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2 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 MARKET PRESS
Publisher Mike Starn
Advertising Director Lynn Wagner
Editor Howard Hayes
Contributing Writers Ken Carpenter Tom Blount
Edited by The High Point Enterprise Editorial DepartmentServing the High Point Market since 1980
210 Church Ave., High Point, N.C. 27262336.888.3599
a publication of
IndexADVICE 15BRIDGE 12CROSSWORD 12SEMINAR CALENDAR 11SOCIAL CALENDAR 10SPORTS 13-14
RegionsCAPITAL 2MIDWEST 6NORTHEAST 6SOUTH 6WEST 12
ABOUT THE COVER: A marketgoer passes artwork at Art Point on Green Drive. Photo by David Holston. Cover layout by Mary Leslie English.
CAPITAL2 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 MARKET PRESS
Publisher Mike Starn
Advertising Director Lynn Wagner
Editor Howard Hayes
Contributing Writers Ken Carpenter Tom Blount
Edited by The High Point Enterprise Editorial DepartmentServing the High Point Market since 1980
210 Church Ave., High Point, N.C. 27262336.888.3599
a publication of
IndexADVICE 15BRIDGE 12CROSSWORD 12SEMINAR CALENDAR 11SOCIAL CALENDAR 10SPORTS 13-14
RegionsCAPITAL 2MIDWEST 6NORTHEAST 6SOUTH 6WEST 12
ABOUT THE COVER: A marketgoer passes artwork at Art Point on Green Drive. Photo by David Holston. Cover layout by Mary Leslie English.
Government: No increase for Social Security next year
WASHINGTON (AP) – Another year without an increase in Social Securi-ty retirement and disabil-ity benefi ts is creating a political backlash that has President Barack Obama and Democrats pushing to give a $250 bonus to each of the program’s 58 million recipients.
The Social Security Ad-ministration said Friday infl ation has been too low since the last increase in 2009 to warrant a raise for 2011. The announce-ment marks only the sec-
ond year without an i n c r e a s e since auto-matic ad-justments for infl ation were adopt-ed in 1975.
This year was the fi rst.House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi promised to sched-ule a vote after the Nov. 2 election on a bill to provide one-time $250 payments to Social Security recipi-ents. Obama endorsed the payment, which would be
similar to one includedin his economic recoverypackage last year.
Obama had pushed for asecond payment last fall,but the proposal failed inthe Senate when a dozenDemocrats joined Republi-cans on a vote to block it.
Michael Steel, a spokes-man for House Republi-can leader John Boehnerof Ohio, said that if Dem-ocrats were serious abouta bonus, they would havevoted on it before law-makers went home tocampaign for re-election.
Obama administration reports $1.3 trillion budget defi cit
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration said Friday the federal defi cit hit a near-record $1.3 trillion for the just-completed bud-get year.
That means the govern-ment had to borrow 37 cents out of every dollar it spent as tax revenues continued
to lag while spending onfood stamps and unemploy-ment benefi ts went up asjoblessness neared double-digit levels in a strugglingeconomy.
Voter anger over defi citsand spending are a big prob-lem for Democrats this elec-tion year.
Politics trumps loyalty in Democratic House effortWASHINGTON (AP) –
Grasping to keep control of Congress, Democratic lead-ers are turning their backs on some of their staunchest supporters in the House and propping up stronger can-didates who have routinely defi ed them on health care, climate change and other major issues.
Raw politics – the drive to win a House-majority 218 seats, no matter how – is in-creasingly trumping policy and loyalty in these decisions, as Democrats shift money and attention in the closing days of the campaign toward races they can win and pull back from those seemingly lost.
The Democrats are shell-ing out $40 million in 59 congressional districts in the last three weeks of the campaign for TV advertis-
ing. Republicans are work-ing to expand the political battleground by pouring money into 82 races next week alone.
Feelings are being hurt along the way.
In a fundraising video in Ohio this week, Rep. Steve Driehaus lashed out at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for “walking away” from his race after he “had the guts” to cast tough votes for key measures.
The House campaign arm has in recent days canceled millions of dollars worth of advertising it had planned for Driehaus and other en-dangered Democrats includ-ing his fellow Ohioan Mary Jo Kilroy, Suzanne Kosmas in Florida, Betsy Markey in Colorado and Steve Kagen in Wisconsin.
FILE | AP
In this April 20 fi le photo, Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Ohio, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats are grasping to keep control of the House in a grow-ing number of tough campaigns around the country.
Pelosi
417 new jobs have been created
in the last fi ve years
Traditional undergraduate enrollment has grown from 1,450
students to 3,300 students
Parade Magazine lists HPU as one ofthe top 25 private schools in the
nation in its annual “College A-List”
Forbes ranks HPU in the top seven percent of all universities
and colleges in the U.S.
Average SAT scores have risen by over 100 points
in fi ve years
Over the next 10 years, HPU’s transformation plan will grow from $300 million to $2.1 billion. This is truly extraordinary, not only because of the unprecedented investment, but for the impact it will have on our students. The focus will be on academics, holistic and values-based education, experiential learning and cutting-edge facilities and technology.
AT HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY, EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES AN EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION IN AN INSPIRING ENVIRONMENT WITH CARING PEOPLE.
www.highpoint.edu/extraordinary
Over the past five years, we’ve attracted 90 new full-time faculty members. And as we grow, our transformation plan will help us achieve the goal ofattracting and keeping the best—250 faculty in all.
AND SO HAS OUR DETERMINATION TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ATTENTION.
DOUBLEDOUR FACULTY FAMILY HAS
Students sit across campus with the likes of George Washington, Galileo, Gandhi, Rosa Parksand Martin Luther King, Jr. Each one of the 16 distinct sculptures of great figures in history is an example of our focus on holistic learningopportunities for students.
HAVE LUNCH WITH
Amelia Earhart
Part of the Nido R. Qubein School ofCommunication, the new Survey Research Center resources and publishes national polls.
277,000 square feet of “WOW!”Students live, learn and dine in HPU’s i m p re ss i ve n ew U n i ve r s i t y Ce n te r which houses 500 and features the inspir ing Learning Commons l ibrary.
When tornados struck more than 600homes in the community students stepped up to clean debris, and packed and delivered 1,000 meals for American Red Cross workers.
G O O D N E I G H B O R S
Located on the fourth floor of the University Center, this first-class steakhouse provides students a fine dining experience as well as a learning lab for business etiquette.
A Prime locationfor a choice learning experience
4 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 MARKET PRESS
1200 S. Holden Road, Greensboro(336) 299-1003www.arigato.net
5831 High Point Road, Greensboro852-8890
www.giovannisnc.netTHE ONLY GIOVANNI’S IN TOWN
15 minutes from downtown High Point, Lexington Ave. to High Point Rd.
1603 New Garden Road, GSO 617-58741589 Skeet Club Rd., High Point
889-0578
3915 Sedgebrook StreetHigh Point, NC 27265
336-841-0222www.steakstreet.com
1124 Eastchester Drive, High Point, NC336-885-0762giannoshp.com
1-463 N. Main Street, Archdale336-861-5806
130 W. Lexington Ave., High Point(336) 882-6971
www.emerywood.comCasual fining dining
131 W. Lexington Ave., High Point(336) 882-2611
805 N. Main Street, High Point(336) 887-2645
www.sumelarestaurant.com
2600 S. Main Street, High Point(336) 885-8101
www.peppermillcafe.com
2409 S. Main Street, High Point(336) 887-3315
10914 N. Main Street, Archdale(336)861-6247
Steaks handcut on premises.
