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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Duke Energy Corp. said Monday that it made an accounting mistake when it tried to pass on to customers more than $326,000 in political contributions to a clean-energy advocacy group and Republican Party organizations when it asked to raise electricity costs for North Carolina consumers by more than $200 million a year.
The country's largest electric company said human error resulted in adding the political contributions to its request for a third rate increase since 2009 for customers of Duke Energy Carolinas, which serves much of western North Carolina from Durham to the Tennessee border.
The contributions mistakenly included as costs in its rate increase donations that went to the Republican Governors Association, the North Carolina and South Carolina Republican parties, and the group Strategies for the Global Environment.
The company's admission came as the North Carolina Utilities Commission opened hearings to decide whether to allow the company to raise electricity costs by $205 million a year initially, increasing to $235 million after two years. That's about half the $446 million Duke Energy originally requested in February. The requested rate increase was reduced in a settlement last month with the commission's Public Staff, which represents consumer interests.
"This case is about Duke Energy Carolinas seeking recovery for power plants and other major capital improvements. The miscoded invoices were simply a mistake, and customers are not being asked to pay those costs," Paul Newton, president of Duke Energy's North Carolina operations, told the commission. "We've been through a discovery process. The process worked."
Duke Energy said it sought the rate increase primarily to pay it back for its past investments in cleaner power plants and other equipment needed to deliver power. The company's rate increase request said it included recovering about $2.2 billion already invested on upgrading nuclear plants, converting a power plant in Eden from coal to cleaner and cheaper natural gas, and building the coal-burning Cliffside plant in Mooresboro.
The reduced rate request allows Duke Energy Carolinas a 10.2 percent return on equity, a measure of profit allowed investors.
The group NC WARN, a frequent critic of Duke Energy, contends there are another $30 million in stock-based compensation, trade association dues, and other costs being improperly passed on to consumers in the rate request. The company disputes the claims.
A proposed settlement with the state's official consumer advocate would allow Duke Energy Carolinas to raise rates by 4.5 percent overall, increasing to 5 percent after two years.
The cost to about 1.6 million residential customers is higher: 5 percent for two years and then 5.8 percent more after that. That represents an increase for the average household from about $103 a month to about $110 a month after the third year of the rate increases that could begin taking effect this fall.
About 250,000 North Carolina industrial customers will pay 4.7 percent in the first two years and then 5.3 percent. The company's nearly 5,000 commercial customers will pay 3.8 percent more for the first two years, and 4.4 percent in year three.
The utilities commission's hearings are expected to run through Wednesday, with a decision on whether to allow the rate increase and under what conditions coming later. Lawyers representing Attorney General Roy Cooper, grocery store chain Kroger Co., environmental group Greenpeace, and large industrial power users were on hand and could question Duke Energy executives about details of the company's request.
Consumers made their opinions about the rate hike proposal known at five public hearings held across the company's service area and in written comments to the utilities commission.
Consumer advocates said they hoped the seven-member regulatory commission will hold down or reject the latest rate increase request, which comes at a time when North Carolina has the country's fifth-highest unemployment rate. That goal may have been undercut by Duke Energy's settlement with the Public Staff to ask for much less than originally sought, said Steve Hahn, a spokesman for the North Carolina chapter of AARP.
"I think the canoe has been tilted to one side by not letting the public process play out. We hope the commission still fully considers all the testimony that was provided in these hearings this spring and summer," Hahn said at a demonstration Monday before the hearing began.
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SAN JOSE — Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen's central San Jose district is up for grabs for the first time in nearly a decade, and four contenders are vying to succeed her in representing the heavily Latino and Vietnamese area on the City Council.
District 7, which includes some of the city's least prosperous pockets, has had its share of controversy in its council representatives. Nguyen won a special 2005 election to replace Terry Gregory after he resigned amid corruption charges. She then faced her own firestorm when her Vietnamese base fractured over her opposition to naming a Story Road retail area "Little Saigon," a furor that spawned a failed recall attempt. She's now running for mayor, having reached her two-term limit.
Nguyen has endorsed Buu Thai, a longtime friend who serves on the Franklin-McKinley school board where Nguyen got her start in politics. Thai is among three Vietnamese-Americans in the race and, like the vice mayor, came to America when her family fled their homeland after the Vietnam War.
"We had three generations living in a two-bedroom house," Thai said. "We were on public assistance and very fortunate to have programs that helped us. I want to pay it forward in terms of helping families like mine have an opportunity."
The one candidate to praise the incumbent's leadership, Thai said that her 15 years of experience in nonprofits, youth programming and public policy make her the "only candidate that has that kind of diversity and skills with governance."
Thai prioritizes public safety, but said that instead of adding officers she's more interested in early prevention. She said the city can support youth through activity and homework centers to "keep young folk engaged and busy" and less likely to cause trouble. Thai called small business "the backbone of the district," which needs to be fostered by simplifying the permitting process so that "immigrant families can participate and understand."
Despite the incumbent's endorsement, Thai has lagged behind two others in early fundraising. And a key distinction between Thai and the vice mayor is her opposition to the Measure B pension reforms that Nguyen and Mayor Chuck Reed championed to curb runaway retirement costs that have devoured funding for services. Thai argues that a more collaborative effort between the city and unions works at her school district.
Leading the field in early fundraising is Van Le, who said her service as trustee on the large Eastside Union High School District board, previous work with the city's former redevelopment agency and business experience has put her in a prime position to represent the district.
Also putting public safety atop the checklist, she said the city should emphasize neighborhood safety and keeping crime away from schools. She said the community feels disconnected from their representative.
"City Hall is too far away — we need to reach out to residents," she said. "That's why I really want to support neighborhood associations, town hall meetings."
Le pitched herself as the only steadfast pension reform candidate, having strongly supported Measure B.
"I don't want to see San Jose become the city of Detroit," she said. "We need to have a vision and look after the next generation of children and grandchildren."
Le has business backing from the chamber of commerce, an advantage in a race where labor hasn't picked a favorite. Like Thai, she said the permit process needs an overhaul to help invigorate the district's economy.
"You drive by King Road, Story Road, you'll see Latino businesses on one side and Little Saigon on the other," she said. "You help the small businesses, you create more jobs."
Tam Nguyen, no relation to the vice mayor, is the only candidate who is not a school trustee and has not held public office. A close second in early fundraising, he's also the candidate most outspoken against the departing incumbent. He says outrage over her Little Saigon position was the "boiling point" after numerous disappointments with her in the Vietnamese community.
Nguyen calls himself a "fighter for the poor people" who has devoted himself to serving the less fortunate since 1987, when he quit his engineering job to become an attorney after learning the Vietnamese community was not being properly represented in the courts.
He recently represented Vietnamese families who had been bilked out of funeral funds and served as counsel for Ly Tong, the colorful anti-communist activist who pepper-sprayed a Vietnamese pop singer in 2010 and staged a hunger strike to support "Little Saigon."
Nguyen said people need to be empowered through training and classes to get basic skills to move ahead. And while he says it's important to get more officers on the streets, he stresses that there's also a need for self-reliance.
He wants to serve in the interest of constituents who don't talk about pension reform, who are less concerned about homeless encampments than they are about keeping a roof over their own heads.
"District 7 has been neglected for a long time, but Vietnamese-American voters have awakened," he said. "The poor people are going to stand up and make history."
Maya Esparza, another Franklin-McKinley trustee, said she has also heard from residents who feel District 7 hasn't been served.
"I hear a lot of frustration," she said. "People are telling me they're not heard, they don't get responses and now they're frustrated with the city."
Esparza, who trailed the pack in early fundraising, said her family's roots are deep in community activism, and she has been dedicated to public service for the past 20 years, working for nonprofits as well as Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren. She was also chief of staff for former Councilwoman Nora Campos, now a state assemblywoman.
"I know what it's like to be able to get something done at the city," Esparza said. "I know how the city works. I would bring a practical, problem-solving approach."
Among those problems: crime, blight and homelessness, which she said are more rampant in District 7 than in other parts of the city.
She said part of the problem stems from the city being "caught up in gridlock arguing big issues and forgetting about our security, paving the streets and keeping them clean."
Collaboration, she said, is the not-so-secret ingredient to getting things done. Calling it the "basics of grass-roots community work," Esparza said successful models from the past — such as forming neighborhood initiative teams to deal with area-specific issues — can be rekindled to great potential.
