in the hotel that week so maybe they weren't as concerned, I was a female by myself. Shame on you management. Why would I ever want to stay there again? March 22, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by fratoplay What a fabulious change from last stay ong ago We were Greeted by Andrew...he was above average and very accommodating. (don't let him slide) Great customer service skills.!! What an excellent job on the reno. Last time I was here Blahhh. My husband talked me into it because it is such a great location. I am so glad he did everything was Great!! I have nothing negative to say.! March 18, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Grammaof2 Wonderful staff We booked for 2 nights when our granddaughter was admitted to MacMaster Children's Hospital, after being told she would be there for 5 days. When things went well and she was released early, we asked if we could be reimbursed for the second night. No problem! Everyone at the front desk expressed interest and sympathy, asking how she was doing. Very friendly and helpful, too. Thank you. March 16, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Thawke Perfect This hotel is perfect in every way! March 3, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by anselme MY LOUSY STAY!! From the start ( lost my reservation), to my room (too soft a matteress, broken cabinet) to the R area (no service people, lack of access) to the leaky ceiling in the foyer, it was a totally unsatisfactory experience. March 1, 2014
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