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Beantown is Sen. John Kerry's hometown, and his affinity for the city is obvious. Back in Boston for the Democratic National Convention, which starts Monday, Kerry says the city on the Charles holds special meaning for him historically and personally. "One of the things I like about (Boston) is how you can be walking in the city and just run right into so many landmarks. If you're here for the convention, you should see the science museum, visit Santarpios for incredible pizza and go to the Kennedy Library to see that piece of the Berlin Wall sitting there — a 1-ton reminder of what America can accomplish with determination and leadership." Kerry shares with USA TODAY's Shawn Sell some special Bostonian spots.
McGann's Pub
"This is a great pub, with sentimental value for me. After our Senate race in 1996, and after getting to know each other well in the course of seven statewide televised debates, Gov. Bill Weld and I put aside our differences a day after the election and hoisted a pint together." 617-227-4059; www.celticweb.com/mcganns.
Faneuil Hall
"It meant the world to me to be welcomed home to Boston to announce my campaign for president in front of Faneuil Hall, the cradle of liberty — the place where Samuel Adams, John Hancock, James Otis and John Adams stood up against King George." 617-242-5642; nps.gov/bost/Faneuil_Hall.htm.
Emerald Necklace
Comprising six parks that encompass more than 1,000 acres, the Emerald Necklace is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the only remaining intact linear park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. "There's nothing better than riding your bike along the Charles River with a nice breeze and all the boats out on the river." 617-232-5374; emeraldnecklace.org/index.cgi.
John Adams House
"There's a lot of history to see close by the city. John Adams and John Quincy Adams were born in this house in Braintree. John Adams, a country lawyer who loved his wife, Abigail, and wrote to her all his life, was devoted to his family and friends." Although he "didn't like politics very much, he got on his horse again and again to ride to Philadelphia and try to save the U.S. when it seemed to be coming apart in its early days." 617-770-1175; nps.gov/adam.
Hockey at the Fleet Center
"Whether it's my Boston Bruins, or the Beanpot tournament, I get lost in hockey games. I can watch for hours, remembering my own not-so-memorable hockey history skating over black ice on Turkey Pond in Concord, N.H., and in college. One of my biggest thrills as a presidential candidate has been playing hockey with Cam Neely and some of my friends from the old Boston Bruins." 617-624-1000; fleetcenter.com/arena_general.asp.
Boston Public Garden and Boston Common
"When they were very young, I used to take my daughters Alexandra and Vanessa to see the swan boats on great summer days in the city — and there's also the statue of Robert McCloskey's famous children's book set in Boston, Make Way for Ducklings. Your family will like it, too." 617-522-1966; swanboats.com.
Fenway Park
"I've seen some great games here and witnessed some crushing defeats. Red Sox fans are eternal optimists — and we'll beat the curse in my lifetime, I promise. Fenway is the best ballpark, bar none." 877-733-7699; boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/bos/ballpark/bos_ballpark_history.jsp.
China Pearl Restaurant
"Boston has always had a sense of culture, whether it's the North End or Chinatown," where you'll find this restaurant, "the best spot for dim sum on weekends." 617-426-4338; www.2nite.com/chinapearl/home.htm.
Old North Church
"The Old North Church, built in 1723 is the oldest church in Boston, the place where late that fateful night they hung two lanterns in its steeple to warn that the British troops were arriving by sea. It sent Paul Revere racing off on his famous midnight ride to Lexington and Concord to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the 'British are coming.' The rest is history — American history." 617-523-6676; www.oldnorth.com.
Omni Parker House
"I'm a sucker for American history, and there's plenty of it" at this hotel, "whether it's John F. Kennedy announcing his campaign for Congress here as a young man, Tip O'Neill holding court, Charles Dickens living in residence churning out books or James Michael Curley for whom the bar The Last Hurrah is named. Malcolm X worked as a waiter here." 617-227-8600; parkerhouseboston.com.
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To assess FY 2012 results, program managers examined quantitative and qualitative indicators to determine whether indicators met previously established annual targets. Managers also considered how the results impact the achievement of the Department and USAID's strategic goals. A rating was then assigned to each indicator based on the analysis. In the Strategic Goals and Results sections that follows, 16 illustrative indicators are highlighted to provide the reader with timely data and analysis of key achievements reported during FY 2012.
- Strategic Goal 1: Achieving Peace and Security
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- Strategic Goal 3: Investing in People
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"Thank your lucky stars, Kart DS, for if not for Wi-Fi freedom, you would never have won my heart..."
If not for the free Wi-Fi internet play from Nintendo for Kart DS, this would never have won me over. Yes, Mario Kart is a pretty good game, with over thirty levels of courses and at least seven or so battle maps, but truth be told, it just doesn't feel like it should have.
Maybe it's just the multiplayer focus of the game. Sports games live or die on controls, but when you get down to it, the single player experiance has only recently begun to have a larger focus. Racing games (not technically a "sports" genre, given games like "Midnight Club" and "LA Rush") also thrive on multiplayer, though some have adapted to cater to single playing for the majority of the time. Even most fighting games these days have hosts of extras to keep the single player coming back, yet still have to rely on multiplaying to get sales up.
What does this have to do with Mario Kart DS? Simple: ever since the fated release of a certain SNES game (take a guess), the franchise has been dependent on multiplayer action. Never was a game so popular amongst the karate lock inees when I was a kid than Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo. OK, Mortal Kombat 3 came close, but Mario Kart was the only game where people griped when someone forgot the then-required multi-tap. With the colorful graphics, wacky (for the age range and era (as in, pre-PSX)), nice tunes, and a kick-butt game play engine, what was there to gripe about?
So then, with their next hardware release, Nintendo released the expected sequel, Mario Kart 64, which, oddly enough, didn't meet most fan's expectations. I never cared for it, largely because I was not a big fan of N64 racers and the fact that, guess what, I never could find someone else to play me. The game was good, or so I guess from what little I have played, but far from the glory 2D Mode 7 of its predecessor.
Then, to everyone's shock, Mario Kart Advance for the new Game Boy system wowed everyone with its both classic and glorious game play. Even I fell in love with it, and who could argue about playing four player games with one cart? Even I could do it just because only one cart was needed.