SPRING 2010
Sumela Restaurant“A Taste Of The Mediterranean”
MARKET PRESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 5
119 E. Main St.Jamestown, NC336.882.5570
www.southernrootsfoods.com
800 Green Valley Rd.Greensboro, NC336.574.1515
www.RuthsChris.com
Located atThe Oak Hollow Mall914 Mall Loop Road
High Point, NC336.882.4677
3800 Tinsley Dr.High Point, NC336.884.3474
www.osorestaurantgroup.com
4005 Precision Way(corner of Wendover & Penny)
High Point, NC336.882.4005 4512 West Market St.
Greensboro, NC336.294.2605
www.leblonsteakhouse.com
4608 W. Market Street, Greensboro297-4881 or 854-2314
Open @ 5pmSPRING 2010
For local news and information go to
www.hpe.com
6 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 MARKET PRESS
AP
Annie Chambers Caddell stands outside her home in Summerville, S.C., on Thursday. The Confederate fl ag be-hind her has raised concern in her predominantly black neighborhood, and neighbors plan a protest march.
MIDWEST, SOUTH, NORTHEAST
Former Wisconsin prosecutor sued by woman he ‘sexted’MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A domes-
tic abuse victim has fi led a lawsuit asking a judge to declare that her constitutional rights were violat-ed by a prosecutor who sent her
sexually harassing text messages.Attorney Michael Fox fi led the
lawsuit Friday in federal court in Milwaukee on behalf of 26-year-old Stephanie Van Groll.
Former Calumet County DistrictAttorney Ken Kratz sent Van Groll30 text messages last year while hewas prosecuting her ex-boyfriendon a strangulation charge.
Black neighbors to picket woman’s Confederate fl agSUMMERVILLE, S.C.
(AP) – Annie Chambers Caddell, whose ancestors fought in the Civil War, insists the Confederate fl ag fl ying over her home is an important reminder of her heritage. But for her neigbors in this tree-shrouded, historically black neighborhood, it’s an unpleasant reminder of a by-gone era they’d
rather not see every time they pass by her house.
Caddell, who is white, moved into the Browns-ville neighborhood in June and began fl ying the fl ag about a month later. Since then, more than 200 residents signed a protest petition, and now neigh-bors plan to march today along the street in front of Caddell’s house.
Teen who strangled brother gets life in prison
RISING SUN, Ind. (AP) – An Indiana teen-ager who admitted he strangled his 10-year-old brother and told police he identifi ed with a TV se-rial killer was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole.
Andrew Conley, 18, showed no emotion as a judge sentenced him for the Nov. 28 murder of
his brother, Conner. But the teenager wept as he was led out of the court-room.
Judge James Hum-phrey could have sen-tenced Conley to life in prison without parole or to a lesser term of 45 to 65 years. But Humphrey said Conner’s age outweighed any other factors such as mental illness.
The GATES on WARD
Designer Show RoomsFurniture
&Fine Furnishings
Open 7 Days a WeekMonday - Saturday 10 am - 8 pm
Sunday 11am - 6 pm
641 West Ward Avenue, High Point
704-615-1952
MARKET PRESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 7
Here’s to fall and new things to seeI t is hard to believe another season has come and
gone, and now, fall High Point Market time is here again. I hope that everyone has had a good
selling season since the spring. Tales of the economy seem to have a lot of people down, especially consum-ers. But there is so much new product to see and dis-play, it really is hard to let those stories dampen the excitement of market. Especially when the weather is nice and crisp, beautiful new product to see, and new designs to create. Here’s to Fall, and doing it up right. Right here in High Point. Welcome. We are certainly glad you’re here.
Green and clean from the USA
John Strauss has done it again. Coming to Show-place this market, Strauss still designs and builds custom and designer oriented pieces to order in his atelier. The new line of designs are targeted to the retail market for the fi rst time and many are being built by Amish craftspeople in an Ohio county close to Strauss’ headquarters.
John Strauss At Home, as the new designs are called, has worked with the Amish to develop a price structure and a production capability that suits the retail market. Strauss says, “The capability and tech-nological skills of the Amish are remarkable. They are experienced craftspeople and believe it or not, many of their shops have more advanced equipment than I do.” There are highly specialized shops and small factories within an hour of Strauss’s shop that he regularly consults with. John Strauss At Home is also able to deliver a product that is U.S. manufac-tured and price competitive with many imports.
Two new collections will be shown at the artisan’s showroom this market. The Holmes Collection is a bedroom set with two different dressers, nightstands, a bed and a bench. All of the items are built from solid maple and are available in four different fi n-ishes. All of the drawers are solid dovetailed maple and Strauss has chosen Blum soft-closing slides. The bench uses soy based BIOH foam in the cushion, keeping with the tradition of using sustainable prac-tices in the product wherever possible.
The second collection, Lozere, originated with a small French country cherry side table that Strauss inherited from his father that was collected by his grandmother. Strauss says, “I was intrigued by this table that had been something I had grown up with and so known for more than 50 years, but had never thought of reproducing it until recently. I realized that it needed the updating that the paint fi nish
lends. Initial reaction from interior designers has been spectacular.”
Be sure to see the new lines, as well as the custom designed pieces at Show-place, Space 1400.
Green and clean II
Savannah, Ga.-based Structured Green and their eco-manufacturing is helping the company to become a leader in the earth friendly green
movement. A low impact company since their incep-tion in 2007, Structured Green has offered sustain-able, modern, high-design and versatile furniture answering today’s call for natural alternatives, sustainable practices and style. A balance of art, design, and sustainability, the company is as crazy about building cool furniture as they are about being an industry leader.
All of Structured Green’s furniture line is made up of hip and minimalistic pieces handcrafted with FSC certifi ed walnut and white oak, reclaimed pine, river recovery cypress, and rapidly renewable bamboo. Finishes include beeswax, water based clear coats and food grade tung oil.
To accommodate their rapid expansion, the company has recently moved into a three times larger facility than the previous small warehouse in downtown Savannah. The new location is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery and the entire line is designed and constructed in-house.
Structured Green will be showing in two locations during the fall market in High Point. First, in the popular Salon at Market Square G-7060 and at their main showroom at Suites at Market Square M-4000.
New table collection makes debut
Accent tables are the new transitional pieces, ac-cording to Greensboro’s own Bernard Christianson. Founded in 2006 and known during past markets mostly for their traditional English and French de-signs, the company will unveil the new Transitional Table Collection at their showroom at the Atrium on Main. The collection consists of cocktail, console and end tables, which feature Daniela veneer accents and a solid mahogany base.
Chris Pfaff, president of Bernard Christianson,
says “We recognize that customers are looking for a variety of styles in accent furniture, and we are excited for the opportunity to grow our style catego-ries.” This collection, as any in the Bernard Chris-tianson line, caters predominantly to the growing design trade-features old-world construction tech-niques and marquetry details. These features insure the design will become an heirloom piece and will last a lifetime.