"I know it can be done," Esparza said. "It's not hard to listen and respond to residents."
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THE return of Blackburn's 'beach' has been delayed after a dispute over which company would provide the attractions.
Borough regeneration boss Maureen Bateson believed everything was signed and sealed to bring 'Blackburn Beach' back to King William Street from yesterday.
But on Tuesday the operator rang to say he could not provide the sandy attraction and associated fairground rides because of the dispute at the Showmen's Guild.
This prompted frantic efforts to save the 'beach', one of last summer's hit events in the town that was so popular it was extended for an extra week.
Now, the free attraction will open in the town centre tomorrow and run until August 21 with fun rides, water boats, a giant inflatable slide, deckchairs, buckets and spades.
Coun Bateson said: "We had a problem with the 'Blackburn Beach', because of an internal dispute in the Showmen's Guild. We had booked last year's operator and expected it to open yesterday.
"He gave backword on Tuesday and I feared it would not return this year. Council officials worked hard to ensure that the 'beach' returns tomorrow as good, if not better, than last year.
"Families will be able to enjoy all the fun of a day at the seaside without the travel."
The Lancashire Telegraph understands that another fairground operator objected to the contract going to a rival under the Showmen's Guild 'system of fair play'. This sparked an appeals procedure that is yet to finish.
The Showmen's Guild is the official trade body of the funfair industry.
Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales chairman Billy Hill said: "I spoke to the council who were afraid the event would not happen. It is now going ahead."


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MIDDLETOWN -- A special one-game varsity volleyball playoff takes place today at 4 p.m. between the Middletown Mustangs and St. Helena Saints at the Middletown High School gym.
Middletown and St. Helena tied for the North Central League I championship this season and also split their home-and-away season series. Tonight's match has no bearing on the league race -- both teams are co-league champ-ions regardless of the outcome -- however, the winner will get the league's automatic berth into next week's North Coast Section Division IV playoffs. The loser will apply for an at-large berth.


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HEREFORD United have spoken of their "dismay" at the postponement of the club's first two pre-season matches.
Herefordshire Council has said this Sunday's game against 1st Battalion Rifles and next Saturday's clash with Cardiff City cannot go ahead because of safety concerns.
The Bulls' advisor Andy Lonsdale has since released a statement saying he hopes the match can be rearranged shortly.
"It is with dismay that we have to announce the postponement of the forthcoming Help for Heroes match that was due to be played this coming Sunday," he said.
"This is a very worthy cause and one we were fully committed to supporting.
"A further date will be announced in due course."


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April 21, 1964, established Andy Warhol's studio, the Factory, as a hub of social life for New York's hip and elite. Earlier that evening, Warhol had attended the opening of his second solo exhibition in New York at the Stable Gallery. The gallery had been filled with hundreds of Warhol's box sculptures—Brillo Soap Pads, Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Campbell's Tomato Juice, Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Del Monte Peach Halves—which Warhol had painted with his assistant over the previous two months. Mimicking assembly-line style methods of production within Warhol's studio allowed for this massive amount of work to be accomplished in a short period of time. Within the gallery, the sculptures were stacked along walls and in the middle of rooms, a method of display recalling a storage room or warehouse and forcing visitors to navigate narrow or cramped spaces.
The Stable Gallery opening wasn't as commercially successful as Warhol had hoped, but the night wasn't over then. Stable Gallery owner Eleanor Ward and Warhol patron Ethel Scull had organized a big party at the Factory, and those invited traveled from the warehouse-like display of box sculptures within the Stable Gallery to the festivities at Warhol's studio. The party guests, which included fellow Pop artists Roy Lichtenstein and Claes Oldenburg, were present for the debut of Warhol's studio, which served as a social destination as well as a place for artistic production throughout Warhol's career.
Warhol once said of his studio,
"Factory is as good a name as any. A factory is where you build things. This is where I make or build my work. In my art work, hand painting would take much too long and anyway that's not the age we live in. Mechanical means are today, and using them I can get more art to more people. Art should be for everyone."
Similarly, my workplace will transform into a social destination this Saturday at the opening of Andy Warhol Enterprises. Come see the IMA's reinterpretation of a Factory-style party on October 9th, where you can review the exhibition before the public opening, then join the party in Pulliam Great Hall. Mod dress appreciated!
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Chainsaw sculptors in Reedsport this weekend
REEDSPORT, Ore. - Jeffro Uitto's knack for finding things like knives and driftwood got him carving as a kid.
"I used to be really lucky so I would always find pocket knives and I was always allowed to have them, so I was starting to carve a little you know," the Tokeland, Wash., man said. "It just kind of evolved from there."
Uitto is on the big stage for chainsaw carvers now, one of 36 professional and semi-professional chainsaw sculptors at the 14th Annual Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championships in Reedsport, Oregon, this weekend.
He doesn't look for pocket knives anymore. Instead, he's always on the lookout for a good piece of wood.
"I'll have pieces I'll be saving for years," he said. "It will be like the perfect piece for a part of a horse or something just right. Sometimes pieces take like three or four years to really come together."
While he is more of a long-term carver these days, Uitto said he likes the fast-paced environment of a wood sculpting festival like the one this weekend in Reedsport.


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The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a decision of no competitive interest for the construction of a transmission system between the Rhode Island coastline and Block Island – an important step in evaluating the transmission project proposed by Deepwater Wind that would deliver power from its proposed five-turbine, 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm.
BOEM received an application from Deepwater Wind requesting a right-of-way grant for an eight-nautical-mile-long, 200-foot-wide corridor in federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to connect the proposed offshore wind farm – to be located in Rhode Island state waters approximately 2.5 nautical miles southeast of Block Island – to the Rhode Island mainland.
The proposed offshore transmission connection would also transmit power from the existing onshore transmission grid to Block Island. Deepwater Wind estimates that the proposed wind farm will generate over 100 GWh annually, supplying the majority of Block Island's electricity needs.
"Today's announcement further solidifies our plan to bring reliable renewable energy to the residents of Block Island and the rest of the state of Rhode Island," says Deepwater Wind CEO William Moore. "This is just the latest milestone for a path-breaking project that will jump-start the East Coast offshore wind industry."
Before reviewing the OCS right-of-way application, BOEM had to determine whether there were other developers interested in constructing transmission facilities in the same area. In May, BOEM issued a request to determine whether there was competitive interest in building the offshore transmission system.
BOEM also solicited public comment on site conditions and multiple uses within the right-of-way grant area that would be relevant to the proposed project or its impacts, yielding two public comments that BOEM says will help inform future decisions. Following the 60-day open comment period, BOEM has determined there is no overlapping competitive interest in the proposed right-of-way grant area off Rhode Island.
The majority of the activities and permanent structures related to the entire wind farm project will be sited in state waters and on state lands, which means that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be the lead federal agency for analyzing the potential environmental effects of the project under the National Environmental Policy Act.
BOEM says it will continue to consult with the state task force and partners regarding the proposed transmission project.


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While we're not sure if we're manly enough to pull off white boots with gold inlays and rainbow details, we are convinced that these special edition Sidi Vortice boots are all kinds of awesome. Created to commemorate Andrew Pitt's 2008 Supersport World Championship on board a TenKate Honda CBR600RR, he'll take to the track in a pair of these next weekend in Portugal.
There's no word on a price premium over the regular $475 Vortice, which
is a good thing, but do expect the Pitt special editions to be sold in
limited numbers. While we normally like to pretend that we're all-black
Power Rangers, these could be just the thing should we ever want to
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Successful businessman Ryan Bennett had agreed to masquerade as his wealthy cousin for a blind date.
But from the moment Ryan saw Julie Nelson to the moment he should have said good-night, he was captivated and couldn't resist an invitation to share her bed. In the hazy afterglow of their heated lovemaking, Ryan confessed his true identity, claiming the passion between them was real despite his deception, but Julie wasn't buying it. Obviously she considered him the enemy.
Except now she was having the enemy's baby.
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"An unexpected pleasure!"
