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Some of the issues and problems of being young surface in three programs tonight: teen sex, community violence and the custody consequences of divorce.FTC * "In a New Light: Sex Unplugged" (8 p.m.-9 p.m., WMAR, Channel 2) -- Rosie Perez and Stephen Baldwin are co-hosts of a special about teen health and sexual behavior. Greg Louganis, Melissa Etheridge and model Veronica Webb are among guests discussing topics ranging from abstinence to couples coping with HIV. ABC.* "Street Watch: Youth Voices Count" (8 p.m.-8:30 p.m., MPT, Channels 22, 67)

LOS ANGELES - Green roofs are good. They clean the air, cool the house below, provide rest stops for birds and butterflies. If you work well with wood and want to try a green roof, why not start by building one for your dog? Landscape architect Stephanie Rubin and her partner, sculptor Chris Isner, sell doghouses with rooftop gardens for $1,000 to $4,000. Your homemade version will cost a lot less - and the dog in residence will appreciate a plant-topped refuge that is cooler, in every sense of the word, than anything else around.

Family concert Folk music legend Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, will perform tomorrow evening at the First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church. The concert is sponsored by Downtown Baltimore Child Care Inc., which also will honor Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley during the evening for his leadership on issues of early childhood education. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Barbara Jean Hawks Scholarship Fund. Peter Yarrow performs 7 p.m.-9 p.m. tomorrow at the First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, Park Avenue and Madison Street.

As a case manager who has worked with disabled adults and seniors to help them remain safely in their communities for 25 years, I take issue with The Sun's editorial, "End discriminatory zoning" (June 5). The editorial starts from the premise that "under a long-standing city law, smaller group homes that serve ... disabled people need City Council approval before they open in neighborhoods." But no approval is required from the community or the council for group homes including up to four people, and a significant number of such homes now exist in Baltimore.

Welcome to our cellar. Please duck your head before entering, lest you become entangled in the stuff on the ceiling.It isn't cobwebs but cockscombs that hang from the rafters -- huge red flower heads turned upside-down to dry in the cool, dark basement. Beyond the cockscombs hang several bunches of baby's breath, their delicate white flowers perfectly preserved in death. Then comes yarrow, statice and a number of other "everlastings," all tied up with string and looking just as pretty as when they were harvested last fall.

The biggest U.S. financial crisis isn't the housing crunch. It's the government debt bomb being planted by baby boomers to explode in the faces of their children and grandchildren But presidential candidates and their media interlocutors (both groups largely populated by boomers) have said almost nothing about it. The country is headed toward terrible inflation, huge taxes and economic decline? Pfft. Let's talk about flag pins. So it's up to you, young people. The only hope is that you realize how badly you're getting ripped off and decide to do something about it. Two new dispatches - a book and a movie, both with Baltimore connections - are your manifestoes.

Robert Redford is not coming to the Baltimore International Film Festival in person, but the actor will be here in spirit with "A Taste of Sundance," which begins tonight as part of the festival."

She goes by a single name, one shared by a flowering herb. And when she isn't working as a spokeswoman for Arundel Habitat for Humanity, she is a feng shui consultant. So Yarrow, of all people, knows the value of natural beauty and good chi in a house. That's why, on some level, she understands why Habitat is having trouble giving away the four houses it's building in Curtis Bay and Brooklyn. "It is boarded-up houses, it is burned-out houses, it is bricks through windows, a lot of dogs.

It's raining in the basement, but no one is getting wet. That's because it's pouring petals from the blossoms hanging there.We're having flower showers, and expecting more of same.Hundreds of dried flowers, also called everlastings, cover the cellar ceiling, where they've been hanging since last year's harvest. Bouquets of statice, lavender and yarrow dangle in midair, a rainbow of color suspended by twine and rubber bands.The plant material belongs to my wife, who grows it for her natural crafts.

In Annapolis tonight, a musical blend of hemispheres will occur. Indian tabla player Sandip Burman will join guitarist Paul Bollenback, saxophonist David Pietro and singer-songwriter-guitarist Tom Pra-sada-Rao for an "East Meets Jazz" concert at the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis at 8:30. Burman describes this genre hybrid as a "guided improvisation." The Indian native's tabla -- a pair of drums played by the fingers, palms and wrists -- provides traditional rhythms and melodies in complex meters.