Then Mario Kart Double Dash on the Game Cube came, and went. Everyone had silent hopes (like every other group of fans for big releases for the Cube) that the game would push the Cube's internet ability, but never did any such ability appear, and I never got to play it outside of a demo because I knew I would never find someone to play against. True, MKDD was far more complex than prior games, but I couldn't justify the price for a multiplayer heavy game.
So what does all of this have to do with the DS release of Mario's first big spin-off (that I can recall that sold well? Ignore the evil Edutainment...)? For all the good graphics, the good controls, the suprisingly low grade music, for all the cast, and for all the modes, it still comes down to multiplayer.
Had Nintendo released this without the free online play, I would never have bothered worrying about it. Yes, the series is good, but what fun is there when you get bored with a US$35 game and never play it?
As I stated, graphically, Mario Kart DS is impressive, yet far below the grand scope of such titles as Metroid Prime Hunters (either the demo or the new trailer for the final game). To be fair, there are maps from the original SNES game in its original quality, N64 renders from the 64-bit title, several levels from the GBA title, and reworked maps from the Game Cube release (sans the dual character system), as well as a host of new levels. All levels do resemble their origins, excluding the drumed down Game Cube reworks, yet nothing really takes away from them. I do have to say, though, that I was a wee bit dissapointed at the overal lack of classic multiplayer levels in the battle mode. These do look fine, and no one can argue about racing and battling on a giant Nintendo DS map, but the game just doesn't seem to push the DS's graphics one bit. Just look at Viewtiful Joe and TELL me the DS is not capable of more.
Sound wise, I found myself wondering what happened. By now, most players know the DS is capapble of high-quality music tracks, yet nothing really is memorable (except the annoying, Zelda-like tune that plays at the intro to each stage). There are dozens of remixes and classic tracks, but nothing really is remarkable. Not even a sound test, either, though the need for one is not as big an issue this time around.
Controls are spot on, believe it or not. The touch screen controls are limited to managing menu options or custom logos on your racer (^_^), switching the map during races, and that's it, thank heavens. There's a button for accelerating, one for breaking, one for juming for drifts, two for special items, one for triggering the switch of maps (nice to have two options here - the touch screen or the button), and a pause button. Nice, simple, and tight.
Game play, as you might have gathered, is standard Mario Kart, with the usual races, the verses maps, and a few extras, such as collecting "Shines" (presumably from Super Mario Sunshine, I believe), bursting your foes's baloons, and various "missions." Oh, and we have a download multiplayer, a multicart multiplayer, and ONLINE multiplayer.
I will not waste time by reviewing the online abilities of the DS or the menu system, but I must say that it is very nice, very simple and easy to get into, and very fun, assuming more players pick it up and get online. The only real downside is that the optional USB Wireless adaptor is not available yet (at least, in the version I got), which means I have to go to a coffee house to play for free or go pay a few bucks at McDonalds to play. Still, it is very fun, and quite enjoyable to race against others without having to hunt them down.
All in all, were it not for the online play, this would probably have scored a six. But thanks to the free online, it is worth far more, though the single player modes do feel a bit shallow, keeping it from a higher score.
All told, a pretty fun buy, worth its weight in gold coins if you have the ability to play online.
Score: 8 of 10
* Best Features: Classic maps, FREE Online, Cast
* Worst Features: Somewhat limited single player, low-grade graphics for the DS, Music
* If You Liked: Mario Kart Advance (GBA), Crash Tag Team
* Guilty Pleasure: Trying to kiss the store manager's feet when she gives you a free copy to play, and then hearing her tell everyone what you did.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.0 - Great
Originally Posted: 11/17/05, Updated 11/20/07
Game Release: Mario Kart DS (US, 11/14/05)
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The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa in Berkeley, California
Views of San Francisco Bay and the city skyline are killer at the Claremont Hotel Club & Spa. That might be why the property was so appealing to a Kansas farmer who struck it rich during the Gold Rush and built an elaborate English castle for his wife. After a fire destroyed the castle the land changed hands, and was allegedly won by a developer in a game of checkers. When the Claremont opened in 1915, it housed a radio station and private school. Today, its architecture gives the resort a timeless sense of grandiosity.
Dive into one of the resort's lap pools to get your blood flowing. Recline under a blue umbrella on a poolside lounger while a waiter serves a seared Ahi tuna niçoise salad for lunch. Take an afternoon drive to downtown Berkeley, checking out the shops on Fourth Street on the way to Berkeley Marina. Sip chardonnay as the Golden Gate Bridge twinkles in the setting sun.
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Came here for 4 days conference and the food quality at lunch and dinner is bad. The fish is overcooked. Room has no water and cost $8 per bottle. Aircon in noisy and when checked out the breakfast bill was charged wrongly for things you don't eat. Parking is expensive at $33 per night and worst can't pay by visa somehow.. bad experience ..but people here is nice
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Stopped here overnight on our way north because they have destination chargers for our Tesla. We'd never been to Berkeley before and felt like we'd stumbled upon a hidden gem! Lovely college town, beautiful, historic hotel with all the bells and whistles. Wish we could've stayed longer.
Ann S - Encinitas, California
Family trip to this hotel did not dissapoint. Fantastic value. I signed up for their rewards program and got an immediate discount on their standard room. You dont stay here for the spacious rooms, you stay here for the beauty, history, view, and amenities. If you love historic hotels this is your place in the Berkeley area. Here are the little things I loved about it. Inside; new bathrooms, showers very modern and clean. Very comfortable beds. Views ( among the best anywhere...see pics). Outside; 2 salt water pools. A ton of tennis courts in great shape, and a fitness facility. Basically it is a spa club set up. Terrific pool side food and bar as well. This was by far the best hotel stay i have had in the east bay in ... i dont know, forever.