Don't let the cheesy-looking cover fool you. This book is really entertaining and has all the elements of a great romance. The characters are very likable and the dialogue is funny and fast-paced. It also had just the right amount of heat - the chemistry between the leads is off the charts! But what I really liked about it was it's length. It packs a meaningful story in 4 1/2 hours instead of dragging things out with a lot of tedious and unnecessary dialogue. It left you wanting more rather than having lulls in the storyline that bore you to tears. I am really looking forward to the other stories in the series.
This was definitely a credit well spent!
"Nice Surprise"
When I saw the cover of this one I didn't want to get it but the other reviews were so good I gave it a try. This actually had a very cute story and Savannah Richards is one of the best narrators on Audible! I actually look for books where she is the narrator because she can make a so-so story great. I really enjoyed listening to this one and will get the other 2 in the series (they also have good reviews.) Happy listening!
"Not bad...not bad at all."
Yes. It was a quick listen with a good story premise. For the price, it was worth it. It got me through a couple of hours at work.
I thought the voice actor did a really good job. She was clear and great with inflection.
Was this the best book? No. However, it was an entertaining listen.
I am in my late twenties, a commuter, a romantic, & am loving life.
"Good Character Chemistry"
This was a quick book - I was finished with it by the second day. The plot was a bit predictable - but the characters were likable and had great chemistry.
This book could be compared to any other paperback romance novel... but it's always nice to read a simple romance story with a happy ending.
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"Short and Cute."
For the price this was a very cute story. I liked the characters and the simplicity of the stories. This is the first of the series.
Give me water to swim and surf in. That with a glass of white wine and the sun. That's heaven.
"Nice Story!"
Deception, Comedy and Dij!!
When the leading lady was able to get out of her own way to pursue her happiness.
No extreme reation.
"An okay read"
I think people who enjoy reading romance novels would enjoy this book. I like romance novels but this particular story was not that good to me.
Yes. I have listend to The Unexpected Millionaire already and I plan on listening to the final book in the series.
I really can't recall the characters. They weren't that memorable.
I kind of liked listening to it but it wasn't as good as The Unexpected Millionaire so I was also kind of disappointed.
I just hope the last book in this series is better than this one.
Live, love, laugh...
"An OK experience..."
Susan Mallery is one of my favorite authors and the also the narrator is one of my favorites as well. This story is definitely not the best work of either be of them but it's ok. The problem is that it is so short that the romance doesn't seem credible. But it's still worth buying if it's on sale and you have 4.5 hours to spare.
"Great narrator"
Lovable characters. Short and sweet story that changed two doubtful souls into believers in love.
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picked up book on an amazon sale, didn't care for cover and set aside for a while. it lookes like a cheesy/corner romance knock off.....big mistake!...hahaha... Now that I listened I Loved it!! great story realistic in some ways and leaves you wanting more in a good way. I really felt the connection and just the right amount of love and sex to make it real! As always...great job Susan Mallery you did not dissapoint. As they say don't judge book by its cover!!
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What takes thousands of hours and 700-plus volunteers nearly a year to produce?
Clue: It's a much-anticipated holiday event that began 31 years ago when a prominent Woodside family opened its home to friends during the holidays.
The home is Filoli, a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The owners were Lurline and William Roth of Matson Lines. And the event is the nine-day "Holiday Traditions," which begins Friday night with a gala premier shopping party.
To celebrate the holiday season, the Roths filled their home with orchid leis from Hawaii, candles and fir trees. They placed wreaths made of holly and evergreens from Filoli's 16 acres of English Renaissance gardens in every window – not a simple undertaking considering that the house is 36,000 square feet. It is recognized as one of the finest remaining country estates of the 20th century.
The wow factor
No wonder it takes tons of time and talent to ready Filoli for the holiday event, which supports the estate's preservation and stewardship.
In keeping with tradition, the house will be aglow with lights and festooned with greenery and flowers. The foyer will boast garlands of orchids, frosted foliage and icicles.
"We want it to wow people," said Margaret Ong of Los Altos, chairwoman of the event for the second consecutive year. "And we want it to be surprising."
Among the surprises are the changes from room to room – notably in the dining room – and the addition of a "flower corner" near the grand staircase, where visitors can create their own holiday arrangements.
"We'll have supplies available as well as crafters and floral arrangers to offer advice," Ong said.
The first floor of the stately house, the Filoli Cafe and the Visitors and Education Center are all lavishly decorated. However, the event is equally known for the surprising range of items for sale throughout the house.
Ong describes it as a giant boutique with "exceptional merchandise" selected by Filoli buyer Linda Fujimoto or created by Filoli volunteers. Fujimoto began her quest in January at the Atlanta gift show, followed by trips to shows in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
For the past four years, the event has had a woodland theme.
"We wanted something more elegant this year," said Ong, who, along with Fujimoto, came up with the theme "Ice Fantasy."
Think snow and ice and glitter and critters – namely polar bears, penguins, snowy owls, bunnies and white peacocks.
A postcard-like Christmas tree forest occupies one wall in the reception room, where the main attraction is a dazzling 16-foot tree.
Old-fashioned holiday decorations and traditional gift items can be found in the adjacent drawing room, known as the "Red Room" because of its decor.
The kitchen is now a farmers' market, and the butler's pantry and hallway sport a soda-fountain motif.
Expanding on the food theme, vendors with carts have set up shop in the dining room, replacing the elegantly appointed banquet table visitors have come to expect. Jerk'N Pickle, a favorite of the San Mateo Farmers' Market, will be there, along with Buttercup Cakes of Santa Cruz, Carol Hall's Hot Pepper Jelly Co. of Fort Bragg and Katie's Candies of Chehalis, Wash.
"It was time to mix things up, and farmers' markets are all the rage right now," Fujimoto said.
There'll even be Filoli products – seasonings, herbs, vinegars and teas – for sale at checkout in the Garden House.
Among other surprises are a French parfumerie, a men's library and a shop (housed in the study) selling clothing, shoes and accessories. The latter even has fitting rooms.
Ong's wow factor comes into play in the ballroom, where six 9-foot Christmas trees sparkle with lights and glitter, echoing the "Ice Fantasy" theme. Each is devoted to a snow creature – with the exception of two peacock trees. The ballroom is also the venue for performances by Bay Area choral and orchestral groups.
This is the eighth year Leslie Howard of Atherton has been chairwoman of the Ballroom Committee. In addition to overseeing the staging of merchandise, she decorates the trees.
"It takes me about a day to trim one and a half trees, but that's after everything is unpacked," she said.
Howard organizes the ornaments by size, putting the biggest ones on first – that is, after she chooses the tree topper. Then she tucks the smaller ornaments inside.
Hers is one of the 18 committees assembled by Ong, who has pretty much lived and breathed "Holiday Traditions" for two years. Prior to becoming chairwoman, she served on the Floral Design Committee.
"I was looking for floral classes when I discovered Filoli," said Ong, who became hooked by Filoli itself and its many educational offerings.
To purchase "Holiday Traditions" tickets, call 364-8300, ext. 508, or visit filoli.org. Buffet lunches and evening bistro dining are available at select times during the week by advance reservation. In addition to the opening-night party, there are two children's luncheon parties. Ticket prices vary according to event.
Easy holiday decorating tips
Filoli merchandise buyer Linda Fujimoto of Palo Alto shares ideas on how to make it feel like Christmas at home. She co-owned, with her twin Mary Schwarz, Twin Concepts, a popular Menlo Park boutique, for 14 years.
• Fill three to five glass jars with Christmas candy and place them in the kitchen – a tasty nod to the season.
• Arrange fresh greens in big pots around the house.
• Place collections of different-size candles to add a warm and festive touch.
• Make a statement by placing 10-12 battery-operated (or real) candles on a tray.
• Create your own snow globes by placing a miniature scene inside a big glass jar.
• Fill decorative glass containers with old-fashioned round glass ornaments.


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Street parties and fetes are "get-togethers" that groups of residents arrange for their neighbours.
What is a street party?
Street parties and fetes are "get-togethers" that groups of residents arrange for their neighbours. The main differences between a small party, fetes and larger public events are listed below:
|Street parties and fetes
|Larger public events
For residents/neighbours only
Anyone can attend
Advertised only to residents
Advertised widely (such as newspapers)
No licences normally necessary if music is incidental and no selling is involved
Licence usually needed
No formal risk assessment needed, unless a road closure is required
Risk assessment common
Professional/skilled organisers
Although insurance cover is not compulsory Oxfordshire County Council would recommend that organisers effect cover in the event that they are held legally liable to pay compensation if an accident occurs or some third party's property is damaged
Insurance needed
Who you need to speak to?