The Bernard Christianson showroom is located at The Atrium on Main Street in High Point.
Christopher Guy is a market destination
Swing on by the Swaim Design Center at 418 S. Main St. to catch up on the latest goings on at Bev-erly Hills’ Christopher Guy Showroom. For fall, CG pays tribute to luxurious metallic lustre and experi-ments with new contrasting colors, fabrics and fi n-ishes to create visually stimulating statement pieces.
The 11,000-square-foot showroom has been redeco-rated to take visitors on a unique design journey. Each room’s theme will cover a multitude of moods and emotions, showcasing pieces with classical detailing yet contemporary mood and innovative design. Select furnishings will combine the subdued tones of ivory, sea sand and blanched almond againstthe bold Christopher Guy red and sunset orange, giving the audience the eclectic and cosmopolitan approach to design which makes the CG brand so appealing to a global audience. New furniture sil-houettes will be soft in line and sexy in nature with channeled backs, fl awless tufting and curved legs, paying homage to the feminine form.
New art line worthy of note
Celebrity designer Thom Filicia and Ed Marin of Soicher Marin will be debuting a new collaborative art collection here in High Point. Filicia chose a minimalist approach to his designs: airplanes, indus-trial images, leaves, beach scenes and smatterings of Americana.
Filicia and Marin have worked on the project since last year, emailing and telephone calls, and fi nally working together in person to fi nalize the details for the collection. Be sure to see all of the new pieces at the Soicher Marin showroom located at Commerce & Design Building Space 2I.
Contact Ken Carpenter at [email protected]
HOW-TO
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LOCAL
8 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 MARKET PRESSLOCAL
Showplace celebrates 10th anniversary High Point – Show-
place is rolling out the red carpet
for a 10th Anniversary Celebration that befi ts a building hailed as an architectural landmark from the day that it opened, complete with a cake to match.
The enormous cake – to be constructed by Greensboro baker Maxie B’s and designed to feed hundreds of marketgoers – is an actual represen-tation of the futuristic, multi-tenant showroom building that fi rst rose from the heart of market a decade ago. A whop-ping fi ve-feet long and two-and-a-half feet tall, the cake replicates the entire downtown proper-ty, right down to its load-ing docks and parking lot. Fittingly, the sugary structural wonder will be on view inside the soaring, glass-ceilinged Showplace Atrium as
Fall Market 2010 opens, inside a specially con-structed Plexiglas case.
A gala cake-cutting cer-emony, heralded across the market by buglers and attended by High Point’s Mayor Rebecca Smothers, as well as a crowd of industry and community notables is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. Monday.
“We invite all mar-ketgoers to join us for champagne and the cutting of the cake,” says Lisa Shankle, general manager of Showplace Properties. “To further sweeten the celebration, which will begin with breakfast in the atrium and live entertainment at 8:30 a.m. that morning, there will be cupcakes on every fl oor and we are giving away door-prizes – the new iPod Nano – at exactly 10 minutes after every hour beginning at 10:10 a.m. Then, at 2:10
p.m. when we cut the cake, we’ll give away the grand prize to one lucky buyer: a 32-gig iPad.”
Marketgoers are invited to mark the special occasion by hav-
ing a 10th anniversary portrait taken between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. by Freeze Photography. Pictures, shot against a green screen, and inserted in a souvenir
folio, will make it appear as though each person is standing directly in front of the building with the iconic wave.
The day-long cel-ebration will continue throughout Monday afternoon with musi-cal entertainment in the atrium, and plenty of beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres until klieg lights illuminate the night sky and Sleeping Booty takes over the Stars Under the Stars stage.
“In the design-driven home furnishings industry, Showplace’s contemporary look has set the building apart from any other building on the East Coast from the day that it opened 10 years ago,” Shankle says. “This October, we celebrate another mile-stone in our history, but at the same time we are looking ahead. We’re
particularly focused on incorporating a variety of leading-edge technol-ogies, such as the new Showplace Shopper app,which improve buyers’ shopping experiences and exhibitors’ selling experiences. Our goal is to ensure that Show-place is as futuristic on the inside as it is on the outside, and that the building continues to set the standard in High Point for years to come.”
Showplace, Showplace West and Hamilton Properties, collectively represent nearly one million square feet of theHigh Point Market: The World’s Home for Home Furnishings. The multi-tenant buildings are operated by Charlotte-based Lincoln Harris, one of North Carolina’s most accomplished full-service real estate companies.
AT A GLANCE:----WHAT: Showplace 10th Anniversary Celebration and Gala Cake-Cutting Ceremony
WHO: The Hon. Rebecca R. Smothers, Mayor of High Point, joins Showplace Properties execu-tives, High Point Market representatives, indus-try notables and community dignitaries and hun-dreds of Market-goers for cake and champagne.
WHEN: Monday, October 18th, at 2:10 p.m.
WHERE: Showplace Atrium, in the heart of down-town High Point, North Carolina.
WHY: Hailed as an architectural landmark from the day that it opened10 years ago, Showplace celebrates with an enormous cake, an actual rep-resentation of the futuristic, multi-tenant show-room building.
Sen. Hagan visits Market
H igh point – United States Senator Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) toured the showroom of North Carolina-
based furnishings manufacturer Van-guard Friday at the High Point Market.
Hagan was joined by Brian Casey, president and CEO of the High Point Market Authority, and representatives of the American Home Furnishings Alliance.
“The High Point Market is at the center of North Carolinaís incredibly important home furnishings industry,” Hagan said. “It is key to the state and local economy, supporting jobs for North Carolinians – my number one priority. I am committed to ensuring that the Market remains the world’s
premier furniture marketplace, and I will continue to advocate for its suc-cess in the U.S. Senate.”
Last year, the United States Senate unanimously passed a Hagan-spon-sored resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of the High Point Furni-ture Market.
Annually, the Market has an eco-nomic impact of $1 billion and supports 13,000 jobs, including construction, design planning and logistics. It has become a 12 million-square-foot inter-national attraction that welcomes morethan 170,000 people from 106 countries each year, all of whom contribute to thelocal economy through local hotels, car rentals, restaurants and retail stores.
SPECIAL | HPE
Sen. Kay Hagan visits showrooms of the High Point Market Friday.
MARKET PRESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 9LOCAL
Businesses welcome extra Market traffi cBY PAM HAYNES
ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
HIGH POINT – The extra traffi c generated by the High Point Market that
opened today was already evident in some stores and restaurants, though local businesses reported different results.
“Three weeks before the market starts, we get all of the set-up and construction crews in,” said Jeff Baker, owner of Jimmy’s Pizza House, one of the few restaurants in the showroom district that operates year-round. “That’s the way it always is. Since Wednesday, we’ve seen more (people in) suits than the pre-vious markets.”
The furniture market is known as the world’s larg-est furniture trade show and North Carolina’s single largest economic event. Marketgoers are a welcomed business op-portunity for business owners like Baker, who says it’s hard to predict what his busiest days of the furniture market will be. But it always boosts his bottom dollar, he said.
“It’s still hard to tell when people will be here,” Baker said. “But the absolute busi-est time is always three weeks before (market) with the set-up crews coming in.”
In terms of construction crews and temporary jobs, the furniture market cre-ates about 13,000 jobs a year, according to the High Point Market Authority.
