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Show DAILY D2 Palazzo taurants. Instead, in a stuffy Venetian ballroom, journalists and others juggled tiny plates and toothpicks to sample bits of the cuisine to come. You get a taste," Puck said, "but it's not the whole experi- weren't running smoothly. e meal took A three hours at CarneVino, MaContinued from Dl rio Batali's Italian steakhouse, and liquor license quirks forreality, which is important if bade selling bottles of wine for you're leading them to gamble, consumption in the rooms. shop and eat like mad. ence." That said, many of the ele, Getting a dining reservation The same could be said of ments that might have added through the hotel's voice-masizzle to this $ steak the experisystem required selecting a ence. Froift within the towers, cuisine from the voice mail's weren't operating during the three-da- y list, not calling the restaurant grand opening cele- guests could see the promise bration Jan, a glitch that of a pool deck, now a series directly. If you cant deterof pits surrounded by building mine the category, good hick, upset many of the top chefs I got connected to the casino materials. who have restaurants still unThe Canyon Ranch SpaQub marketing department at the der construction here. is a Venetian. A second version of Wolfentity within the Venetian, complete To be fair, a hotel rarely gang Puck's celebrated Cut won't open until the end of with a climbing wall Whenpresents its best face until after several weeks of ever the Palazzo part is finFebruary and, permits willThat may be why the ished, the combined spa will be ing, coming weeks may see unused pipes filling my room's debuts of Charlie Trotter's 134,000 square feet of shared Restaurant Charlie, Jonathan gigantic tub spewed brown space, each with a separate check in desk. sediment into my bath. Morr's Mainland and Emeril A few of the 60 stores in the At the elevator lobbies, gusts Lagasse's Table 10. of sewer gas coming from Puck wasn't happy that the Shoppes at the Palazzo were caused open,' including the first Bargrand opening brought hundreds of VIPs and journalists neys. New York in Las Vegas. guests to cover their noses. It could be months before the The bedsheets were still to an incomplete resort. rest are ready. and bits of plastic "I think it's stupid," Puck scratchy-ne' said of the event's timing. foam packing material stuck Of the Palazzo's 14 restauHe would have preferred to the furniture. When my bag rants, only four were operata black tie affair, where resing, and like many elements of went from my hands to "lugthe resort, which started hosttaurateurs could have invited gage world" (their term), it took a pleading phone call and ing guests on Dec. 20, things guests to their finished res another assessment with my track shoes. It was nearly 130 steps from the lobby to the casino, and 150 more across the casino to the elevators, and 140 more to my room door. Despite the dimensions, the compact layout of the resort's key features kept it navigable. Even in stiletto heels, you can reach Barneys or head downstairs to 4040, the nightclub from entertainment mogul Jay-Z- . More mind boggling is the combined size of the Venetian Palazzo resort and its adjacent Sands Expo and Convention -- g 17-1- 69,000-square-fo- ot child-focuse- hen you insure both your car and home with Insurance Company, s well save you money! Stop in, or call us today for a "No Problem" insurance check-up- . Insurance Auto-Owne- rs Osmond said that with his name comes publicity, but also scrutiny. He said even his uncles, when they heard about the CD, wondered if he was using a sob story to sell They really ques- were sorry that ri lifer : 'V!M io windows lllblMUu Kr was "unnec- DEAR MISS MANNERS ," My husband and I hosted a Super Bowl party and were abso- lutely appalled by the number of guests who brought several of their own friends, without NBC Continued from Dl shows such as "Deal or No Deal," "Gladiators" and "1 vs. 100." Nor does recent history give much cause for hope that quality will reign once the writers trot back to work. "Gladiators" and "My Dad" were ordered more than a month before the strike started in November, and both bear the imprimatur of Reveille, Silverman's production company, which he's in the midst of selling. (NBC's "The Biggest Loser" and "The Office" are also Reveille shows.) Silverman argues that it's misleading to look just at the demographics of shows such as "Gladiators." Because such down-mark- vna n tin' n it essarily" disrupted. fund-raisin- We have "No Problem" 'us, through fund-raising- ." innocen-tones.org- -- r room-servic- tioned what I was doing," Osmond said, "You know, 'Why? S. What are you doing with this? Vhat's the point?" But after a Osmond and Hartle's in- full explanation, he said, they volvement started in earnest a year ago, about