Organising small, private street parties and fetes is very simple and generally does not include activities that need a licence, such as selling alcohol or providing certain types of entertainment.
If you would like to hold a street party or fete which requires a road to be closed, please complete the Application for a Temporary Road Closure in Online Forms (right).
If you are in a village please let your parish council know of your intention as they may be able to offer help or advice.
If you want to have a pay bar or intend to provide entertainment to the wider public, or charge to raise money for your event, you will need to apply for a temporary event notice which is a type of temporary licence.
Similarly larger public events attracting more people will require a different process.
If you need a Temporary Events Notice or would like to hold a larger public event, please contact Street Licensing (see contacts to the right).
The top tips for holding a party are to:
- plan early
- think about what you want to achieve
- get in touch with us at least 4-6 weeks in advance.
If a "first time" temporary road closure is required, normally, you will need to give us at least 12 weeks notice.
Online forms
- [PDF] Street Parties - frequency asked questions (46kb)
- [PDF] Assessing the Risk at your Event (46kb)
Useful links
- Directgov: Organising a small street party or fete
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- Communities and Local Government: Your guide to organising a street party or fete
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Corey Hart drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the 10th inning, and Rickie Weeks' third hit added an insurance run to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.
Nyjer Morgan walked to start the 10th and Fernando Rodriguez (1-8) intentionally walked Braun before a wild pitch moved the pair over.
Rodriguez walked Aramis Ramirez to load the bases before Hart's full-count grounder put Milwaukee on top. Weeks, who homered in the second, singled in the 10th.
Ryan Braun's RBI single tied it at 3 in the eighth and got Zack Greinke off the hook after he allowed three runs in the first as he started for the second straight day.
Manny Parra (1-3) pitched a perfect ninth for the win and John Axford allowed two hits in a scoreless 10th for his 15th save.
Greinke threw just four pitches Saturday before he was ejected after spiking the ball following a close play at first base during a 6-3 loss at Houston. So the Brewers gave him another shot on Sunday.
Greinke is the first pitcher in the majors to start consecutive games since C.J. Wilson of the Angels on May 11-12.
The last Brewers pitcher to start consecutive games was CC Sabathia, who started the game before and after the All-Star break in 2008.
Greinke also is scheduled to start Milwaukee's first game after the break on Friday. That would make him the first pitcher to start three straight games in one season since Red Faber for the Chicago White Sox in 1917, according to stats provided by the Brewers from the Elias Sports Bureau.
Much like the day before, things went wrong quickly on Sunday for the 2009 AL Cy Young winner.
The Astros tagged him for three runs in the first inning, but were unable to muster much offense the rest of the way.
Greinke settled down after that to pitch two scoreless innings before being replaced by Marco Estrada, who was originally scheduled to start Sunday. Greinke allowed five hits and three runs with five strikeouts.
The solo homer by Weeks in the second inning gave him two in the last three games.
Houston starter Jordan Lyles retired 10 straight before Braun doubled to start the sixth. Ramirez sent him home with a single to center field to cut Houston's lead to 3-2.
Scott Moore extended his hitting streak to a career-high nine games with a two-out single in the second inning. But the Astros offense went cold after that, and Houston didn't get another baserunner until Jed Lowrie walked to start the bottom of the sixth.
The Brewers still faced the minimum in that inning thanks to a double play, and relievers Jose Veras, Francisco Rodriguez and Parra shut down Houston for the next three innings. Jordan Schafer led off with a single and scored on a double by Jose Altuve. A wild pitch followed before Greinke got the first out. J.D. Martinez pushed the lead to 2-0 with a run-scoring single before a two-out single by Chris Johnson.
Brian Bogusevic walked before a bases-loaded walk by Chris Snyder sent another runner home.
He finally got out of the inning by striking out Lyles on his 39th pitch.
NOTES: Houston OF Justin Maxwell, on the DL with an injured left ankle, went 1 for 4 in his second rehabilitation start for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday night. ... Houston reliever Wilton Lopez, on the DL with a sprained right elbow, pitched one inning in his second rehabilitation start for Oklahoma City on Saturday night.


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Edit: Oh, and can we have the option for more than 104 key keyboards, please? Specifically, the terminal emulators which send unique codes. It would be nice if we didn't lose that ability. The USB HID spec has codes for those extra keys, after all, so why not just include them as a pass through type deal.
Sooo...you're proposing a stand-alone "non-keyboard specific mobile adapter" that is basically the "programmable keyboard PCB without the keyboard" Am I right?-programmable-re-mapping-macros-audible feedback-embedded layers-alternate layouts
Um, you realize you just described the Kinesis Advantage keyboard controller, right? Maybe they will sell the controller separately if you ask!Otherwise, just yank the controller out of that contoured keyboard you're selling.
It has pretty much already been done here with the Teensy PS/2 to USB converter: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:14618 It's just a matter of hacking the firmware to make it do Colemak conversion as well.Adding a little speaker shouldn't be tough. Adding USB support would be difficult, and might not be possible with Teensy - I'm not 100% sure of that platform's limitations. Though, I suppose that an off the shelf USB to PS/2 adapter could be used before the PS/2 to USB conversion for most keyboards. The hard part is the software. Making a piece of software that can generate firmware with the desired behavior (Colemak, Dvorak conversion, custom layouts, layers, etc.) is where 99% of the work is required. If the software isn't created then the majority of potential users will be reliant on the unpaid work of open source programmers, and sifting through an endless variety of firmwares of varying quality and compatibility.
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Actress Anne Archer has it all: elegance, sophistication, wit, a wonderful family, and a taste for fine cigars.
The day before, at lunch in Beverly Hills, Archer was dressed to kill, in a smart designer suit, her hair freshly styled, her makeup just so. She looked ready to audition for a role as a high-powered '90s businesswoman. Not today. On her home turf, she's kicked back and comfy, dressed in black slacks, a gray polo shirt and a hooded black sweatshirt. Her hair's a bit mussed and she's wearing almost no makeup. Which only accentuates her stunning natural beauty and the intelligence in her eyes.
By Hollywood standards, Archer has performed what amounts to a miracle. In Fatal Attraction, she played Michael Douglas' betrayed yet understanding wife, earning an Academy Award nomination in the process. In two Tom Clancy blockbuster hits, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, Archer won popular acclaim as Harrison Ford's savvy, all-enduring wife, balancing her career as an eye surgeon with the difficult demands of being married to a CIA agent being hunted by Irish terrorists and Colombian drug lords. In Robert Altman's Short Cuts, in which Archer's character worked as a clown, the actress revealed a gift for quirky, offbeat comedy that made you wish Ernst Lubitsch and Cary Grant were still around.
Through these performances, Archer has established herself as one of the most respected--and classiest--actresses in the movie business. Remarkably, she has done so without becoming known in the business as an egomaniacal pain-in-the-arse prima donna. Even more remarkably, Archer has managed to maintain a happy, enduring marriage and a stable family life for her two sons, Tommy, now an adult, and Jeffrey, 11. She's even a devoted hockey mom who hauls her younger son off to games at 5 a.m. So when we settled into her den to talk about her life, her work and her love of fine cigars, one question was uppermost in my mind:
How in heaven's name has Anne Archer managed to have it all in the crazy world of Hollywood without losing her balance, her dignity or her sense of humor?
"It's in the genes," she says with a laugh. "My mother started out on Broadway at the age of 17. My father was also in the theater in New York and later made movies. So I learned some hard lessons about Hollywood when I was still very young."
As Archer talks, it becomes evident that she had a delightful, somewhat tumultuous childhood and an upbringing that admirably prepared her for the capriciousness of Hollywood, the inevitable highs and lows of an acting career and the cruel dilemmas that the movie business reserves for beautiful women with minds of their own. These days, Archer sometimes feels a bit trapped; she is tired of being typecast as "the good wife." As the accompanying photos make clear, she has a whole other side, a sexy, daring side that urges her to kick aside that good wife image and sprawl out on tables in the most fetching sort of way. This is the serious actress looking for growth, this is Archer's artistic streak searching for fresh oxygen and stimulus. It is a search that, like her grandmother and her mother before her, she knows only too well.