Its impact also expands to surrounding areas like Greensboro, where George’s Pizza and Grill on Old Oak Ridge Road sees a slight boost from marketgoers staying at hotels around the Piedmont Triad International Airport.
“We see an increase,” said manager Ghassan Mus-
tafa about orders during the market. “Not a big increase because we aren’t in the High Point city area, but we’ll do about 15 or 20 percent extra. It picks up a little bit for us.”
Mustafa said the restau-rant’s busiest market days were at the beginning of mar-ket on Friday and Saturday night.
Others have seen business from the market wane in re-cent years, however. Tommie Hughes, owner of Ellington’s
Florist in High Point, said walk-in orders had slowed down over the years.
“We’ve had a few people come in that come in every year, but we have a lot of customers that don’t show here anymore,” she said. “We have less designers walking in to get those fl owers for show-rooms.”
Hughes estimates her busi-est days were Thursday and Friday as she received a few orders for showrooms were
still being set up.Owners of Triad Lighting,
which supplies track head lighting and bulbs to show-room designers, said they had received larger orders in the weeks leading up to the fall furniture market than in the past several years.
The High Point Market ends Thursday.
[email protected] | 888-3617
SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE
Local contractors get work and some hire extra employees because of jobs created by the High Point Market. Here a paint-ing crew with WIlliard-Stewart work in the American Leather space, 5th fl oor of Showplace. Painters (from left) are Chris-topher Harris, Chad Pierce and Derek Leonard.
10 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 MARKET PRESSCALENDAR
SOCIAL EVENTS---EVERY DAY
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Market Square, Suites at Market Square, SALON: Wind down your day at one of our many afternoon receptions every day of market.
TODAY, OCTOBER 16
8-10 a.m. – Complimen-tary Buyers Breakfast.Atrium on Main, Elling-ton’s Bistro
8-10 a.m. – Complimen-tary Buyers Breakfast, Commerce & Design, C&D Bistro, 5th fl oor
8-10 a.m. – Currey & Co. Celebration, IHFC, M-110 Street level: Celebrate the fi rst day of Market with us! French inspired food and cock-tails will be served with live jazz piano in the afternoon.
8 a.m.-7 p.m. – Student Design Competition & Buyers Lounge, Suites At Market Square, Groovystuff G-1028: Student design competi-tion entries and voting, massage therapist, Eric Moss performing ‘live art’ in the showroom, coffee bar, and happy hour daily. Sign up on Facebook to vote and be eligible to win a Warner Music Group prize pack-age.
8:30-10 a.m. – Cham-pagne Breakfast, 200 N. Hamilton, Courtyard
8:30-10 a.m. – Buyers Breakfast, Showplace, Atrium
11 a.m.-2 p.m. – Compli-mentary Buyers Lunch, Atrium on Main, Elling-ton’s Bistro
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. – Refreshments & Lunch Buffet, 200 N. Hamilton, The Platt Collection, 218 South Court
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Complimentary Buyers Lunch, NY Pizza, Hamil-ton Square, Courtyard
Noon-2 p.m. – Compli-mentary Buyers Lunch, 220 ELM, Leif Petersen - 328; Jesper Offi ce - 324; Linon - 202; Outer Limits - 311
1-6 p.m. – Adagio refreshments,Showplace, Suite 3329, Daily refresh-ments
3-5 p.m. – Furniture Classics Cocktails & hors d’oeuvres, Showplace, Suite 4201
4-6 p.m. – Wine and hors d’oeuvres, 200 N. Hamilton, Chelsea House, 104 South Court
4-7 p.m. – Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, 200 Steele, Dorya Interiors, Suite 144
4-6 p.m. – Complimen-tary Wine & Cheese, Atrium on Main, Elling-ton’s Bistro
4-6 p.m. – C&D After-noon Social, Commerce & Design, All Floors
4-7 p.m. – Football Tailgate Party, Hamilton Square, Cresent Fine Furniture - 204: Home-made chili, wings, beer, and all your tailgate favorites! Come watch college football with us!
4-6 p.m. – Accessory Floor Parties, IHFC, Ac-cessory Floors 2, 3, 4
4-6 p.m. – Stirring Excitement : InterHall Martini Parties, IHFC, InterHall 1st Floor
4-6 p.m. – Compli-mentary Wine & hors d’oeuvres, Suites At Market Square, Peel & Co., G-4011
4:30-6 p.m. – Cham-pagne, French wines and hors d’oeuvres, 200 N. Hamilton, The Elysee Collection, 108 South Court
4:30-6 p.m. – 200 N. Hamilton, Emerson Et Cie, 110 South Court
4:30-7 p.m. – Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, 330 N. Hamilton, Payne Street/Breece Collection Showroom, Suite 200
4:30-6:30 p.m. – Market Square & Suites and SALON Receptions, Market Square, Various locations throughout the Market Square Complex
5-7 p.m. – Complimen-tary Cocktails, 220 ELM, Outer Limits, Space 311
5-7 p.m. – Complimen-tary Dinner, 220 ELM, Leif Petersen, Space 328
5-7 p.m. – Network Mixer: It Takes a Com-munity, IHFC, The Phil-lips Collection IHFC - C 202, sponsored by ASFD, ART, SFC, YHFP, WithIt: Come join the Phillips Collection and fi ve industry associations – WITHIT, a women’s leadership development network; the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC), Young Home Fur-nishings Professionals (YHFP), the Accessories Resource Team (A.R.T.); and the American Soci-ety of Furniture Design-ers (ASFD) – for conver-sation, wine, and hors d’oeuvres. In this Age of Access, everything is interconnected and nothing beats network-ing face to face. Industry excellence and infl uence multiplied. Enjoy.
5-6:30 p.m. – Afternoon Socials, Showplace, 1st fl oor E & W, 2nd fl oor W
5-7 p.m. – Silkroute Happy Hour, Showplace, Suite 2340
6-7 p.m. –Next Genera-tion–Now: Coaster Co. of America, 111 East Com-merce Ave. Bringing the young leaders of the
home furnishings indus-try together. Hosted by Coaster Fine Furniture. Space is limited - Rsvp to [email protected]
6-8 p.m. – Sunset on 3: Late Afternoon Social, Showplace, 3rd Floor Balcony
6-9 p.m. – Simon Li Jazz Night, Showplace West, Courtyard
6:30-8:30 p.m. – Market Block Party, Market Wide, Corner of West Commerce & Elm: It’s Back! We are closing down the street again so get ready to party! Food, drinks and live entertainment pre-sented by 220 Elm, C&D, Market Square & Suites and High Point Market Authority. Sponsored by Furniture Today and Home Accents Today.
7:30-9:30 p.m. – Stars Under The Stars featur-ing ROCK THE HOUSE RAVE, Market Wide, Center Stage between Transportation Terminal & Showplace
SUNDAY, OCT. 178 a.m.-6 p.m. – IFDA
Hospitality Suite, 200 Steele, First fl oor: Open throughout Market to all IFDA members and those interested in joining IFDA. Use the hospitality suite to relax and recharge, take meet-ings, as a quiet space to work, or to meet other IFDA colleagues. Located on the fi rst fl oor of 200 Steele. IFDA is open to all professionals in the home furnishings and home decor industries. Membership information can be obtained at the hospitality suite.