the time Oswere all supportive. mond finished his CD. Hartle Osmond said he actually had come across some statishopes people will scrutinize his tics on the prevalence of child work, if that's what it takes to exabuse that floored him gain support and raise awareness of child abuse. But the perts estimate 1 in 3 children will experience some form of name recognition is mostly child abuse before age 18, "So positive, Hartle said. "Sometimes I call places as when I heard that," Hartle said, "it hit me, like a gut feelTyler Hartle with Hartle said. "And ing, 'You have to do this. You have to do this.'" nothing happens. And then I'll Osmond and Hartle had call back as Tyler with the Osbeen friends for years, but monds, and I get a phone call back like that." only discovered their shared If innocentones.org can get interest during a conversation about Osmond's finished CD. nonprofit status, Hartle said it will become a place where They decided to dig in together by following what they call both victims and aggressors the "three foot rule." can come to get help and coun"Our theory is, what can seling from professionals. It will also be an educational site we do within three feet of ourselves?" Osmond said. "We to help raise awareness. Osmond said he occasionally can serve somebody. We can from people who keep our eyes open. We can gets were touched by his CD, "and respond." that's payday for me." But he They started with a call to and Hartle hope that's only the Pratt, and now Joy O'Banion, director of the Family Support beginning, and that the CD can and Treatment Center, said be a launch pad for helping g Osmond is heading up many more people. "We hope our foundation efforts for the center. "Jared's situation is pretty takes off," Osmond said. "That's kind of been our vision unique for our agency," is to get this thing going. We O'Banion said. "My feeling is that because of his name, he hope to spend all of our time has the ability to talk in circles doing this." "We hope," Hartle added, "it that we have never been able will consume our dairy lives." to talk in before. So with him -- ft1 county specialist, with, in one case a teacher and, in the other case, the principal present. By the time I was interviewed, the specialist who had interviewed my daughters announced that clearly there was no abuse in this case and "this thing happens all the time in divorces Be that as it may, I feel terrible for my children and the school staff that had to go through this. I am at a loss as to how to deal with the teacher and principal. Do I send a note apologizing for them having to interrupt their schedule and saying, "Sorry my ex is such a witch"? Although they heard my children say nice things about me in the interview, it would also be nice to let them know that I was exculpated, without sounding like a jerk. Any ideas? In genGENTLE READER eral, an apology should not attempt to blame someone else. In this case, Miss Manners certainly sees the temptation, but there are two more reasons to refrain from doing so. First, a gentleman should never speak ill of his former wife. And second, you don't need to, because your having been exonerated makes her behavior quite clear. A note apologizing for the disruption of the school schedule could, however, mention that you situation we've ever been in to move to the next level of albums. divorce. Jj e-- coming forward proactively, it puts our agency in the best Teamina unto stop child abuse -- saving you money. 60-pa- through My ex used a bruise on my daughter's hip to cause me and the children immense grief by reporting it to the authorities rather than simply calling or ailing for an explanation of the accident. My two young daughters were pulled from their classes and were interviewed by the e existing on the menu and playing with the cool techie toys. It had a multifunction fax machine, three flat screen TVs, a laptop safe with electrical outlets inside, a DVD player and remote-control draperies that open to the view of Treasure Island across Las Vegas while other people shook their heads and turned away, he made a beeline for her. He said he helped the child up and warned the woman she could be accused of child abuse for her actions. "I don't know if I made a difference or not," Osmond said, "but I guess the point is we've got to get involved." there and wept as I helped to clean this boy up." He said part of him wanted Continued from Dl No hunt the mother down and let her have it. "That was last thing the world needed .was another singing Osmond." my vigilante side coming Rather, Osmond believes through," he said. But he called that child abuse is an epidemic, the police and the boy was and when he told Hartle about ' placed in foster care and even-- , d his CD, the two tually adopted. Later, Osmond got to meet with the mother as began to believe there was