"My grandmother always wanted to become an actress," Archer says. "She was eccentric, volatile, mischievous and full of fun." She was also very beautiful and a talented dancer; by the age of 18 she was giving dancing lessons in San Francisco and performing in clubs under the stage name of Billie Lyon. At one critical moment in her young life, Archer's grandmother got on a train to Los Angeles, to see a Hollywood agent. This was a radical, rebellious act for a young woman of her generation, and on the way south, she was overcome with fear and guilt. Reaching Los Angeles, she turned around and came straight home, without ever seeing the agent. Her acting dreams ended right there.
Archer's mother, actress Marjorie Lord, had a similar dream, and she was not about to be deterred by fear, guilt or anything else. She started dancing lessons at the age of three, threw herself into the world of art and, at 16, left home bound for New York and Broadway and determined to see her name in lights. She made a name for herself in the New York theater and met and married John Archer, a dashing young actor who had several lead roles on Broadway before going to Hollywood to make movies. Anne was born a few years later, in 1947. But the strains of maintaining a household with two working actors proved to be crippling; Anne's parents divorced when she was only four.
"My mother was always in a show and on the road a lot. We communicated by letter. But we remained deeply attached," Archer says. The demands of her mother's acting career meant that Anne and her older brother, Gregg, were often left in the care of their grandmother. "She really raised us," Archer says. "Mom played the father role. Grandma was Mom."
At a very early age, Archer made up her mind that she, too, would become an actress. "I think I stated it pretty clearly at about age six," Archer recalls. "I was in a totally artistic world. I was putting shows together [for family and friends], performing, learning songs, playing the piano. I lived for ballet. I took dance class everyday. At one point, I thought I wanted to be a ballerina."
Through a hit play on Broadway, Archer's mother came to the attention of comedian Danny Thomas, the creator and star of Make Room for Daddy, one of the most popular shows in the then-emerging field of television. Actress Jean Hagen originally played Thomas' wife on the show, but when she stepped down, Lord took over--in what began as a big break and wound up as something of a curse. She had a great seven-year run in the role and became a beloved figure in millions of households across America. But in a cruel Hollywood irony, her success as Thomas' wife wound up stifling her career and her development as an actress.
"It restricted my whole career," Lord says in a telephone interview. "It very quickly happens that people start to typecast you as a wife. And because I was so identified with Danny, after I left the show many actors refused to have me as their wife on screen or on TV. I was very disappointed with the way my career went after the Danny Thomas show. But the theater was my salvation and I began to see different values in life. Maybe there was a big hand watching over me, seeing to it that I didn't have too much success."
For young Anne, watching her mother's career hit a wall was a harsh lesson about an actor's life and about the fickle nature of the Hollywood powers-that-be--a lesson that helped armor Archer for her own career as an actress. "In acting, 99 percent of the time you're rejected," Archer says. "And people in this town drop you flat when you're no longer hot. I saw that happen to my mother. I saw how superficial the town was. There were some hard years there for my mother. And I swore I'd never think I had it made. You really have to be prepared for the ups and downs of this business."
Still, despite the many problems she saw her mother and grandmother encounter, Archer was irresistibly drawn to actors and their unconventional lives. "When I grew up, holidays were the time to invite all the lost souls to the house for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Every actor who was on the road and not going home came to our house for dinner, and we sort of took care of everybody." It was during such festive occasions that Archer came to a realization:
"The artists are the special people. You could see their faults and you could see their egos. But they brought a fresh take to every moment. They brought energy and humor and variety. They just weren't your average people; they don't live life like everyone else. Theater people are just more fun, more eccentric, in a really heartwarming way."
So Archer threw herself into the pursuit of her dream. She worked on singing, on playing the piano; in the privacy of her room she would become Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady, complete with the English accent. By the age of 12 she was doing her own renditions of nightclub torch songs. Her pals at school in Los Angeles became swept up by rock and roll, but Archer's heart was in a different time, to a different beat.
"I loved the blues. I liked the minor chords. Everything I played was always minor chords. I just loved that sound. It was my sound. My friends talked constantly about The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, but that just wasn't my world. I was listening to Billie Holiday, old Sinatra, Ray Charles, Mahalia Jackson--and I loved Nat King Cole."
When Archer was 11, her mother married a San Francisco theater producer named Randolph Hale, who would later open Los Angeles' first theater in the round. But the mainstay of Archer's existence remained her mother. Lord encouraged Archer in her singing, acting and piano playing, but also conveyed the importance of keeping her values straight and balancing her acting ambitions with the more important and lasting things in life, such as family.
"I preached that to her," Lord says. "I always felt that who you are as a human being is more important than success in the theater or whatever people see up there on the marquee. At one point I remember saying to her, 'You know, my dear, you have to learn to live a full life. Otherwise, you won't have anything to bring to the theater.'"
By the time she was a teenager, Archer had heard the message loud and clear. "All I wanted was to grow up and have a relationship and be loved by somebody. And be a big, successful actress and a great actress at the same time. I was a kid daydreaming. Creating fantasies. And it really started making me nuts at about age 12. That's puberty. Your hormones are talking, but you gotta sit it out for about eight more years. As a result, I was a very unhappy girl in high school. I was confused. I paid lots of attention to boys--and yet there were no boys in my life."
But nothing derailed her ambitions, or her dreams. After she graduated from Marlborough High School in Los Angeles, Archer remained in Southern California and went to private colleges, taking classes at Pitzer College and working in the Scripps theater department. She threw herself into her acting classes and participated in all the school plays and productions. Toward the end of her years at Scripps, she fell in love. Hard.
"He was older, handsome, mysterious, from a very, very wealthy blue-blood family in Los Angeles, and he was extremely eccentric," Archer says. "In fact, he was a bit of a lunatic. But he loved history and culture and he opened up whole new worlds for me." After graduation, they got married, and Archer had her first son, Tommy. Right away she came to understand, in a more profound way, her mother's message about the difficulties inherent in trying to balance an acting career and a family:
"If I hadn't been married, I'd have gone to New York and tried to work in the theater," she says. Instead, with a husband and baby, Archer chose to stay in Los Angeles. Through her mother, she found an agent who sent her scripts and sent her out on interviews. She got her first big break almost immediately. In 1972, she read for Jon Voight and director Charles Eastman and got a lead role in The All-American Boy, a major picture. The movie bombed, but Archer was on her way.
Over the next several years, Archer did theater, some smaller movies and a bit of television, and she continued to study acting. Along the way, she worked with some of the most prominent leading men in Hollywood: William Holden, James Coburn, Sylvester Stallone and Ryan O'Neal and, in later movies, Gene Hackman, Donald Sutherland, Sam Elliott and Joe Mantegna. Still, Archer was a woman divided.
"Most actresses went through a pretty wild fling of it for the first 10 years," she says. "And they were up and down with boyfriends and live-in relationships and a different kind of living. But I had this kid and from the moment he was born I just felt this huge change in me. I felt a woman of the world, I felt that I understood life and I felt permanently changed. I also felt very protective of my child. The word 'tigress' would definitely apply."
Archer ran into a problem: It was the 1970s and directors weren't looking for urbane, sophisticated women of the world. "The kind of movies I would have been ideally castable for were really made more in the 1940s--sophisticated comedies with sophisticated actresses and snappy dialogue. I had this womanly quality, but it just wasn't fashionable at that time," she says. "When I came on the scene, what was fashionable was that you had to take all your clothes off and expose your breasts, which I was extremely conservative about. In the '70s, that's what everybody did. And the kind of star, the quality that was looked for, was kookiness. You know, Goldie Hawn. Or you played a hippie and were very eccentric, like Karen Black."
There was another aspect to the problem as well: the curse of beauty in Hollywood, something Archer's mother and countless other actresses before and since have faced.
"You're pretty, and you thought it was your plus, your ace in the hole to get you in the door,'' Archer says. "But it was really the thing that kept you limited as an actress." As she explains it, the studios are always trying to wedge actresses into narrowly confined niches. "If you're pretty, you've gotta be a sexpot and take your clothes off. So they want to cast you as a hooker. Or you can play the elegant, untouchable one and still take your clothes off. By way of choices, that was about it. Or, of course, you could be like Farrah Fawcett. You know: furniture."