8-10 a.m. – Compli-mentary Buyers Break-fast, Atrium on Main,
E l l i n g t o n ’ s B i s t r o8-10 a.m. – Complimen-
tary Buyers Breakfast, Commerce & Design, C&D Bistro, 5th fl oor
8 a.m.-8 p.m. – South-ern Bash, IHFC, M-110 Currey & Co.: Moon-shine, live bluegrass music and all things Southern are your ticket to a lively Sunday at Market.
8 a.m.-7 p.m. – Student Design Competition & Buyer’s Lounge,Suites At Market Square, Groovystuff G-1028: Student design competi-tion entries and voting, massage therapist, Eric Moss performing ‘live art’ in the showroom, coffee bar, and happy hour daily. Sign up on Facebook to vote and be eligible to win a Warner Music Group prize pack-age.
8:30-10 a.m. – Cham-pagne Breakfast, 200 N. Hamilton, Courtyard
8:30-10 a.m. – Cham-pagne Breakfast, 330 N. Hamilton, Courtyard
8:30-10 a.m. – Buyer’s Breakfast, Showplace, Atrium
11 a.m.-2 p.m. – Compli-mentary Buyers Lunch, Atrium on Main, Elling-ton’s Bistro
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. – Refreshments & Lunch Buffet, 200 N. Hamilton, The Platt Collection, 218 South Court
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Complimentary Buyers Lunch: NC BBQ, Hamil-ton Square, Courtyard
Noon-2 p.m. – Compli-mentary Buyers Lunch, 220 ELM, Leif Petersen - 328; Jesper Offi ce - 324; Linon - 202; Outer Limits - 311
1 p.m.-6 p.m. – Adagio refreshments,Showplace,
Suite 3329, Daily refresh-ments
3-5 p.m. – Furniture Classics Cocktails & horsd’oeuvres, Showplace, Suite 4201
4-7 p.m. – Pearson Furniture Grand Open-ing Party, 200 N. Hamil-ton, Pearson Furniture, North Court, Ste. 107: New Showroom Grand Opening cocktail party, wine, hors d’oeuvres
4-7 p.m. – Sunday Up-town, 200 N. Hamilton, All Showrooms
4-6 p.m. – Wine and hors d’oeuvres, 200 N. Hamilton, Chelsea House, 104 South Court
4-7 p.m. – Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, 200 Steele, Dorya Interiors, Suite 144
4-7 p.m. – Sunday Up-town, 330 N. Hamilton, All Showrooms
4-6 p.m. – Complimen-tary Wine & Cheese, Atrium on Main, Elling-ton’s Bistro
4-5 p.m. – C&D After-noon Social, Commerce & Design, All Floors
4-7 p.m. – Sunday Up-town, Hamilton/Wrenn, Hamilton/Wrenn Design District
4-6 p.m. – Accessory Floor Parties, IHFC, Ac-cessory Floors 2, 3, 4
4-6 p.m. – Pavilions Beach Parties, IHFC, Pavilions on Main 3
4-6 p.m. – Compli-mentary Wine & hors d’oeuvres, Suites At Market Square, Peel & Company, G-4011
4:30-6 p.m. – Cham-pagne, French wines and hors d’oeuvres, 200 N. Hamilton, The Elysee Col-lection, 108 South Court
4:30-6 p.m. – Wine and hors d’oeuvres, 200 N. Hamilton, Emerson Et Cie, 110 South Court
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TODAY, OCT. 16
8:30-9:30 a.m. – The Dos and Don’ts of Ad-vertising
Plaza Suites, NHFA Re-tailer Resource Center, 1st Floor, Presented by Philip Gutsell – GutSELL & Associates. Learn how to develop a checklist of what works and what doesn’t when it comes to advertising. Follow the steps outlined in this program and return to your store with the necessary information to get immediate positive results in a store’s riski-est investment.
10-10:30 a.m. – First Time Visitor Orienta-tion Seminar
High Point Theatre, Next to the Transporta-tion Terminal on Com-merce Street
Informative session on how to navigate the High Point Market and make the best use of your time. Tips and suggestions, Q & A and individual help if needed. Also view the video on our website: http://www.highpoint-market.org/pyt_fi rst-time.aspx
10-11 a.am.– Retail Management Remodel: Increasing Initiative, Accountability & Per-formance
Plaza Suites, NHFA Re-tailer Resource Center, 1st Floor
Presented by Jeff Hiller - PROactive Marketing. Most manag-ers feel they should be getting more from their staff, and they are right. This seminar uses the principles of open book management to provide step-by-step instruction
for experienced man-agers on goal setting, reporting, monitoring, coaching, daily respon-sibilities, and maximiz-ing the effectiveness of weekly and monthly meetings. What are you doing now that creates frustration for you and your team? What should you be doing to foster a proprietary sense for the business, set mutual expectations, encourage entrepreneurial activity, build staff morale, and ultimately drive superi-or performance? Recom-mendations are spe-cifi c, well-supported, and proven in the market.
10-11 a.m.– Piedmont Triad Partnership Ini-tiative Announcement
Showplace West, 100 High Restaurant (Plaza Level), Speakers: Jim Melvin, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation President, Becky Smothers, High Point Mayor, Brian Casey, High Point Mar-ket Authority Presi-dent and CEO, David Powell, Piedmont Triad Partnership CEO, Ken Smith, Smith Leonard Managing Partner, Bob Timberlake, Internation-ally Known Artist and Furniture Designer. North Carolina state and local dignitaries will be present.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – You’ve Got to Know Her to Sell Her
Plaza Suites, NHFA Retailer Resource Cen-ter, 1st Floor, Presented by Bob George & Lee Brown -Impact Consult-ing Services. Take a look forward to the consumer of 2011, plus a compari-son profi le of the pre-
recession consumer and the current consumer including their views on certain economic condi-tions. Learn the effect age, income, and lifestyle has on the consumer’s decision to purchase as well as discover the 11 elements that shape the consumers response to their retail environment and experience that can encourage them to purchase.
Noon-1:30 p.m. – Dol-lar Sense and Savvy Style: A Better Homes and Gardens Panel Presentation
IHFC, Green Wing, 11th Floor ballroom B, Presented by Lacey Howard, Group Editor, Joseph Boehm, Senior Interior Designer, and Kelly Ryan Kegans, As-sistant Deputy Editor. Lacey Howard is a group editor in Better Homes and Gardens’ Special Interest Media Home De-sign department. Lacey oversees the editing and style direction of sev-eral key titles, including Renovation Style, Décor, Cottage Style, Secrets of Getting Organized, and Remodel magazines. Joseph Boehm is the Senior Projects Inte-rior Designer for Better Homes and Gardens magazine, designing interiors for special home-building projects and show houses. Be-sides his editorial duties, Joe also serves as the magazine’s liaison to the design/home furnishings industry, and has been instrumental in curating the Better Homes and Gardens furniture collec-tion. Kelly Ryan Kegans is an assistant deputy
editor for Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Kelly works with a team of editors to scout locations and produce decorating and remod-eling stories featured in the magazine, which reaches 39 million read-ers. Sponsored by IHFC and AIDP. Complimen-tary Box Lunch Pro-vided. No reservation needed.
