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Hurricane Katrina's impact will no doubt be felt for a long time throughout the Gulf Coast. And although food and shelter are primary needs for all those affected by Katrina, many HIV-positive people also have additional and more pressing short-term needs.
For one thing, most HIV-positive evacuees probably did not get the chance to take their HIV medications along as they fled. Or if they did, an additional supply will soon be needed -- a challenging proposition whether their meds are provided by private insurance, Medicaid or their state AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). Each of these plans requires identification and, under normal circumstances, most plans will not provide medications out of state. The risk is that evacuees will run out of some medications and end up taking only part of their regimen. Doing this risks the creation of HIV drug resistance, which would dramatically limit their future treatment options.
Scott Russell, M.D., who is the medical director for 17 Coastal Family Health Center clinics in Mississippi, fears that there is a large number of people who had to or will have to interrupt their HIV treatment. This clearly is true for the thousands who have been evacuated from New Orleans, but it is also true for the thousand or so HIV-positive patients under Dr. Russell's care in Mississippi -- including the more than 300 HIV-positive patients Russell cares for at two Coastal Family Health clinics that offer free or low-cost care, one in Biloxi and the other in Gulfport.
Besides the fact that both HIV clinics are closed indefinitely, Russell points to two key reasons why many people with HIV have had to go without their medications after the hurricane: extremely long lines for expensive gasoline and, for eight days after the hurricane struck, few open pharmacies.
Dr. Russell advises patients who are missing one or more of the drugs in their regimen to stop all their meds at the same time to avoid causing their HIV to become resistant. "I have a lot of people with limited options and it will be a bad thing if they lose the option of their current treatment," he says.
"This is an economically depressed area," Dr. Russell notes, "and now many of my patients are homeless. Before, they had a community and a place to live; now they have nothing."
"I already had a lot of homeless patients," Dr. Russell continues, "and now I'm going to have more, which creates its own problems with meds that have to be refrigerated."
"We were inundated [with patients] before the hurricane," Russell says. But since Katrina's arrival, the clinics have been eerily empty. A floor of mud several feet thick covers one facility, and although the other clinic is intact, there remains no electricity or running water.
More than a week after the hurricane struck, the city of Biloxi, with its population of 50,000, still had no electricity. Dr. Russell, who has lived in the Biloxi area most of his life, reports that when he returned to town for the first time after the hurricane, all of the town's landmarks had disappeared. Although his house was still intact and, thanks to a backup generator, his refrigerator still works, his beach home is now a pile of sticks. A nurse at one of the clinics had been renting it for the last few years, and now everything she owned has been destroyed. Yet, as Dr. Russell recounts, she is determined to find a way to continue helping her HIV-positive patients. "She called me to say that she was safe -- and asked when she can get back to work."
Dr. Russell has been in touch with much of his HIV clinic staff. "Some of our providers are homeless," Russell says. "Others have evacuated as far away as to Canada, and it doesn't look like they are coming back immediately." Resigned, he quickly adds, "But we have no clinic now anyhow."
No one really knows for sure how people with HIV are faring throughout the Gulf Coast. In places like Biloxi, with more than 5,000 of its buildings destroyed, communication is rare and difficult, with sporadic phone service. We communicated with Dr. Russell through his cell phone, which he kept recharged in his car, but even this was continually interrupted.
With the AIDS clinics not yet open and Russell's staff still dispersed, it will be a while before anyone can meet the needs of most of the area's HIV-positive people, particularly since they too have been scattered throughout the region.
The Biloxi Regional Medical Center is where Dr. Russell provides care right now. The hospital is providing housing for the few healthcare providers who remain in the area. They are also providing gas for hospital workers who still have houses to return to. Volunteer HIV specialists from Florida are reportedly on their way down to help. Dr. Russell says he needs all the help and all the medications he can get.
Helping HIV-Positive People Displaced by the Hurricane
While Dr. Russell works with the little he has in what remains of Biloxi, other HIV healthcare providers in surrounding areas have been hard at work preparing to provide medical care and support for the evacuated HIV-positive people.
In Houston, Texas, where many of the Katrina survivors from New Orleans have been relocated, AIDS organizations and clinics have been busy organizing. Two AIDS clinics, the Montrose Clinic and the Thomas Street Health Clinic, prepared for the influx of patients. The Montrose Clinic stayed open throughout the Labor Day weekend. They also sent workers to the city's shelters to reach out to HIV-positive people.
