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Terri Nunn lived up to expectations and then some when Berlin played the Pipeline Cafe on Sept. 30. Nunn led the quartet through a powerful 75-minute show that included early Berlin hits as well as selections from the group's current album, "4play." Nunn closed with an excellent version of "Sex (I'm a ...)" and then returned for "Take My Breath Away" as the encore. CLICK FOR LARGE

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Skeet Akita, third from left, and Kevin Chun celebrated their birthdays Sept. 30 with a party that started at Tsunami, then moved on. Kelsey Muromoto, left, Jamie Delos Santos and Christine Klein were among the many friends who helped celebrate. Akita, a registered nurse, and Chun, a licensed dispensing optician, were the "cover guys" on Kaiser Permanente's Partners in Health magazine last spring. CLICK FOR LARGE

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Ocean Club manager Anthony Faulkner, left, and Jason Rod surveyed the crowd outside the club Sept. 30. Rumors that the long-running Piranha Room party was pau proved unfounded -- the club was as crowded as ever, and people were still in line outside "Oceans" at 1:30 a.m. CLICK FOR LARGE

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Ariana Jennings enjoyed her sweet-16 birthday with an assist from "Lost" cast members Ari Green, left, and Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje at Haiku Plantation on Oct. 1. "Lost" fans who know Akinnouye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko might recognize Green as Jason, one of the mysterious "Others." CLICK FOR LARGE