1-2 p.m. – TV & Di-rect Mail Advertising That’s Working Now
Plaza Suites, NHFA Re-tailer Resource Center, 1st Floor, Sponsored and Moderated by Horich, Parks, Lebow Advertis-ing. This seminar will share specifi c ideas to help retailers generate more traffi c and sales. See creative ways to drive product category growth, with particular emphasis on selling more mattresses. Go on the offensive with hard-hitting television and direct mail promotions that have been proven effective in diffi cult mar-ket conditions.
2-3:30 p.m. – 10 Things to Ensure Cus-tomers Find Your Website
Plaza Suites, NHFA Retailer Resource Cen-ter, 1st Floor, Presented by Sharon Gillis – JG Sullivan Interactive. Learn how furniture dealers can optimize their websites so that they are listed in the major search engines’ results pages. You’ll also discover resources that you can use to market your website online (SEO, SEM, PPC) so that customers can fi nd you
in their local markets when doing their pre-buy research online.
3-5 p.m. – Alexa Hampton Book Signing
330 N. Hamilton, Hickory Chair, 1st fl oor, Book signing with Alexa Hampton -The Language of Interior Design at Hickory Chair’s new showroom
4-5 p.m. – Customer-Centric Store Planning & Design to Sell More More Often!
Plaza Suites, NHFA Retailer Resource Cen-ter, 1st Floor, Presented by Martin Roberts- M Roberts Design. Martin will share his insights into the next generation of home furnishings stores and on his recent successes. Martin is a frequent contributor to Home Furnishings Re-tailer, Furniture Today, Home Furnishings Busi-ness, Furniture World and a keynote speaker at the recent Retail Market-ing Institute Conference. You can look forward to practical ideas you can use now to turn brows-ers into buyers, improve your margins and help drive more profi table transactions in your store.
SUNDAY, Oct. 17
7:30-9 a.m. – WithIt Educational Breakfast – Barry Dixon – Or-ganically Inspired: Referencing the natu-ral world beyond the window in the modern interior.
IHFC, Green Wing, 11th Floor ballroom, Summary: We are all products of the natu-
ral world and as such, respond instinctively to organically inspired ele-ments in our interiors, whether literally natural(materials – wood, fi ber, stone, etc.) or abstractly so (textures, colors, pat-terns, etc.), we’ll explore various methods and considerations while showing concrete ex-amples and fi nal results. Sponsored by IHFC and WithIt. Breakfast and Seminar are free of charge. Reservations are required by e-mail-ing [email protected] or www.withit.org.
8:30-9:30 a.m. – The Outlook for the Furni-ture Industry
Plaza Suites, NHFA Re-tailer Resource Center, 1st Floor,Presented by W.W. “Jerry” Epperson, Jr. - Mann, Armistead & Epperson, Ltd. Fur-niture industry guru Jerry Epperson will onceagain enlighten us with his furniture research expertise in the current state of future of the fur-niture industry and how it affects you today and tomorrow.
9:30-10:30 a.m. – Create a Portfolio in the Clouds with Picaboo!
Radio Building, Interi-or Design Society Semi-nar Room, 8th Floor, Sepaker: Debbie Green, Minutes Matter. When was the last time you updated your portfolio? Learn how you can cre-ate an online portfolio that you can use on your website, e-mail to a client and even print ahardbound copy. It’s thenewest way to create a portfolio!
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14 Our planet
15 Fuel for some
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17 Clear the slate
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whiz!” 42 Coerce 43 Pen points 44 Find a
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3 Donkey’s noise
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together 12 Not up yet 13 Depend 19 Like a
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“I understand the idea of the ‘echelon play,’” a pupil told me. “If I have several chances for my contract, I want to try them all. But how do I know which one to try fi rst?”
“Try the chance that won’t irretrievably lose the contract if it doesn’t work,” I replied.
In today’s deal, North’s leap to four diamonds showed spade support and diamond short-ness. When West led a diamond against four spades, East took the ace and shifted to a trump. South drew trumps and led a club from dummy: eight, queen, king.
INFERENCEWest returned a club:
He inferred from South’s play that East had the jack. When South fi -
nessed with the ten, East won and exited with a club, and South also lost a heart.
South attacked the wrong suit fi rst. He must lose a heart in any case and should lead a heart from dummy at Trick Four. When East wins, South gets a club discard on the ace, and the con-tract is safe. If West had the king, South would still have a chance: He could try for two club tricks.
DAILY QUESTIONYou hold: S 9 H K J
9 5 D A J 10 9 6 C J 9 8. After three passes, the player at your left opens one club. Your partner passes again, and the next player responds one spade. What do you say?
ANSWER: Many play-ers would double as a passed hand, but that action looks like a loser
to me. Your partner has passed twice, and your side is probably out-gunned. If you intervene, you may only help the opponents judge the bid-ding or the play. I’d pass.
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Feds oppose California measure to legalize pot
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Attorney General Eric Holder says the federal government will enforce its marijuana laws in California even if vot-ers next month make the state the fi rst in the na-tion to legalize the drug.
The Justice Department strongly opposes Califor-nia’s Proposition 19 and remains fi rmly commit-ted to enforcing the feder-al Controlled Substances Act in all states, Holder wrote in a letter to former chiefs of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminis-
t r a t i o n . The Associ-ated Press obtained a copy of the letter, dat-ed Wednes-day.
“ W e will vigorously enforce the CSA against those individuals and orga-nizations that possess, manufacture or distrib-ute marijuana for recre-ational use, even if such activities are permitted under state law,” Holder wrote.
The attorney general also said that legalizing recreational marijuana in California would be a “signifi cant impedi-ment” to the govern-ment’s joint efforts with state and local law en-forcement to target drug traffi ckers, who often distribute marijuana alongside cocaine and other drugs.
He said that the bal-lot measure’s passage would “signifi cantly un-dermine” efforts to keep California communities safe.
A L B U Q U E R Q U E ,N.M. (AP) – A neurolo-gist who examined aman accused of mur-dering a nun on theNavajo reservation inNew Mexico says herinitial review deter-mined the man suffersfrom mild to moderatemental retardation.
But Dr. Lan Qui Chinstressed her conclusionabout Reehahlio Car-roll was only a prelimi-nary analysis, and shehas recommended tofederal prison offi cialsCarroll have a psychi-atric examination.
Chin offered her re-marks as testimonyin a Friday hearing todetermine if Carrollwill stand trial in thedeath last Novemberof 64-year-old SisterMarguerite Bartz.
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Tebowmania takes hiatusENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP)
— Tebowmania has taken a timeout.
For once in his life, Tim Tebow doesn’t have a le-gion of football freaks, fans and haters alike, critiquing his every move.
What really can one say about a man spending his Sundays on the sidelines, biding his time while learn-ing the NFL ropes? That he looks good in his spiffy uniform maybe? That he looks buffed and ready to go whenever his number is called?
Sure, the branding of Tim Tebow continues un-abated. His No. 15 jersey is still fl ying off racks, he’s still getting lots of face time pitching products for Jock-
ey, EA Sports and Nike. His Facebook and Twitter pages were immediate hits just like the hazing haircut shots of him looking like a monk that went viral in Au-gust.
Now that the season’s in full throttle, though, the Tebowmaniacs who lined the practice fi elds during training camp to cheer him on even while he stretched his hamstrings or ran wind sprints are having to wait patiently just like the Denver Broncos’ rookie quarterback for his time to come.