During these early years of her career, Archer was having her frustrations at home as well. After six years of marital ups and downs, she decided to call it quits. Ever seeking balance and harmony, Archer managed to make it an amicable split. Today, she says, she remains good friends with her ex-husband (whom she prefers not to name)and he remains an excellent father to their son.
In the months after the breakup, the last thing Archer was seeking was another relationship. But in her acting class she met an aspiring actor named Terry Jastrow. "We did scenes together and he looked upon me as sort of a--I don't want to say 'mentor,' that's not the word--but I was fully in the business and working all the time. And so I educated him about the business part of acting. I treated him as a friend."
One day, Jastrow told Archer that he was going up to Stanford University for a football game. He was going to do a little work there and he was inviting two others from the acting class, David and Cheryl Ladd, to come along. Would Archer like to come? Archer was not sure. Then the Ladds backed out and Archer made up her mind: "Terry was heartbroken, so I said, 'OK, I'll come.'"
Jastrow had mentioned he was doing some work for ABC Sports at the game and Archer assumed he was working as a gofer, just to make a little money to help pay for his acting classes. Once she arrived in San Francisco, however, she got quite a shock. "Terry has this guy pick me up at the airport and drive me to the stadium. I don't know what's going on. Then this guy takes me into this television truck and there's Terry directing the entire show. For the first time I saw he wasn't a gofer; he was the boss of the whole thing! It was hysterical."
What Archer soon learned was that Terry Jastrow was one of Roone Arledge's wunderkinder and one of the youngest directors in the history of ABC Sports. The young man she saw in that TV truck bore little resemblance to the tentative, fumbling young man she had seen struggling in acting class. "Terry was different now. He was so...in control. In acting, he was sort of looking to me for what was going on. And now I was on his turf." They started dating, later moved in together, got married and several years later had a son, Jeffrey. They have been together 18 years, and with Jastrow, Archer says she has found the necessary balance for which she had long been searching.
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There is a tradition in the horticulture professions to be able to do whatever is required and to do it when it is needed and for next to nothing. Here are some tips that can help with the work ahead and keep the spirit of this great country and this season moving forward.
1. Get up before the sun comes up and go to bed when it goes down. This gives you plenty of sleep and gets you to work when you are fresh and thinking the clearest.
2. Don't stay in bed thinking about getting up. When you wake up jump out of bed, do your libations, exercise, say your prayers and whatever else you need to do and then get going on the day's work.
3. Plan the day out so you know what and when you are going to do it. If you need to milk the cows or goats then that has to come first, then breakfast, then the next thing on the list.
4. Study your subject every day. If you plan ahead for planting then you will have the ground prepared by the time the ground temperature or light or harvest timing is here. Know what is coming, put it on your calendar and work toward that.
5. Know basic and a little advanced first aid. Understand how to stop bleeding, clean a wound, disinfect scratches and treat sprains. Know when you need to ask for help. Know your emergency information like allergies, blood type, doctor's number and insurance information.
6. Learn how to fix things. Why buy a new tool when you can replace the handle yourself? I knew a Mexican man who at 70 could outwork me at 40 and when his tools broke he replaced the handles with steel pipe. You may not need to know how to weld metal but it can't hurt knowing how to wire something together, screw a screw or sharpen a knife.
7. Learn how to catch things. Gophers are a good start, then you may want to catch mice, rats, bugs, dogs, horses, rambunctious roosters and little kids (human). If you cannot catch things they will take over your lives and that is not OK.
8.Know how to build and fix a fence. There are all kinds and they all have a good job to do. Squirrels are taking over Palo Alto and they are protected so you cannot catch them. You can sure fence them out though, even if it means putting your fruit tree in a cage until you can harvest. The less food they get the less babies they will have and maybe the cats and hawks can thin out the rest.
9. If you get in an argument with someone, fix it as soon as you can. Remember, the first one to apologize for their part in the conflict is actually the winner.
10. Keep on good terms with your Mother. You only have one, and your job is to be grateful for her.
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COUNCIL bosses have been slammed for 'burying' the start of a budget consultation that will see £49 million cuts to services.
The Labour group on Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWAC) says that the Conservative-led ruling group only revealed its proposed three-year budget at 5pm on the night before Christmas Eve, Labour Leader Clr Justin Madders said: "This Tory Council has plumbed new depths.
"To attempt to 'bury' a matter of this significance at a time when most people are preparing for Christmas is cynical in the extreme.
"There has been absolutely no scrutiny of these proposals prior to their release.
"Members of council gathered only a few days ago but no opportunity was taken to share this information with us.
"Do they think we aren't watching what they're up to?
"I want to know who took the decision to begin this consultation at such a bad time.
"Who is going to put their hands up to authorising such a cynical move?"
He added: "This budget means cuts of £49 million.
"Services will be affected, people will lose their jobs and the council will not continue as it is.
"This consultation paper provides a lot of big numbers but no detail about what this means in practice.
"This Tory council is trying to pull the wool over people's eyes and their cynicism is breathtaking.
"They do not deserve to hold power when they abuse it in this way."
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Infinity Ward will be showing off the multiplayer for Call of Duty: Ghosts with a streaming event that takes place on Wednesday, August 14th at 10:30am PDT in Los Angeles. The global reveal will go in-depth on all things multiplayer, and will include several world premiere announcements for the millions of fans that play Call of Duty every year. You can find out more by watching the live feed when the event takes place.
The official Call of Duty site was updated this morning with information about the livestream of the Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer reveal. The team at Infinity Ward will be giving the Call of Duty community the first details on what everyone can expect this fall when Call of Duty: Ghosts launches worldwide. Watch it live on callofduty.com/ghosts/feed Wednesday, August 14th at 10:30am PDT.
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Regular performances will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and March 8, 9, 15 and 16; and 2 p.m. March 10
Cost for the preview performance is $10 per person. Cost for regular shows is general admission, $20 in advance, $24 at the door; 60 and older, $18 in advance, $22 at the door; and full-time students, first 30 tickets are free with a reservation, $10 at the door.
To reserve a ticket with a credit card, call 422-6329. To purchase in person, go to 300 W. Wayne St. noon-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday during performance week. To purchase online, go to http://www.firstpres-fw.org/the_arts/theater/tickets/.
STEP INTO SPRING: Get all kinds of home, landscaping and garden ideas at the Fort Wayne Home and Garden Show, which is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. today at Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.
The show, which continues through Sunday, includes seminars by local Master Gardeners and presentations by special guests, such as The Mole Hunter; Jyll Everman, a finalist the Food Network's "Next Food Network Star" program; Erica Glasener, host of HGTV's "A Gardener's Diary"; and Alex Babich, the "Mushroom Guy."
Hours other days are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is $10, adults; $6, ages 65 and older; and free, ages 15 and younger. For more information, go to www.home-gardenshow.com.ROAD SHOW: Enjoy the music of Mathis Grey, John Fellman and Patrick Woods when the Acoustic Nomad Tour makes a stop at 8 p.m. at C2G Music Hall, 323 W. Baker St.
Cost is $5 per person for this all-ages show. Tickets are available in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com; local Wooden Nickel Music stores, 3627 N. Clinton St., 3422 N. Anthony Blvd., and 6427 W. Jefferson Blvd.; and Neat, Neat, Neat Records and Music, 1836 S. Calhoun St.SUPER SHOW: If you love music and dance, you'll enjoy the 39th annual Show Choir Invitational at Bishop Luers High School, 333 E. Paulding Road. The high school competition traditionally has featured some of the top show choirs in the area and Midwest.
The daytime competition takes place 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. The evening finals competition begins at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are sold at the door, are $10 each for the day show, $10 each for the evening show, and $15 for both sessions.
MUSICAL MUSCLE: Guest vocalist Leon Williams and The Phil Chorus join the Fort Wayne Philharmonic for the Masterworks series concert "A Night for Fighting" at 8 p.m. at the Embassy Theatre, 121 W. Jefferson Blvd.
The concert features the music of "Bolero," by Maurice Ravel; Symphonic Dances, from "West Side Story," by Leonard Bernstein; and "Belshazzar's Feast," by William Walton.
Tickets are $16, $28, $48 and $63. To buy them, call 481-0777; go to www.fwphil.org; visit the Phil box office, 4901 Fuller Drive, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday, and 45 minutes to one hour before show times at concert sites; and at the Embassy Theatre box office, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays and at least 45 minutes before the concert.