something more they could do he was evicting her and asked about the episode. to help children facing abuse. "Come to find out," Osmond 10 years of experiences said, "she was abused by her father in every sense of the Osmond recorded a CD of word, and it was so horrible for her that she turned to other people's songs about 13 drugs and alcohol to deaden years ago, but made a conscious decision the pain in her own life. And after seeing all the hours his famous singing my heart was filled with so not to go into uncles put in much compassion for her that I realized that she needs to the music business. He makes a living as landlord of sevheal, people need to heal." The experience also taught eral properties, a business that him that the abusers and the somewhat ironically inspired him to get back into music. abused aren't the only ones One day while returning who need help. "I was amazed home from the gym, Osmond that out of the five apartments in that building, nobody resaid, he had a gut level feeling to stop by one of his properties sponded to them," Osmond and check on the tenants. "Call said. "I talked to all the apartit inspiration, I guess, on a ments and they said they spiritual level," he said. Before heard it, but they just didn't ' he even got to the door, he want to get involved. They knew something was wrong: heard the kid crying and just "I could hear this little boy said, 'Oh, it's a terrible thing,' and forgot about it. And that's whimpering." The door had been the attitude so many people hav with child abuse, they Osmond said he kicked don't want to get involved." down the door and laid eyes It was shortly after that on a horrific scene. "The experience that Osmond wrote apartment was thrashed, be"Innocent Ones," which beyond thrashed," he said. "The came the title track for his CD. boy was sitting in Osmond has written on his the corner in a diaper that he had been in, (police) think, for Web site detailed accounts of other personal experiences that three days. He had throw up inspired the rest of the songs. running down his chest. He was eating cat food to survive. Cumulatively, the experiences have inspired him to He was so badly beaten that one eye was closed shut and take an almost fearless stance the front of his hair where his against child abuse. Osmond said he recently saw a woman bangs should be was pulled in a shopping mall smack her out, like he'd been yanked child so hard he fell over, and around. Anyway, I just sat MISS MANNERS DEAR am going Center. I could easily have lived in my room, -- Osmond A bruise is not always abuse 75 minutes to get it back. A place this large may need months, so I'll come back for " three-cours- il grand-openin- Friday. February 8. 2008 HERALD Judith Martin Miss Manners acknowledging these people in their RSVP. What should have been a party of 24 turned into 35, and it was difficult to accommodate everyone in our small townhouse. Some of the "extra guests" did not even introduce themselves to me or my husband and proceeded to place their feet (and shoes) on our furniture. I wanted to be a gracious host, but I admit I was steamed by this lack of respect for my home. I would like to communicate to my friends who WERE invited and brought these people that I don't appreciate the casual nature of their behavior, but how do I do this and not offend the friend? GENTLE READER By not inviting them to your next party. If they seem offended, you can say that this is just for your friends, and you know that they have other friends to entertain. What puzzles Miss Manners is that you are characterizing them as "casual," in contrast to their friends, of whom you say they failed to respect your house. Casual is a word that many people mistakenly believe to mean (when applied to themselves) "charmingly unpretentious." It is at least as disrespectful to march other people into your party and even fail to introduce them (that was their job, not their friends') as to put feet on the furniture. programs deliver much larger audiences than, say, "Friday Night Lights," an advertiser still will end up getting the de- e sired number of viewers, at least in absolute terms. (Although it should be noted that "Gladiators' " ratings have tumbled every week since its Jan. 6 premiere, when it looked like a hit.) And reality programs aren't necessarily a synonym for "pandering crud." Well not always. . "Look at 'Apprentice,' which is the most upscale reality show on TV," Silverman wrote. (It's ranked No. 7 on the list this season) Yet there's no question that the tilt of NBCs programming is shifting, and it's important to understand what's driving the change. high-incom- j 7 1 Life Home Car Business Tk'AkfliMm'W - v V ;FivW 1SJ"PAT Dastrup Insurance Low Rates Neat Dastrup Agency 1840 I Jeremy Trail Agency N State. 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