Todd N
We booked a room at the Claremont for a weekend away from our home in San Francisco so that we could bring our baby to the pool during a hot weekend. Total disappointment and hazardous conditions for children. 1. The children's pool was a whopping 97 degrees (verified by the Claremont's own signage). This is far too hot for children, especially when the ambient temperature was 90 degrees. For comparison, the children's pool was only 7 degrees cooler than the hot tub. When I alerted the staff to this, their first reactions were to deny responsibility. Ultimately, they announced to the children in the pool that it may be unsafe. Parents took their children out, and I heard one exclaim, "I was wondering why you were getting so red!" Another pregnant woman expressed concern that the pool may have been too hot for her. Babies are not permitted in the large pool, notwithstanding posted rules that indicate they are permitted with a swim diaper, so we were left with no pool to swim in. The whole reason we came to the Claremont was to swim. 2. Their elevator permits have expired. Further indication that they do not take safety seriously. 3. The valet turned off the automatic headlights on our car, in broad daylight no less. We didn't discover this until we were driving around at night. I texted the Claremont with my concerns (per their suggestion to "text us with anything!"), and they didn't respond. Only after I texted the Claremont 24 hours later saying I was surprised I still hadn't received a response did they respond with "apologies for the inconvenience." We have stayed at the Claremont over a dozen times. This visit was a major disappointment, and we won't be returning this summer.
samara88 - New York City, New York
We started our holidays in Claremont Spa&Club to relax and recover from jetlag before heading to San Francisco were we stayed in the Fairmont SF. The hotel is well located (green surroundings and away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Room was nice with a view on the bay. Mattresses and beddings were very comfortable. Breakfast was a la carte (no buffet) but offered great choices. Service was very friendly and professional. We tried the Limewood restaurant which offered casual dining with good food and fresh oysters. We spent some time at pool to relax and sunbath. However, and that is our only disappointment during our stay, pool area was overcrowded as outside guests are allowed to enter the pool area. For transportation bus stop is located 5 walking minutes from the hotel with buses riding to city center or to the bay. For our departure hotel organised a Limousine service to Fairmont San Francisco for 70 USD.
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Using a slight generalization, due to Palmgren, of sheaf semantics, we present a term-model construction that assigns a model to any first-order intuitionistic theory. A modification of this construction then assigns a nonstandard model to any theory of arithmetic, enabling us to reproduce conservation results of Moerdijk and Palmgren for nonstandard Heyting arithmetic. Internalizing the construction allows us to strengthen these results with additional transfer rules; we then show that even trivial transfer axioms or minor strengthenings of these rules destroy conservativity over HA. The analysis also shows that nonstandard HA has neither the disjunction property nor the explicit definability property. Finally, careful attention to the complexity of our definitions allows us to show that a certain weak fragment of intuitionistic nonstandard arithmetic is conservative over primitive recursive arithmetic.


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My name is Amber and I just recently took ownership of this group. I also own the Pregnancy, After Pregnancy, and Children's Health Issues groups here at CafeMom. I have three children, a 7 year old, 4 year old, and 4 month old. Their names are: Cale, Grace, and Aalijah.
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Hi my name is Melissa and I am a SAHM with 6 left at the house.
My oldest is named Satin Lei (pronounced Lee) she is 18
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Lil Reggie he is 8
McKinley he is 7
McKenya Jade she is 4
McKaylie Gracie (named after grandma) she is 3
And my man Justice he is 13 months
I love names and I love to hear how people picked names for their LO's
Hey ladies my name is Jennica & I have a 3yr old little girl named Alyssa Nicole Edwards when I was pregnant w/ her I tried to come up w/ a unique name but it just didnt happen. & now that im pregnant again i'd like to give it another try lol. I have a name in mind if its a boy but my mom says it sounds kinda girly so idk ... ?? The name is Jaydence & id love to hear yalls opinions =]
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Hi my name is Melissa and I am a SAHM with 6 left at the house.
My oldest is named Satin Lei (pronounced Lee) she is 18
McKinnah Silk she is 9
Lil Reggie he is 8
McKinley he is 7
McKenya Jade she is 4
McKaylie Gracie (named after grandma) she is 3
And my man Justice he is 13 months
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Hello everyone my name is Bobbi-Jo after my father, and my uncle who passed before I was born. I have been in a relationship for almost 6 years but we were just married in August! I have a son from a previous relationship who is 7 years old and his name is Donoven. My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for two years and I am looking for a great name! I figured this would be the place to go. Any way I hope to get to know you all and share lots and lots of names!
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Food and sex have always been kindred bedfellows; both are sensory experiences that ignite the passions. For TEAR Fund, however, the relationship is less savoury and more complex. We work in the darkest brothels of Southeast Asia where young girls have been trafficked into sex slavery; rescuing them from a life of despair and degradation, and prosecuting the criminal networks that are the sex industry's best kept secret.
Sex trafficking makes $US99 billion in profit each year, with an estimated 4.5 million women and girls currently in slavery. The average age of a girl trafficked into a brothel is 12. With statistics like these, it is not hard to be motivated to help bring change.
This year, TEAR Fund is devoting all money raised from Live Below the Line to our work in anti-trafficking. Live Below the Line is a multi-agency, global campaign where people live on the poverty line of $2.25 per day for five days to raise money for a cause. If you do Live Below the Line for TEAR Fund, that money goes to set women and children free.
Poverty itself is a major contributor to trafficking. Poverty means lack of options, vulnerability and desperation. Live Below the Line becomes a physical and emotional journey as participants experience a form of poverty for five days. Living on 75 cents per meal may sound hard, but we have enlisted the help of over 40 of New Zealand's favourite chefs and food writers to create a cookbook, One Helping. We gave Simon Gault, Ray McVinnie, Dr Libby Weaver, Nadia Lim, Anabelle Langbein and a host of other food celebs their greatest culinary challenge: to pack One Helping full of their own 75 cent per recipes!
The cause is a good one. "In Thailand we see toddlers being raised on the streets with nothing more than a concrete slab under a shop awning for their bed", says Emma Conyngham, Editor of One Helping, who returned from Thailand last week. "It's not hard to imagine that the first offer of a job, even a bad-paying one, will be taken. Traffickers prey on this; offering false jobs to desperate people who travel to a new destination in hope of a better life, only to have their passports taken and false debts incurred with imprisonment and prostitution forced on them."