HOME THEATER: What's better than HD TV? Having a Broadway production appear in your home. That's the plot in "The Drowsy Chaperone," which the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre presents at 8 p.m. at the Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St.
The main character, The Man in Chair, is a mousy, apartment-bound Broadway fanatic. He's trying to ease an unspecified sadness by listening to a fictional 1928 musical comedy, "The Drowsy Chaperone." As he shares the recording with the audience, the show's characters and set appear in his apartment.
Additional shows are 2 p.m. Sunday and March 10 and 17; and 8 p.m. March 8-9 and 15-16.
Tickets are $26, adults; $18, ages 23 and younger; and $22 for seniors only at Sunday matinees. They are available at www.fwcivic.org, 424-5220, or at the Arts United Center box office 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, and before performances.
MORE MUSIC: These shows also are worth a look:
•The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band plays Americana and blues music at 8 p.m. at Piere's, 5629 St. Joe Road. Doors open at 7 p.m. Free admission.
•Commander Cody fires up his "Hot Rod Lincoln" and other songs — from country and rock to Western swing and jump blues — for an all-ages show at 8 p.m. at C2G Music Hall, 323 W. Baker St. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of show. Buy in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com; local Wooden Nickel Music stores; and Neat, Neat, Neat Records and Music.CLASSIC ADAPTED: Local faith-based theater group all for One productions presents "A Little Princess," a drama adapted from the classic book, at 2:30 p.m. in the Allen County Public Library auditorium, 900 Library Plaza.
Additional performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Tickets are $15, adults; $12, seniors; and $10 students. For tickets or information, call 622-4610 or go to www.allforonefw.org.FOLKSY LADIES: The Whipstich Sallies serve up a menu of Americana and roots music 7-10 p.m. at J.K. O'Donnell's, 121 W. Wayne St.
Two members of the Indianapolis-based band, Allie Burbrink (guitar, banjo) and Sam Roberts (mandolin), met while working as guitar players at a summer camp in 2007, it says on the band's website, www.thewhipstitchsallies.com. They later were joined by friend Kat Erickson (bass), and Katie Burk (fiddle), the latter of whom they met at a music festival in Kentucky.


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You survived Summer Orientation or are about to enter Fall Orientation and are looking around your room thinking to yourself, "Where do I begin?" Well, to start off, don't get overwhelmed! I know that's easier said than done, but UNE's Residential Education and Housing office has developed a packing list for you! You can find it online at the link below!
Also, be sure to contact your new roommate(s) to avoid bringing too much! It'll be a great way to introduce yourself and share any concerns you have with your roommate(s) while also working out who will bring the TV or mini fridge! Don't be afraid to just send them an email and get the conversation started!
Remember that if you forget something it isn't the end of the world! When coming to college, it's okay if you don't have everything! You can always ask someone to borrow a mixing bowl or a movie. It's a great way to get to know more people! Plus, you can always grab what you left behind during your next trip home!
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July 31, 2012
by Maury Brown
A look at the growing trend of huge free agent contracts.
July 23, 2012
A view of how Major League Baseball can make the game more appealing to fans and bring the game to them more efficiently.
July 16, 2012
Ratings for the MLB All-Star Game were up this year, but does that really tell the whole story?
July 9, 2012
A look at the changing landscape of media rights deals in sports and how MLB will be affected.
July 2, 2012
A look at how teams structure their payroll and the merits of the different strategies.
June 25, 2012
A look at how the Nationals are trying to get more out of their television deal
June 18, 2012
A look at the Padres' impending sale and how television rights deals are changing the way clubs are valued.
June 11, 2012
A look at the league's new drug policy.
June 4, 2012
Digging deeper into the new CBA.
May 29, 2012
Our first look inside the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
May 14, 2012
Musings on the new CBA, attendance, and blackouts, among other things
May 7, 2012
A look at ever-increasing player salaries and the player best-positioned to eclipse the $300 million mark
May 1, 2012
A look at the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers
April 23, 2012
Examining attendance trends throughout Major League Baseball in the early going of 2012
April 16, 2012
A look at why the Mariners could be in a prime position to be sold
April 9, 2012
A look at the teams that have begun uncharacteristic spending and why this could be a trend we continue to see
April 2, 2012
A look at MLB's new policy for how clubs and players can interact with fans in social media
On International Autism Awareness Day, we set aside baseball for a moment.
March 28, 2012
The Frank McCourt era blissfully comes to an end in Los Angeles, as a group led by Magic Johnson agrees to purchase the Dodgers for a whopping $2.15 billion.
March 26, 2012
A critical view of Forbes' team valuations
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Mendez turns in stellar Major League debut
ARLINGTON -- Right-hander Roman Mendez made his Major League debut Tuesday night against the Astros, pitching two scoreless innings to become just the third pitcher in club history to throw for at least two innings without a hit in his Major League debut.
The 23-year-old Mendez was called up from Triple-A Round Rock on Monday, living up to Rangers manager Ron Washington's expectations of him, while also adding in a few surprises.
"They said he was throwing strikes, getting his slider across the plate, and that's what he did [Tuesday] night -- attacked the zone," Washington said. "Now I didn't know he threw it 97 [mph]. ... When he popped 97 last night I asked [pitching coach] Mike [Maddux], 'He throws 97?' He said, 'Yeah.'"
Grace Raynor is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Teddy Cahill is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @tedcahill. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Lester, Gomes make welcomed arrival to Oakland
Pair of Red Sox jump atop standings after A's pull off blockbuster Deadline deal
OAKLAND -- From worst to first to worst again, Jon Lester has found his way back to first, albeit in white cleats.
"Changing uniforms doesn't change what we're trying to do between the lines," said Jonny Gomes.
Just their chances of standing between those lines past September.
Taken off an obliterated last-place Red Sox roster following Thursday's startling trade to the first-place A's, Lester and Gomes arrived at the Oakland Coliseum on Friday afternoon ready to go about their business.
Except landing a bona-fide ace after already reeling in Jeff Samardzija in a trade with the Cubs on the Fourth of July isn't business as usual for these A's, who were forced to part with wildly talented slugger Yoenis Cespedes to make it all work.
That's why many in the building were still hungover from the shock that Thursday's off-day produced.
"It's a lot to digest," said manager Bob Melvin. "The magnitude of that type of trade gets your attention. Everybody was so close to Cespy here, and he had an unbelievable impact on what we've done here in the last two-plus years, and we wish him the best and we thank him for everything.
"But to bring in the guys that we brought in, you have to trade something very significant, and that's what it took."
Such shock is mitigated by the presence of impact players like Lester and Gomes, who walked into the A's clubhouse to the soundtrack of John Phillip Souza's "Washington Post March," while catcher Derek Norris literally marched around the room.
Welcome to Oakland, Jon Lester.
"Obviously leaving Boston after being there for so long is difficult, but I'm excited to be here," said Lester, who will make his A's debut Saturday against the Royals. "Going from a team that hasn't done so well this year to the team with the best record in baseball is exciting.
"They play the game the right way. Obviously their pitching staff has always been strong. It'll be fun to be a part of."
The 30-year-old was in the middle of his ninth season with the Red Sox, whose sudden fall from World Series champions to the cellar of the American League East prompted a swift reshuffling project. Gone went contending in 2014, and gone went their chances of signing Lester to an extension -- though both parties are open to getting back together in the offseason, it seems.
The A's plan only goes so far as 2014.
"Any time you negotiate with a team and it doesn't go the way everyone wants it, there's always a little bit of disappointment," said Lester, "but that's not to say the effort wasn't there on both sides to get something done. But my time in Boston will be something I always remember and cherish, from 2002 to yesterday. I've got nothing but great things to say about the organization, the way they treated me, treated my family through the good times and bad times. We'll see where that relationship goes later on, but right now I'm an A and I'm going to go out and perform for these guys and do the best I can to bring the championship here."
The lefty joins a formidable rotation of Scott Kazmir, Sonny Gray, Samardzija and Jason Hammel, and is also reunited with pitching coach Curt Young, who worked the same role in Boston in 2011.
He's not of the same goofy mold as Gomes, but both share the title of consummate pro.