Broncos coach Josh Mc-Daniels was downright gid-dy when he drafted the for-mer Florida star in the fi rst round six months ago but by
the summer, he was preach-ing patience with Tebow, who was pokily morphing from combination college quarterback into a proto-typical pro passer.
While Tebow, whom many consider the best col-lege player ever, was creat-ing the kind of buzz with Broncos fans that John Elway did back in 1983, McDaniels said that once the season started, the fans’ focus would turn to more pressing matters, and it has.
The debate in Denver is over how McDaniels gave up on Peyton Hillis, who’s a huge hit in Cleveland, and how Alphonso Smith could be a bust as a Bronco and a star in Detroit.
LeBron sits out practiceMIAMI (AP) — LeBron
James was one of the last to leave the Miami Heat practice fl oor Friday, after a long free-throw-shooting contest with rookie De’Sean Butler.
That was the extent of his workout.
The NBA’s two-time reigning MVP sat out practice as a precaution-ary measure, three days after leaving a preseason game with cramps and pain in his right ham-string. The team expects that James will be ready to resume to practice on Saturday.
“We don’t play until Monday and we’ve got a long, long ways until the 26th,” James said, re-ferring to Miami’s next preseason game against
Charlotte on Monday and then the Heat regular-season opener in Boston on Oct. 26. “Don’t want to rush it until I feel 100 percent.”
James cramped up in the third quarter of Miami’s exhibition win over CSKA Moscow on Tuesday night, missing roughly the fi nal third of that game and then the entire Heat preseason matchup in New Orleans the following night. Mi-ami did not practice Thursday.
Other Miami players sidelined Friday includ-ed guards Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers. Wade was in Chicago tes-tifying in a trial that’ll decide custody of his two sons, and the Heat
hope to have him back atpractice next week as herecovers from a strainedhamstring.
Chalmers has hadrecurring stiffness ashe continues recover-ing from a high anklesprain.
Jamaal Magloire, Ed-die House, Carlos Arroyoand Shavlik Randolphhave also been dealingwith some nagging inju-ry issues in recent days.
“We still need to playfi ve-on-fi ve for conti-nunity,” Heat coach ErikSpoelstra said. “At thesame time, this is a greattime for us to regain ourhealth. We need to getguys back feeling good.We have a lot of days topractice but also to getsome rest. “
La Russa, Cards continue negotiationsST. LOUIS (AP) — A
person with knowledge of the discussions said contract talks are going well between the St. Lou-is Cardinals and veteran manager Tony La Russa.
The person, who spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because the talks are confi dential, said La Russa is in dai-ly discussions with the team about a new con-tract and a deal could be done soon.
The Cardinals fi nished a disappointing 86-76 last season following a late collapse. It was La Rus-sa’s 15th season with the team and he had a one-year deal.
The 66-year-old La Russa hasn’t spoken publicly since the day after the season ended and general manager John Mozeliak hasn’t
commented at all.The person told the
AP sticking points in the talks could include security for La Russa’s coaching staff.
La Russa has led St. Louis to the postseason eight times, but the Car-dinals missed the play-offs for the third time in four years.
At the end of each of the last two seasons, La Russa left wondering if he had overstayed his welcome and whether players were still re-sponding to his style of managing. Several prominent players, in-cluding Albert Pujols, though, said after this season that they wanted La Russa to return.
The St. Louis Post-Dis-patch reported Friday that pitching coach Dave Duncan wanted to re-
turn. Duncan has beenwith La Russa for 28 sea-sons.
“There’s 25 guys inhere that want him backand that’s not sugar coat-ing anything,” shortstopBrendan Ryan said afterthe season fi nale. “He’sour leader, he’s the cap-tain of the ship.”
For the fi rst time since1996, La Russa’s fi rstyear with the team, themanager drove home tonorthern California inan SUV jammed withitems that had accumu-lated in his offi ce. Hequickly pointed out thenthat this wasn’t the fi rststep of an exit strategy.
Before departing, LaRussa also talked op-timistically about thefuture of the franchise,saying there was a lot ofpromise and that the cupwas “mostly full.”
AP
Unlike his days at the University of Florida, Tim Tebow is not the center of attention in Denver.
14 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 MARKET PRESS
World Cup set for Europe in 2018GENEVA (AP) — The
World Cup bidding con-tests became a lot clearer Friday after the United States withdrew from the 2018 race to focus on earn-ing hosting rights for 2022.
The move guaranteed that Europe would host the 2018 fi nals, with England, Russia and the joint bids of Netherlands-Belgium and Spain-Portugal still in the running.
The U.S. will compete with four Asian confed-eration candidates — Aus-tralia, Japan, Qatar and South Korea — to stage soccer’s showpiece tourna-ment four years later.
FIFA’s 24-man ex-ecutive committee will choose both hosts in Zur-ich on Dec. 2.
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke described the U.S. decision as “a
welcome gesture which is much appreciated.”
U.S. bid leader Sunil Gulati said his team was “confi dent this is in the best interests” of the American campaign.
Within minutes ofthe joint FIFA-U.S. an-nouncement, Englandsaid it was pulling out ofthe 2022 contest.
The move was a formal-ity.
Patrick commits to four Nationwide races in 2011CONCORD (AP) — JR
Motorsports locked in Danica Patrick for the fi rst four Nationwide Se-ries races of 2011, and the rest of her schedule will depend on her IndyCar commitments.
Team co-owner Kelley Earnhardt said Friday that Patrick will run at Daytona, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Bristol next season. It will be her fi rst trip to Bristol’s .533-mile bullring.
“That will be kind of
neat for her to get to ex-perience what NASCAR is all about and that’s basically going around Bristol,” said crew chief Tony Eury Jr.
Patrick will take a break from NASCAR af-ter Bristol to concentrate on the IndyCar schedule through the Indianapolis 500 in May. She’ll then re-sume Nationwide racing that will be coordinated with her IndyCar com-mitments.
Earnhardt said Patrick
can run up to 14 races in the No. 7 Chevrolet, but the car will run the full season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is expected to run four races in the car.
“I know we’re all anx-ious to get the whole schedule put in place, but I’m extremely excit-ed to be able to confi rm our participation in the fi rst four races,” Patrick said. “We’ll have four ex-tremely challenging and unique races to start our 2011 season, and I’m anx-
ious to return to a lot of those tracks with at least a little bit of familiarity.”
Patrick said she knows at some point next sea-son she’ll have to make a decision about her com-mitment to NASCAR. The race Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speed-way was the ninth of 13 scheduled Nationwide races this season.
She ended the IndyCar season two weeks ago, fi nishing 10th in the fi nal standings.
“We haven’t made all of those decisions, 2012 is a little up in the air and it depends on the oppor-tunities, where I could run, what Kelley is doing, what’s happening at JR Motorsports, what’s hap-pening on the sponsor-ship side,” Patrick said. “If something doesn’t come together, I’d run IndyCar. There’s a lot of things up in the air right now. We’ll see where my heart goes and where the opportunities are.”
Red Sox owners buy Liverpool soccer teamLONDON (AP) — Liverpool’s drawn-out
sale to the owners of the Boston Red Sox was completed Friday after a bitter trans-Atlan-tic court fi ght over English football’s most successful club with the previous American owners.