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The Untitled summer journey continues on July 25 with Untitled #69 (Uncharted). This month is not so much about venturing into uncharted territory as it is about revisiting what we think we already know. Case in point: pop artist Tom Wesselmann, the subject of the Denver Art Museum's latest exhibition Beyond Pop Art: A Tom Wesselmann Retrospective. Wesselmann is best known as a painter—his claim to fame is his series Great American Nude. More
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Champ Bailey on Tim Tebow: 'Mark Sanchez can't feel too comfortable'
Tim Tebow may have skirted questions about being a starting quarterback but former teammate Champ Bailey didn't, telling the media: if Mark Sanchez "doesn't play well, we all know what's going to happen next."
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During a radio interview last week, Tim Tebow skirted questions about whether he considers himself a starting quarterback. "Well, more than anything," he redirected, "I think of myself as a competitor."
That's Tebow speak for "I consider myself a starting quarterback." It's just not part of his well-crafted image to come out and say it. But if he won't, others certainly will. Former Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer said Monday that "Here's a guy, all the pundits say what he can't do, that he can't play. These are guys he probably looked up to growing up. All of a sudden, you get your opportunity to be on the big stage, and all these guys are talking bad about you, and he's still -- no matter what happens in the fourth quarter -- he makes plays and win games. There's something to be said about that."
The Broncos said adios, and the Jets insist that Tebow is primarily a wildcat specialist, though we doubt even Mark Sanchez believes that.
A day later, during the ubiquitous Nike press event for the unveiling of the NFL's new uniforms, Broncos model and cornerback Champ Bailey said that Tebow's work ethic will ultimately land him a starting gig.
"(Tebow) is gonna challenge (Sanchez), absolutely," Bailey said according to ESPNNewYork.com. "Sanchez can't feel too comfortable in his seat. If he keeps playing well, he doesn't have to worry about it. But if he doesn't play well, we all know what's going to happen next."
While Bailey knows that Tebow won't complain about his current position on the depth chart, all the talk of Tebow-specific wildcat packages is just that: talk -- at least in the short term. "Will he like doing it for the rest of his career? I don't think so. … The guy is going to be a starter at some point, whether here or somewhere else, because he's going to work to get it done . . . He's a great competitor. He works hard."
Bailey continued: "I know he's not content with the way he plays right now. He wants to get better at a lot of different things. If he gets better, he'll be a consistent starting quarterback in this league at some point."
To recap: Tebow has been a member of the Jets for less than two weeks, the NFL season is 155 days off, and Sanchez's job is already in the crosshairs. God help us all if he gets off to a slow start in 2012. (Related: if this is Rex Ryan "fixing" the Jets we'd hate to see how he'd go about wrecking the locker room.)
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Of all the award shows broadcast each year, my favorite is the Grammys. For one thing, all the performances are live, and I greatly admire the musicianship that requires. Also, the music is very eclectic, ranging from rock to rap, country to classical, and everything in between. And each year, artists from very different genres and/or eras come together on stage to create something unique and very special.
As an audio/video geek and musician, I'm particularly interested in the technical aspects of the Grammys, which I've covered for many years. So when Dolby asked if I wanted a tour of the technical facilities being prepared for this year's show, I jumped at the chance. But unlike my past excursions to the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, I was offered the opportunity to conduct video interviews with various members of the technical crew, even as they were scrambling to get ready for "music's biggest night."
Staples Center is the home of the Grammys. (Photo by Thom Brekke)
Thanks to the photographic prowess of Thom Brekke, Senior Communications and Social Media Specialist for Dolby, and the extraordinary video-editing skills of Mark Henninger (imagic), Senior Writer and Social Media Manager for AVS Forum, we have posted short clips from 10 individuals who were instrumental in pulling off one of the most complex musical events in the world. Not only were they and the rest of their team responsible for the sound and staging in the auditorium (two completely separate stages plus a small stage in the middle of the audience, giant projection screens and LED displays, lights, pyrotechnics, fog machines, etc.), they also managed the video and 5.1/2-channel audio for the live broadcast on CBS.
All that technology is housed in several big-rig trailers parked in the cavernous bowels of the Staples Center—an area called the "truck farm." The main Denali Summit broadcast truck from NEP Broadcast is equipped with a Grass Valley Kalypso switcher, software from Playback Innovation to run the EVS playback system, a Ross XPression graphics system, and a Calrec Alpha audio console.
Two nearly identical trucks from Music Mix Mobile provide the same equipment and acoustical environments; one is used for tracking the rehearsals and live broadcast, while the other is used to mix the rehearsal tracks during the next rehearsal. Both include an Avid Icon D-Control digital-audio console as well as bunches of outboard gear and 5.1 monitoring. And both receive the same digital-audio signal from DiGiCo mixing consoles inside the arena via fiber-optic cabling.
Audio mixer Eric Schilling working at the audio console in one of the Music Mix Mobile trucks. (Photo by Thom Brekke)
As you might expect, Dolby equipment is everywhere. LM100 loudness monitors and Waves WLM loudness-metering software are used to make sure the program meets CBS' level and dialnorm (dialog normalization) specifications, and the final 5.1 audio mix is encoded in Dolby E before it's sent to the CBS studios in New York City. The DP570 Multichannel Audio Tool is used to set and monitor the metadata according to the requirements of CBS.
It's amazing that these guys can keep track of the signal flow through all the equipment! (Photo by Thom Brekke)
I thought the broadcast looked spectacular, especially the huge projection screens and direct-LED displays on the panels that concealed each of the two stages while they were being set up for the next performer. In fact, this is how the producers managed to fit 20 performances into four hours—the gear for each act, such as drum set, keyboards, guitar amps, and the microphones assigned to them, were set up on rolling platforms that could be quickly wheeled into place on one stage, hidden from view by the panel, while the other stage was being used.
Preset instruments on rolling stands waiting to be wheeled onto one of two stages. (Photo by Thom Brekke)
However, some AVS members have commented in the interview threads that the mix had some problems—in particular, the lead vocals were somewhat buried and not prominent enough. I must agree with this assessment. I was doubly disappointed in the mix of the performance by Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar—at one point, most of the musicians were playing drums like a taiko ensemble, but all I could hear was the string-section background, which I assume was a pre-recorded track. It would have been much more effective to hear all those pounding drums!
Some of the performances were better than others. I especially liked Pink's rendition of "Try" while performing aerial acrobatics. I also really enjoyed the mashup of "Get Lucky," "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger," "Le Freak," and "Another Star" by Pharrell Williams, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, and Daft Punk. And of course, who couldn't love Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr playing together? (I thought the song was pretty insipid, though.)