The biggest U.S. financial crisis isn't the housing crunch. It's the government debt bomb being planted by baby boomers to explode in the faces of their children and grandchildren But presidential candidates and their media interlocutors (both groups largely populated by boomers) have said almost nothing about it. The country is headed toward terrible inflation, huge taxes and economic decline? Pfft. Let's talk about flag pins. So it's up to you, young people. The only hope is that you realize how badly you're getting ripped off and decide to do something about it. Two new dispatches - a book and a movie, both with Baltimore connections - are your manifestoes.

Native Americans live right next door My family celebrates Thanksgiving the same way we celebrate Columbus Day: We participate in sweat lodge and pipe ceremonies to mourn the loss our ancestors suffered in the colonization of what became America and to honor the sacrifices made by our ancestors to enable us to be here. It's a small act of defiance but an important way of asserting that the indigenous people of this land are indeed still here. I was pleased, then, to see that The Sun published Andrew L. Yarrow's commentary in its Thanksgiving Day issue ("Reach out to American Indians the other 364 days of the year," Opinion Commentary, Nov. 22)

If I order meat and my wife orders fish, what kind of wine will work for both of us? The answer that I got from several wine savants is a "crossover" wine. This is a style of wine that, in simplistic terms, is not too red and not too white. It is the happy compromise that we seek in so many areas of life. In addition to producing marital harmony, picking a bottle of crossover wine from a restaurant wine list can make economic sense as well. Ordering a bottle of crossover wine that holds five glasses is usually much less expensive than ordering the same number of wines by the glass.

A strong 10-horse field is set to go to post in Saturday's $300,000 Maryland Million Classic, the highlight of a 12-race card celebrating Maryland stallions and their offspring. Due, the winner of the Classic in 2006, got the No. 3 post at yesterday's draw at Laurel Park. Trainer Dale Capuano said the post would suit the 6-year-old gelding sired by Rinka Das very well. "I think he drew No. 3 last year, too," Capuano said. "It was good luck for us then and we hope it will be again. But Due likes to come from behind, so the post doesn't really matter."

She goes by a single name, one shared by a flowering herb. And when she isn't working as a spokeswoman for Arundel Habitat for Humanity, she is a feng shui consultant. So Yarrow, of all people, knows the value of natural beauty and good chi in a house. That's why, on some level, she understands why Habitat is having trouble giving away the four houses it's building in Curtis Bay and Brooklyn. "It is boarded-up houses, it is burned-out houses, it is bricks through windows, a lot of dogs.

In her first venture since losing last year's gubernatorial election, former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend has sidestepped politics to become president of a not-for-profit organization that aims to create a bully-free environment in schools and summer camps. Operation Respect: "Don't Laugh at Me" is expected to announce today that Townsend, 51, is its new leader. In an interview yesterday, the former lieutenant governor said she had been on the job for nearly two months, helping the New York-based group construct a national network to distribute a curriculum of music and videos that focus on tolerance and respect.

In her first venture since losing last year's gubernatorial election, former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend has sidestepped politics to become president of a not-for-profit organization that aims to create a bully-free environment in schools and summer camps. Operation Respect: "Don't Laugh at Me" is expected to announce today that Townsend, 51, is its new leader. In an interview yesterday, the former lieutenant governor said she had been on the job for nearly two months, helping the New York-based group construct a national network to distribute a curriculum of music and videos that focus on tolerance and respect.

If I order meat and my wife orders fish, what kind of wine will work for both of us? The answer that I got from several wine savants is a "crossover" wine. This is a style of wine that, in simplistic terms, is not too red and not too white. It is the happy compromise that we seek in so many areas of life. In addition to producing marital harmony, picking a bottle of crossover wine from a restaurant wine list can make economic sense as well. Ordering a bottle of crossover wine that holds five glasses is usually much less expensive than ordering the same number of wines by the glass.

In Annapolis tonight, a musical blend of hemispheres will occur. Indian tabla player Sandip Burman will join guitarist Paul Bollenback, saxophonist David Pietro and singer-songwriter-guitarist Tom Pra-sada-Rao for an "East Meets Jazz" concert at the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis at 8:30. Burman describes this genre hybrid as a "guided improvisation." The Indian native's tabla -- a pair of drums played by the fingers, palms and wrists -- provides traditional rhythms and melodies in complex meters.

Family concert Folk music legend Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, will perform tomorrow evening at the First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church. The concert is sponsored by Downtown Baltimore Child Care Inc., which also will honor Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley during the evening for his leadership on issues of early childhood education. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Barbara Jean Hawks Scholarship Fund. Peter Yarrow performs 7 p.m.-9 p.m. tomorrow at the First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, Park Avenue and Madison Street.