Lester also has a 1.07 ERA in his last eight starts, a 2.52 ERA on the year, and a 2.11 ERA in the postseason, along with the second-best winning percentage (.636) among active American League pitchers.
"Not only is this guy well-decorated and climbing the totem pole of the left-handers in the game and left-handers in the postseason, that's what you guys get to see," said Gomes. "You guys don't get to see the work ethic, what goes into his success, what goes into his championship pedigree, something I didn't know on the other side. It truly is a breath of fresh air to know the best pitcher on the team is also the hardest-working guy on the team.
"We both realized early on in our career why we play 162 -- 162 is just the appetizer for what this game's all about. This is a pretty big piece to add to a ballclub. I've been blessed and lucky to have played behind him. I can't think of a better guy to toe the rubber in a big situation."
"Any time you can get a very good All-Star starting pitcher," said Norris, "that trumps hitting in my mind."
Norris was one of several A's players, Josh Reddick and Josh Donaldson included, who greatly benefited from Gomes' counsel in the middle of their 2012 storybook season.
"He was the guy that kind of broke me into the big leagues," he said. "He was the guy that I tried to model myself after as far as the way he carries himself. He's a positive guy, he's a great clubhouse guy, he's a high-energy guy. He's old school. He's fun to have around."
"You create a different bond of guys when you go through a season that takes you into the playoffs," said Gomes, who will platoon in left field. "Like last year with the Sox and the year before here. Little biased from my end, growing up in the area, being an A's fan. I always thought it was unique coming here. I went from A's pajamas to an A's uniform in about 22 years. I put a lot of work into the young guys, physically, mentally -- like a proud father watching these guys take off, so to see six A's in the All-Star Game, that was pretty cool. So I of course kept tabs on these guys."
Now he wants to share with them the experience he believes every ballplayer should have.
"I was fortunate enough to have that lifelong goal to get that World Series ring," said Gomes. "I thought I was hungry to get that World Series ring. Now that I have it, I've become starving for it. It really sinks home to that's what we play for."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A Study of Itraconazole in the Prevention of Histoplasmosis, a Fungal Infection, in HIV-Infected Patients
This study has been completed.
Janssen, LP
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First received: November 2, 1999
Last updated: June 23, 2005
Last verified: April 1996
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To assess the safety and efficacy of itraconazole versus placebo for prevention of histoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients with CD4 counts < 150 cells/mm3 who reside where histoplasmosis is endemic. To assess the safety and efficacy of itraconazole for preventing other debilitating fungal infections, such as cryptococcosis, aspergillosis, recalcitrant oropharyngeal or vaginal candidiasis, and recurrent esophageal candidiasis.
|HIV Infections Histoplasmosis
|Drug: Itraconazole
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Randomized Study Comparing Itraconazole to Placebo in the Prevention of Histoplasmosis in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS Histoplasmosis
Drug Information available for: ItraconazoleU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Patients must have:
- HIV infection.
- Residence in an area endemic for H. capsulatum.
- Absolute CD4 count < 150 cells/mm3.
- No current or past active histoplasmosis.
- No other active fungal infection.
- Life expectancy of at least 1 year.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
- Life-threatening infection or malignancy other than cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma.
- Inability to take oral medication.
Concurrent Medication:
- Systemically-active antifungals.
- Investigational drugs (expanded access drugs are acceptable).
- Rifampin.
- Rifabutin.
- Terfenadine.
- Astemizole.
- Phenobarbital.
- Phenytoin.
- Carbamazepine.
- H2 blockers.
- Omeprazole.
- Continual antacids.
Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:
History of intolerance to imidazole or azole compounds.
Prior Medication:
Excluded within 1 month prior to study entry:
- Investigational drugs (expanded access drugs are acceptable).
Excluded within 15 days prior to study entry:
- Rifampin.
- Rifabutin.
- Terfenadine.
- Astemizole.
- Phenobarbital.
- Phenytoin.
- Carbamazepine.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002438
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002438
|United States, Indiana
|Infectious Diseases Research Clinic / Indiana Univ Hosp
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|Infectious Diseases of Indianapolis
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46280
|United States, Missouri
|Univ of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine
|Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108
|Infectious Diseases Association / Research Med Ctr
|Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64132
|United States, Tennessee
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38103
|Dr Michael Threikeld
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105
|Dr Mark A Pierce
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
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Janssen, LP
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00002438 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|June 23, 2005
Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Communicable Diseases
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
Antifungal Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors
Hormone Antagonists
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
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British actor Lennie James is still part of the AMC family, playing Detective Joe Geddes on Sunday night drama "Low Winter Sun," but would he be open to a return to "The Walking Dead."
Lennie famously plays Morgan on AMC's "TWD," a character who made his first appearance in Season 1, and returned again in Season 3 episode "Clear," where Andrew Lincoln's Rick Grimes found his old friend alone, setting up traps for zombies, and a little out of his mind.
"Yeah, sure," Lennie said, when Access Hollywood asked him if he'd be up for going back at some point. "I've had nothing but a good time while I was there and 'The Walking Dead' family and Andrew Lincoln and everybody down there have been really good to me and good for me, so of course I'd go back.
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"I have a lovely time there and [if] they keep writing me stuff that's like [what] they've done in the past, then who would turn that down," he added.
Lennie's big Season 3 return saw him in some dramatic scenes with Andrew, and a deleted scene from "Clear" featuring the two British actors in several intense minutes (with Morgan explaining why he's still alive, and why he clears) is included in the "Deleted Scenes" portion of "The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season" (due out on Blu-ray on August 27).
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Asked for his memories of filming that episode, Lennie told Access, "It was really exciting."
"It was one of those where you just — you're excited by… the potential of the scenes that he'd written," Lennie said, making reference to the writer of the episode, Scott Gimple, who is now the showrunner for "The Walking Dead" Season 4, currently in production in Atlanta.
"It was a fantastic episode and they'd written some really lovely stuff for me to do. All I had to do really was to step up and try not let anybody down," he said.
If Morgan re-enters "The Walking Dead" drama, it likely won't be for a while as Lennie is a main player on "Low Winter Sun," with fellow British actor Mark Strong. The show, which airs after "Breaking Bad" on Sunday nights, sees the two men playing Detroit Detectives who kill a fellow officer in the pilot (which aired two weeks ago), and are now tasked with solving that very crime they were hoping would stay hidden.
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"Our first 10 episodes are about the fallout of that murder, why it was done, why one of them thinks it was done. Why the other one knows it was done and the affect it has on them as people, but also, them as cops, because they're put in charge of investigating a crime that they've committed and the affect it has on the other cops, [and] the underworld of Detroit because the cop they killed is a dirtier cop than them," he explained.
And Lennie is thankful that his new series, which will air its third episode this Sunday at 10/9c on AMC, has the lead in of the final run of "Breaking Bad."
"We're really lucky," he said. "As a lead in, you can't ask for anything better and I think it probably shows the faith that the network [has] in what we've been doing that they're giving us such a prestigious lead in," he said.
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Bartlett, Kubel part of Opening Day roster
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- After inking Minor League deals and being non-roster invitees to Major League camp, Jason Bartlett and Jason Kubel landed spots on the Twins' 25-man roster.
The club selected the contracts of both players Saturday morning and reassigned catcher Dan Rohlfing to Minor League camp.
Kubel played seven seasons with the Twins before leaving as a free agent prior to the 2012 campaign. The 31-year-old hit just .216/.293/.317 with five homers, nine doubles and 32 RBIs in 97 games with the D-backs and Indians last season. He played 89 of those games with Arizona before being traded to Cleveland on Aug. 29.
Kubel, who was originally selected by the Twins in the 12th round of the 2000 First-Year Player Draft, was a .271/.335/.459 hitter with 104 homers, 142 doubles and 429 RBIs in 753 games with Minnesota.
Bartlett, who was with the Twins from 2004-07, last played in the Majors in '12 with the Padres, and he didn't play at all last season.
Bartlett, 34, was limited by a sprained right knee in 2012, hitting just .133 in 33 games before being released by San Diego that August.
He's a career .271/.336/.366 hitter with 31 homers, 156 doubles and 123 stolen bases in 889 career games. He served as Minnesota's starting shortstop from 2005-07 before being traded to Tampa Bay before the '08 season in the deal that brought Delmon Young to the Twins.
Maureen Mullen is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.