Probably the strangest pairing was Metallica and classical pianist Lang Lang playing "One," but it worked somehow. On the other hand, I could have done without Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, and Blake Shelton singing "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" and "Okie From Muskogee." Sure, it was a nostalgic moment, but they were severely under-rehearsed, and Kristofferson's and Haggard's voices haven't aged all that well.
Did you catch the broadcast? Which performances did you like the best—and least? What did you think of the technical aspects?
Thanks to Dolby for inviting us to go behind the scenes and providing the video-interview footage and photos.
Here are the people we interviewed:
John Harris, Music Mixer, on Mixing Live Performances
Hugh Healy, Broadcast Systems Engineer, on Dolby Surround Sound and Ultra HD
Mark Linett, Co-Owner of Music Mix Mobile, on the M3 Trucks
Doug Mountain, Consulting Engineer for NARAS, on Grammy Fun Facts, Digital Audio, and Staging
Pablo Munguia, Pro Tools Mixer, on Pre-Recorded Backing Tracks
Hank Neuberger, Broadcast Audio Supervisor, on the Signal Path from Stage to Home and Dynamic-Range Compression
Ron Reaves, Front of House Mixer, on Challenges and When Things Go Wrong
Eric Schilling, Music Mixer, on Mixing Live Performances
Joel Singer, Engineer in Charge of Music Mix Mobile Trucks, on the Role of the M3 Trucks
Allan Wells, On-Stage Screen Coordinator, on the On-Stage Screens and the Transition from SD to HD Broadcast
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As a fan since 1984 (gulp!) it's hard for me to beat up Metallica's creativity, but I'd have to disagree with you on their performance....there's no mistake it was different, but I didn't think it worked very well. They did a much better job when they played with the San Francisco Symphony a few years back.
Regardless of the quality of the end result, it was still fascinating to hear about the effort that goes into a live production of this scale!
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My thoughts on the broadcast:
1. Visually, it was just incredible. I have a Grammys from 2 years ago still on my PVR (Bruno Mars performs, Adelle, etc) because the image and sound are so amazing. Last year's Grammys, for whatever reason, didn't match the same level
of clarity or quality. This year's Grammys looked almost perfect in terms of image clarity and minimal artifacts. And the contrast was at an all time high. Anyone with a really high contrast display (I use a JVC RS55 projector) can revel in the gorgeous
swaths of colored lights and entertainers, moving through fields of black of every shade, from the deepest black to multiple shades of black/gray objects and backgrounds.
2. Audio: The Grammys often have fantastic sound quality. Some of the performances had excellent sound quality (e.g. Lord's performance sounded very nice in my set up). But as you guys have noted, the mixing was off for a number of the performances; buried vocals etc. Whereas the 2-year old Grammys I have is almost perfect mixing. I was also let down by the mix for Daft Punk's performance. If anything needed some deep, rich bass it was that song, and for some reason it was like the bass disappeared for that performance, relative to other performances.
3. Performances. I liked Daft Punk's the most...though it looked at first like it was headed for disaster with a spaced-out looking Stevie Wonder wondering when to start performing (he never really looked like he got totally comfortable in that performance, unusually for him). Metallica's with that Pianist was "oh-my-God-did-anyone-even-listen-to-this-before-putting-it-on-live?" gawd-awful. Like, astonishingly so, right from the out of tune noodlings by the guitarist to start off, and the discordant, utterly confused nature only ever got worse, and louder. They only pulled it out of the fire at the last moment by clicking into a more standard sounding Metallica groove.
Pink. What the hell? Amazing, really. I just never knew she was auditioning for the Olympics.
Chicogo and Robin Thicke...I have a soft spot for Chicago and they can still sound quite good, despite the aging trombonist's squeamish attempt to make the trombone as cool as a lead guitar. Robin Thicke carrying on the cheesy vibe of his Dad.
Ringo Starr. Oh, was that torturous. All those good vibes towards the Beatles, their place in rock and roll, and Ringo Starr puts out a performance and song that says only one thing: Old Fogey. It was the equivalent of a sing-a-long song on a seniors cruise ship, and interminable at that.
Paul McCartney's song wasn't much better for similar reasons. A bit more hook to it, but still had "irrelevance" and "old guy's tunes" written all over it. (And I love The Beatles and McCartney).
Anyway, despite all that I actually love the Grammy's for the performances. They are usually interesting, and sometimes even awesome.
R Harkness, I totally agree about the visuals—they were spectacular, with nary a hint of artifacts, even with strobe lights, fire, and the LED panels. During some past broadcasts, such things would be riddled with MPEG artifacts, but not this year.
I also agree about Ringo's performance, and McCartney's as well, though I thought Kris Kristofferson was even more of an old fogey who couldn't even sing in tune. On the other hand, the music he, Willie, and Merle performed was more appropriate for old fogeys.
I, too, have a soft spot for Chicago; as a trombone player myself, they have been one of my favorite bands since high school. Yeah, James Pankow tries too hard to be hip, but he is a great player, so I forgive him that.
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Editor, AVS Forum
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Daft Punk is my favorite among the winners, the only act whose music is in my own collection—discounting jay-Z since he won for a collaboration, not for his own track. I also admit that I bought "The Heist," but I cannot stand Macklemore & Ryan Lewis so that album doesn't count.
In the Daft Punk performance with Stevie Wonder, I can hear exactly what people are complaining about—the music was almost insubstantial and Stevie's voice sounded subdued to me.
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Walsh flew between sets to film Angels Crest and TV show simultaneously
The star admits she was desperate to try out a new role and jumped at the chance to portray actress Elizabeth McGovern's lesbian lover, Jane, in the emotional movie, which also features Jeremy Piven, Thomas Dekker and Mira Sorvino.
Walsh had to stick to a strict travelling schedule to make it all work as she was shooting Angels Crest and her hospital drama simultaneously, but she insists it was the best experience.
She tells WENN, "I was so thrilled to be let out of my television show to finally do something other than (Private Practice character) Addison. I was on cloud nine and I had such a great time.