The 300 million pound ($476 million) deal with New England Sports Ventures ends the turbulent three-year ownership by Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr., which saw the Premier League giants saddled with crip-pling debts and falling into relegation dan-ger this season.
“We are committed fi rst and foremost to winning,” said John Henry, the fi nancier who heads NESV. “We have a history of win-ning, and today we want LFC supporters to know that this approach is what we intend to bring to this great club.”
The sale fi nally went through after Hicks and Gillett withdrew the temporary re-
straining order blocking the sale they had obtained in a Texas court. Later, they also dropped their claim for $1.6 billion in dam-ages.
“As every Liverpool fan knows, the most nerve-racking way to win a match is by a penalty shootout,” said club chairman Mar-tin Broughton, referring to Liverpool’s fi fth European Cup triumph against AC Milan in 2005.
The deal came on the day set as the dead-line for repayment of the club’s debts to the Royal Bank of Scotland and Wells Far-go, which had risen to around 285 million pounds including penalty fees.
Henry insisted that NESV’s deal wasn’t a leveraged buyout. The 200 million-pound ac-quisition debt has been eliminated and the cost of servicing the club’s debt has slumped from between 25 and 30 million pounds a year to between 2 and 3 million pounds.
“The most important thing is that NESV have cleared us of all the debts which, frank-ly, shouldn’t have been on the club in the fi rst place,” managing director Christian Purslow said. “All that huge amount of mon-ey that our fans spend supporting our team, coming to games and all the other activities is now available for what it should be avail-able for, to invest.”
Amid the takeover turmoil, Liverpool is mired in the relegation zone after its worst start to a league season since 1953.
Henry said it was too early to decide on specifi c plans, but noted the Red Sox are the second-highest spending club in baseball.
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson expects to have cash to spend in the January transfer window to strengthen the struggling team.
“In future we can invest in players in a dif-ferent way to what has happened in the last transfer window,” Hodgson said.
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D ear Abby: I’m a 12-year-old girl with a big prob-
lem. My class recently learned about repro-duction. All of the girls accepted it in a mature manner, but it’s another story with the boys.
Now all the boys look at me funny when I walk through the hall. It makes me feel awkward. Should I ignore them or should I say something? – Embarrassed in Michi-gan
Dear Embarrassed: Right now, I suspect most of your classmates are feeling awkward. A frank discussion about reproduction has been
known to make stu-dents older than you uncomfort-able. It is, however, a part of life – and contrary to what some may think, ignorance isn’t bliss.
Acting the way the boys are is normal for their age. But if it continues, rather than saying anything to them – which might encourage more of the same – talk to a teacher about it.
Dear Abby: Shortly
before I started college, a relative introduced me to “Paul,” who would be at-tending the same school, and told us we were distant cousins. Paul and I became friends. We socialized together often and all our friends knew us as cousins.
It wasn’t until after graduation that our parents told us that while we have a rela-tive in common, it is by marriage, and we are not related to each other. Paul and I have a lot in common, and he has expressed an interest in pursuing a relationship with me.
Paul is a great guy, but I’m reluctant to date him
because all our friends think we’re related. It almost feels like we are doing something wrong. Can you please share your opinion on this situation? – It’s All Rela-tive
Dear All Relative: There is nothing to stop you and Paul from becoming romantically involved if you’re both leaning in that direction. The way to deal with it would be to tell your friends, before you start being seen together, how “amusing” it is that you were led to believe the two of you were related, when it turns out that you AREN’T. It was all a
big mistake. (Ha-ha.)That should quell
most of the gossip you’re concerned about. And if you’re asked directly, repeat what you told me.
Dear Abby: I have been involved with a man, “Seth,” for more than two years. We share mutual interests and he makes me laugh. For the most part we’re happy, but I have one concern. I have yet to receive fl ow-ers from Seth, although he has mentioned many times that he had sent them to his ex while they were together.
Is it wrong for me to expect fl owers, or should I just forget the idea and
leave it alone? – Waiting For Roses in Houston
Dear Waiting: Not knowing Seth, I can’t saywhether his unwilling-ness to send you fl owers is because after what happened with his ex he considers them a bad investment or whether he’s just cheap. But because the absence of fl owers is bothering you,ask HIM about the omis-sion.
DEAR ABBY is written by Abi-gail Van Buren, also known asJeanne Phillips, and was foundedby her mother, Pauline PhillipsWrite Dear Abby at www.Dear-Abby.com or P.O. Box 69440, LosAngeles, CA 90069.
Saturday, October 16, 2010HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The more creative, imagina-
tive and innovative you are, the further ahead you will get. There are plenty of changes heading your way. Alterations to your home, living arrangements or your geographical location are apparent. Stay away from individuals who want to control your life and your future. Now is not the time to give in just to keep the peace. Your numbers are 4, 11, 19, 22, 27, 36, 40
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t take anything or anyone for granted. An emotional challenge will develop between you and someone you are close to. A problem with someone you work with may lead to a change in your position. ★★★★
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will be emotion-ally confused by the reactions you get from other people. Offering your services is fi ne but make sure you are clear about the cost involved. Take whatever steps are necessary to prepare for your next move. ★★★★★
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Reassess your job, your home and your family life. Be honest about what’s working and what’s not. Come up with a plan that will ease your stress and get you moving in a di-rection that makes you want to participate. ★★★★★
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Romantic relation-ships can prosper if you make the right choice and
talk about future trends. Children will give you an in-teresting perspective. Enjoy the people who deserve your time and attention. ★★★
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will discover informa-tion about a friend or neighbor. Use the knowledge you receive wisely. A partnership will change if you are honest about how you feel. A long distance con-nection can be made. ★★★
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Spending time with friends or family or getting involved in a challeng-ing activity or event will help you feel revitalized and will lead to an interesting proposition. Romance is highlighted. ★★★
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With a little discipline you should be able to fi nish a project you started some time ago. Your creativity is up and so is your patience. The work you put in today will bring posi-tive results. ★★★★★
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ll be torn between what someone wants you to do or expects of you and what you want to explore. A challenge will stimulate your senses, allowing you to be and do your very best. Have fun. ★★
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t take on too much or make promises you cannot keep. Focus on the moment and what you can do easily. You may be interested in someone from your past but it isn’t
likely to turn out in your favor if you try to get intouch. ★★★★
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Just when youthink you are getting ahead or have all your ducksin a row, someone is likely to dismantle your plans.Proceed with caution and refrain from criticizing orputting blame on someone else. The way you handleadversity now will determine your future situations.★★★
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s time to sortthrough your personal possessions. There is moneyto be made if you have a garage sale or you simply sellwhat you no longer need. Your ability to collect canturn into a mini business on the side. ★★★
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your emphasis shouldbe on home, family or the one you love most. Makeplans or a promise that will seal a deal personally.You will be able to start moving in a direction thatcan assist you in getting ahead emotionally, fi nancial-ly or even physically. ★★★
ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid confl icts; work behind the scenes or read a good book. Two stars: You can accomplish but don’t rely on others for help. Three stars: If you focus, you will reach your goals. Four stars: You can pretty much do as you please, a good time to start new projects. Five stars: Nothing can stop you now. Go for the gold.
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Boys with their funny looks are a persistent fact of life
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16 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 MARKET PRESS
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