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Indian Church Sending Missionaries to Wales
First missionaries from the Presbyterian Church in Wales pioneered the Mizos hill region in north-east India in the 1800s. Now the descendents of these first Christian converts are returning to their mother church in Wales to help in mission there.
|TOP|In the 19th century Welsh Presbyterian missionaries pioneered the Mizos hill region in north-east India with many of the people accepting Christ into their hearts. Now in the 21st century the Mizos hill people are sending their missionaries back to Wales.
The Rev. John Colney, the second missionary from Mizoram, is due to start work with the Presbyterian Church in Wales next month.
Rev Hmar Sangkhuma has already been working for some time as a "mission enabler" for the Presbyterian Church in Wales, which many of the Mizos hill people consider to be their mother church.
Rev. Dafydd Jones explained to the ENI how Welsh Presbyterians conducted their first mission trips to the Khasi Hills in north-east India and then Mizoram in 1897.
|AD|He said: "It is quite moving for us to hear and see how the Mizos describe us as their mother church."
Based in Wales with his wife and four children, Rev. Sangkhuma's work is part of a partnership scheme between the two churches under the Council for World Mission.
He told Ecumenical News International: "Because we are rich here in the West, some people think they no longer require God. We have drawn away from the presence of God, whereas when people are poor, they rely more upon God."
Rev Sangkhuma regards his principle task as filling up the "spiritual void" in society and his responsibilities in Wales do just that.
Much of the 49-year-old's time is divided between counselling young people, including school children with problems at home and also young offenders in institutions where they are prone to depression.
In a separate initiative, the Presbyterian Church in Wales is calling on its members to donate £1 each to a fund that will be used to send a fully equipped medical team to Mizoram to work in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.


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Student & Backpacker Discount Tips
Here's a selection of tips for student travellers and backpackers to make their money go a little further when travelling in South America (& the world).
1. If you are a student get an International Student Identity Card. With this ISIC card you're entitled to numerous discounts on entrance fees throught South America, and occasionally you might even be entitled to discounts on flights or rail passes. If you're not a student, but under 26 years of age, you can get an International Youth Travel Card (IYTC) that entitles you to many of the same discounts.
2. When buying a flight ticket, remember that many airlines offer special fares for students or those aged under 26. Very often, year valid flight tickets are much less if you're under 26. American Airlines stands out as offering some of the best value 1 year valid, date changeable student tickets to South America (from Europe at least). Remember that these student / under 26 flight prices won't appear on online sites such as Expieda and Travelocity - you'll have to call up a travel agent for these special fares.
3. Backpackers should dress as scruffily as possible without looking like a tramp - if you look like you're tight on money, people are less likely to overcharge you - hotels included. They might even give you a discount you if you're lucky. Don't be flashy - change your watch to an old one.
4. Check out couchsurfing.com and globalfreeloaders.com - both have large listings of people prepared to let you crash at their house for free.
5. Gatecrash large tour groups and you'll find yourself with a free guide. If you get discovered, pretend you don't speak the language.
6. If your hotels breakfast is a help yourself buffet, don't be shy - help yourself to extra rolls, and make sandwiches for lunch. Don't be shy - many South Americans would do exactly the same.
7. Don't buy drinking water - get iodine purification droplets and add them to the local tap water.
8. Book domestic flights using an airpass - see the guide to airpasses in South America for some advice.
9. Always haggle with regards to hotel room prices, especially during off season.
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BUCHANAN, N.Y. -- The Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan will test the emergency sirens on Wednesday, May 7, between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Sirens will sound at full volume for approximately four minutes in Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and Putnam counties.
Residents are not required to take any action during the test.
In an actual emergency, the sirens would sound to alert the public to tune in to a local Emergency Alert System radio or television station for important information and direction.


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Add Vikings RB Adrian Peterson to the list of Minnesota players who want QB Brett Favre to return for a 20th NFL season.
Says Peterson via the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune via vikingsupdate.com via OKBlitz.com:
"I hope he comes back for another year or two, gives us another two years.
"I think we could win back-to-back Super Bowls. I'd take one. But the talent we have on both sides of the football with Favre -- just the talent we have on offense, defense all phases -- I feel like we can go as high as we want."
Peterson's 1,383 rushing yards were nearly 400 fewer than his league-leading total of 1,760 in 2008. But the Minnesota pass game took off with the rejuvenated Favre, who had arguably the best season of is career.
Like the rest of us, Peterson is waiting to hear if Favre will give Minnesotans an encore performance:
"You never know with Favre what he's going to do. That's good that he didn't take too many big hits throughout the year. The last game he kind of took a couple of big hits (in the NFC Championship Game loss in New Orleans) to remind him this is what it's all about. But hopefully we can get him back and go on this run again and complete it this time."
-- Nate Davis
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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Since most Fortune 500 companies conduct job interviews over a meal, UC communication faculty members sat their students and alumni down for a formal five-course meal last week to learn about etiquette.
About 60 people attended the meal at Vernon Manor hosted and planned by Lisa Newman, director of undergraduate studies and internship program director in the communication department at the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, and LisaMarie Luccioni, an adjunct in the same department.
Newman had done some homework before the evening began to prove just how important it is for young professionals to learn how to avoid a faux pas. She surveyed UC communication alumni by e-mail, asking them to share the most egregious etiquette errors they had witnessed.
She got some doozies. Bad behavior might not matter in casual relationships, but in a professional situation it can break you.
One respondent described how a finance consultant made a presentation for her company. During his talk, he first loosened his tie. Then, he undid a few buttons on his shirt. By the time he was finished, he had taken off his jacket and his shirttails were hanging out. "He lost all credibility," Newman said.
Another alum complained that a woman seated at a formal business dinner picked up a lamb chop in her hands to eat it. "You're allowed to pick up fried chicken, but not a lamb chop," Newman warned.
Yet another response recounted how an alumnus attended a business dinner appointment with a co-worker who licked her fingers continuously throughout the meal. The company did not get the account it sought because of this employee's ill-conceived dining behavior.
Although the word "etiquette" dates back to Louis XIV and the sign he posted using the word to warn people to "keep off the grass" in his formal gardens, the oldest surviving etiquette manuscript dates back to 2500 B.C. In it, Ptahhotep advises, "When sitting with one's superior, laugh when he is laughing."
Newman and Luccioni offered some further advice throughout the evening:


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While many activities for Watertown residents are not available until the summer months, Mother of God Monastery offers a variety workshops during the school year, and in a few weeks will wrap up its current season of programs on spirituality.
Sister Emily Meisel, director of spirituality programs at Mother of God Monastery, said workshops and other spirituality offerings typically run from September through May.
But Meisel and other facilitators also work through the challenges of northeast South Dakota during the non-summer months: the workshop Poetry – A Lens For the Soul, focused on the haiku form and originally scheduled for April 13, had to be postponed due to weather.
Other scheduled events include Yoga and Prayer on April 27 and a Creative Poetry Writing Workshop on May 11.
Meisel said about a dozen people will attend a given workshop. Most events include a suggested donation, which often includes lunch or room and board for longer events. Pre-registration is preferred, but she tries to accommodate people who decide to go at the last minute.
Mother of God Monastery is in the Benedictine order of the Roman Catholic Church, but Meisel said workshop participants do not have to belong to any particular church.
"Everybody is welcome, and we have had people of many denominations," she said. "We have a very ecumenical spirit in what we offer. I really feel our loving God loves everybody. God has no favorites."
Meisel said program participants have arrived from Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota as well as South Dakota.
"One of my favorite programs is Journey Into Spiritual Growth," Meisel said. "People actually do the exercises of St. Ignatius, which is a 30-day retreat process, but the way we do it, it's spread out over eight months."
This year's program started in August, and Meisel said people who take on the prayer commitment experience changed lives and growth in their relationship with God.
Workshops recommended for "Journey Into Spiritual Growth" participants, but also open to the general public, include Dreams and Spiritual Growth, Enneagram I, Healing the Inner Child and Meyers-Briggs Workshop.
"One of the programs that we have found to be very rewarding for people is a Wednesday morning Conversation and Coffee," Meisel said.
Discussion of the short Wednesday morning events include "Standing Under the Cross," "Sharing the Gift of Our Heritages" and on April 17, "Women in Scripture."
Meisel said some of the workshops are unique and others are brought back from year to year.
God In My Paintbrush is a recurring workshop people enjoy, Meisel said.
"I talk to them about God's love of creation, and then I start them out with praying with a scripture passage, a Psalm, and have them imagine some symbol that comes to them that would depict their relationship with God, and then just play around with watercolor," she said.
Meisel also runs dream workshops.
"I believe people's dreams reveal truths to them," she said.
The event was held in Watertown in the fall, and Meisel plans to facilitate the workshop at the Benedictine monastery in Crookston, Minn.
Another workshop this year was on Enneagram personality types.
"People come to understand why they act the way they do, and why they think the way they do," Meisel said.
Meisel said she also offers one-on-one spiritual direction. She has worked at the Mother of God Monastery since 1999, and previously served as director of the Spirituality Center at Sacred Heart Monastery in Richardton, N.D.


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Neil Young & Crazy Horse Cancel Tel Aviv, Israel Concert
Neil Young & Crazy Horse cancelled a scheduled concert in Tel Aviv, Israel due to the current security situation.
For the past several days, violence has erupted in the area. Israeli air strikes against Palestinian militants have killed over 170 people and forced thousands to seek refuge.
The Palestinian militants have fired hundreds of rockets at Tel Aviv since the Israeli operation started on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for Young released this statement, "It is with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we must cancel our one and only Israeli concert due to tensions which have rendered the event unsafe at this time. We'll miss the opportunity to play for our fans and look forward to playing in Israel and Palestine in peace."
Young said, "I will be making donations to both the Louise Tillie Alpert Youth Music Centre of Israel, and Heartbeat, two organizations that teach music to Palestinian and Israeli youth simultaneously by enabling them to play music together."


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Berenice III of Egypt
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|Late 115 or early 114 BC
|Ptolemy X (Uncle & Step-father)
Ptolemy XI Alexander II (Cousin & Half-brother)
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|Ptolemy IX Lathyros
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Berenice III (Greek: Βερενίκη; 120–80 BC), sometimes called Cleopatra Berenice, ruled as queen of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC, and possibly from 101 to 88 BC jointly with her uncle/husband Ptolemy X Alexander I.[1] She was born in 120 BC, the daughter of Ptolemy IX Lathyros and Cleopatra Selene I. She married Ptolemy X Alexander I in 101 BC, after he took the throne from Lathyros and had his mother (and her grandmother) Cleopatra III killed. When Lathyros reclaimed the throne, Berenice lost her own rule. However, when Lathyros died at the end of 81 BC, Berenice took over the throne and ruled for six months, during which time she gained the love of the people.[1]
She was forced to marry Ptolemy XI Alexander II in 80 BC. He had her killed 19 days later, which moved the people to revolt and kill him a few days later.[2]
Berenice is the subject of Berenice, an opera by Handel.
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PET Imaging of Regional Variation in Insulin Sensitivity of Adipose Tissue in Humans
This study has been completed.
University of Pittsburgh
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Greeneville, Tenn. - The Brevard College women's golf team finished off the Agnes McAmis Memorial tournament these past two days as the Tornados took on the field at the Link Hills Country Club.
Brevard finished 18th overall in the team standings, taking 10 strokes off their first round 370 to finish the two-round tournament with a final score of 730 overall.
Alisiya Klochkova led the Brevard efforts over the two days, tying for 43rd overall with a two round score of 82-80 to finish with a 162 to pace the Tornados over the tournament. Marliana Garman was also among the Tornados leaders, finishing 71st overall with a two-round score of 82-89 to finish with a 171 overall in the tournament.
Emily Smith placed 84th overall in the tournament, carding a 184 for Coach David Nelson, while Allie Hovis made the most improvement among all golfers in the tournament, taking 21 strokes off her first round total to finish 90th overall at Link Hills.
Brevard returns home for the two-day Aramark Collegiate Invitational hosted by the Tornados at the Etowah Valley Country Club. First round action begins on Monday, April 9th.


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The Effect of Dividend Changes on Stock and Bond Prices
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- Author(s): UPINDER S. DHILLON, HERB JOHNSON
- Published: Apr 30, 2012
- Pages: 281-289
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1994.tb04430.x
This study examines stock and bond price reactions to dividend changes. The positive stock market response to dividend increases has several potential explanations, two of the more commonly discussed being information content and wealth redistribution between stockholders and bondholders. The evidence presented supports the wealth redistribution hypothesis but does not rule out the information content hypothesis. Typically we find that the bond price reaction to announcements of large dividend changes is opposite to the stock price reaction. Our results differ from those of Handjinicolaou and Kalay.


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Feb. 10
Schopenhauer and Wagner
01. Intro. We are going to have to delay some of the presentations, maybe up to Spring Break.
1. Schopenhauer - The World as Will and Representation. Influence of past philosophers on the arts: Hegel's thesis-antithesis-synthesis and the sonata form; Kant: the thing in itself. Schopenhauer's theory:
2. Wagner's development of Schopenhauer's ideas. Glosses over Schopenhauer's naive musical examples (the bass, the melody, etc. Rossini as an great composer...). mentions Beethoven. Takes from Schopenhauer the idea of visual arts needing light (=rational understanding) and opposes the world of sound (=intuitive understanding). The NIGHT=Death. Lohengrin and Elsa = rational and intuitive knowledge. with the intuitive being the superior knowledge. The whole second act of Tristan as Night. Only Death can fulfill their love, only in death can they be totally united - by surpassing their own individuality.
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Play: "Grand Hotel"
Group: Over Due Theatre Company
Venue: Olivette Community Center, 9723 Grandview Drive
Dates: April 23, 24, 25
Tickets: $13-$15; contact 636-328-6546 or www.overduetheatrecompany.com
Story: Berlin is the place to be in 1928, as the stock market thrives and a decade has passed since the conclusion of "The Great War." And in Berlin the place to see and be seen is the "Grand Hotel," where Doctor Otternschlag, limping and wearing an eye-patch as vestiges of his service in World War I, observes the goings-on from his perch in the lobby.
While shooting himself up with morphine he tells us that life is "always the same here, people come, people go," but of course there's quite a bit going on: Aging prima ballerina Elizaveta Grushinskaya is being urged to perform once again by her manager and the local impresario; the destitute Baron von Gaigern needs money to keep a mobster off his back; gravely ill Jewish accountant Otto Kringelein wants to live up his final days at the posh establishment; starry-eyed typist Flaemmchen dreams of moving to Hollywood and becoming a movie star in the "talkies"; and businessman Preysing tries to fend off bankruptcy for his company. The lives of these characters and others intersect over one weekend.
Highlights: Produced on Broadway in 1989 under the Tony Award-winning direction of Tommy Tune, "Grand Hotel" went on to win five Tonys and enjoy more than 1,000 performances some three decades after its predecessor, "At the Grand," failed to generate much buzz. Luther Davis, who wrote the book, and Robert Wright and George Forrest, who wrote lyrics and music, were joined by Maury Yeston, who added several songs at Tune's request over the others' objections.
A sprawling, ambitious saga, "Grand Hotel" is a daunting subject for a community theater to undertake, but director Suki Peters' inspired and painstaking efforts somehow manage to make this production work, albeit in uneven and somewhat ragtag fashion.
That's because Peters wisely selected Jennifer Theby to essay the role of the charming heroine, Flaemmchen. Theby is an ingratiating performer, and she makes this presentation work, sometimes through sheer will. She lights up the stage with an endearing portrayal, adding a lovely voice and some nice footwork as well that effectively showcases Maria Straub's pleasing choreography.
Other Info: Peters deftly keeps the show moving at a lively pace, with scene changes brisk and unobtrusive. She garners additional solid performances by Ryan Cooper, whose youth belies a touching portrayal of the kindly Kringelein. Steve Callahan brings the right touch of gravitas to the narrator's role of Dr. Otternschlag, while Tom Kopp adds his usual solid performance as conflicted businessman Preysing, who finds himself capitulating to various deadly sins as his empire crumbles.
Bradley Behrmann makes for a suave and debonair Baron, although his singing doesn't quite measure up to the demands of the role. John Wolbers adds a nice touch as the showman Sandor, and Carin Thyssen quietly plays the ballerina's trusted aide, Raffaela. Joshua Cook, Adam Thenhaus, Brennan Eller, Aaron Dodd and Chuck Brinkley contribute in various smaller roles. The large-scale production also includes ensemble efforts by Travis Pfeifer and Gustavo Perez as nightclub performers, Maggie Murphy, Autumn Rinaldi and Morgan Hatfield as telephone operators, Wayne Mackenberg, Alex Jones, Ted Drury, Robbie Haupt, Evan Masterson, Debbie Bixler, Priscilla Case and Valleri Dillard.
Musical director Mary Sutherland's orchestra overcame an initially murky and muffled start to complement proceedings on stage, effectively concealed behind the handsome set designed by Brian Peters. That scenic presentation well utilizes the compact performance area and is anchored by a revolving door that allows for players' access into the lobby. Elizabeth Henning's costumes nicely convey the wardrobes of various levels of society.
While the level of performance varies from the mundane to the inspired, Peters' version of "Grand Hotel" delightfully shows what a community theater can accomplish with heart, passion, inspiration and hard work, with the invaluable artistry of some talented players to dress it all up.
Rating: A 3.5 on a scale of 1-to-5.


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Demi Lovato Takes Break From Twitter, Check Out Her Most Memorable Tweets (PHOTOS)
However, Demi is taking a break, at least from her Twitter. Just this weekend, the 19 year-old singer tweeted: "Twitter break. It's for the best actually. Who allows me to have this thing anyways?!!! I just get myself in trouble! Haha. Anyway… BYE!" Prior to this post, she wrote: "Can't please everyone."
In lieu of the news, Celebuzz decided to track down Demi's most memorable tweets as she takes a hiatus from social networking. What's your fave Demi message?
Can the former Disney star top 2011? Despite her rumored breakup from Wilmer Valderrama, the singer looks to be on the up and up, having already performed at the People's Choice Awards. Before her Twitter break, the singer wrote: "My fans are EVERYTHING to me… My world, my life… Thank you SO much for my PCA!!!! FAVORITE POP ARTIST!!! YAYYY!!!