Montrose Clinic workers understand that those who fled New Orleans are unlikely to have medical records or proof that they are HIV positive, so they are administering a rapid HIV test to everyone who comes in asking for HIV medications. Once the test confirms HIV infection, the clinic sends a prescription to Walgreens, where people can pick up their medications for free. The clinic is determined to provide HIV medications to all who need them. If people aren't sure which drugs are in their regimens, they will be referred to an HIV specialist. The clinic has set up an evacuee emergency hotline at 713-830-3047.
The Montrose Clinic is also trying to find housing for people with HIV because of the very real fear of discrimination if their status is revealed while living in a shelter with thousands of other people. In fact, Nelson Vergel, an HIV-positive AIDS activist who lives in Houston, reported, "I learned that many of the evacuated people who are gay and lesbian have been assaulted, either verbally or physically, at the shelters. Many others have expressed fear of revealing their HIV status and thus are not getting badly needed medications."
The need to get people into care and back on medications is what has energized many people in the AIDS community far beyond Houston and the Gulf Coast area. Howard Grossman, M.D., the executive director of the American Academy of HIV Medicine, the largest professional organization of HIV healthcare providers in the United States, has been working tirelessly to ensure that evacuees with HIV get the care and medications they need. He has also created a growing section on his site called "HIV/AIDS Emergency Gulf Coast Coverage" with comprehensive information for both patients and healthcare providers and a web log where people can post additional information or first person accounts.
In addition, Dr. Grossman has compiled a list of resources and medical instructions for front-line healthcare providers who work at shelters and will be caring for displaced HIV-positive people. Such guidance is important because general practitioners know little about the intricacies of providing care for someone with HIV.
Dr. Grossman is also fielding phone calls from dozens of HIV healthcare providers throughout the country wanting to volunteer in the affected areas. The problem, he says, is that in places like Biloxi, roads have been closed off. So Dr. Grossman has been trying to find the right federal contact to facilitate getting these volunteers on the ground. Not only will the health workers need access to areas of the Gulf Coast where help is most needed, but they'll also need a state medical license.
Dr. Grossman stresses the importance of guidelines for dealing sensitively with displaced HIV-positive people. "We have to be very careful," he explains. "HIV-positive people are afraid of being seen as special in this situation. They also don't want to be identified as HIV positive."
Beyond the need for prudence, Dr. Grossman notes that HIV prevention must be made readily available in shelters and other areas where displaced people are being housed. "In general, in any disaster like this -- with any [displacement] -- we always see an increase in HIV transmission," Dr. Grossman warns. "It's important that condoms are available. ... It's something we should be prepared for."
Dr. Grossman added that rapid HIV testing is critical for these areas. Getting a cheap and generous supply is something he is still working on. AIDS organizations are using the tests to confirm that people are positive so they can quickly get them their meds.
Getting HIV medications may also become somewhat easier thanks to many of the major pharmaceutical companies who have announced they will provide their meds at no cost to those who need it in the affected region. Most have agreed to refill all ADAP prescriptions at no cost in the Gulf states. For instance, Gilead Sciences, which makes FTC (emtricitabine, Emtriva), tenofovir (Viread) and Truvada (tenofovir/FTC), says it will refill all prescriptions at no cost for ADAPs in the Gulf states and directly to individuals who have been relocated outside the region. The company also says it will temporarily offer expedited enrollment in its "Advancing Access" Patient Assistance Program, which provides free medications to people in need.
The best bet for anyone who has run out of HIV medications is to call an AIDS organization in the area where they have relocated to get help. Click here for a state-by-state list of AIDS organizations. Lots of strings have been pulled behind the scenes to help evacuees get their needed medications. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a statement allowing people to use their Medicaid cards in other states. They have also asked pharmacies to fill 30-day prescriptions if presented with an empty prescription bottle, without requiring a new prescription.
In any case, getting information about these programs into the affected areas is still a challenge. Because of the intensity of the destruction, most people in these areas still lack phone and Internet service. More than a week after the hurricane struck, information about all the help available still had not been disseminated widely; Dr. Russell, the Mississippi HIV specialist, seemed shocked when he was told that he could get a hold of HIV medications. "It would be a dream come true if I can get my hands on the meds," he exclaimed. "I can use meds in a heartbeat. It would be an enormous help, because patients may not have a way to get to the health department."
Local Efforts to Help Those With HIV
Dr. Russell says he already knows of a few of his patients who have lost everything. It may be small comfort to these people, but they do have places to turn: Besides the shelters and churches, there is South Mississippi AIDS Task Force's Augusta House, which houses people with HIV.
The patients Dr. Russell has heard from, through the limited phone service that is available, were running out of the meds they normally receive through Mississippi's ADAP. But he hasn't heard from most of his patients, suspecting that many have evacuated and have not made it back to the area.
Evacuees with HIV who receive their medications through ADAP can receive additional meds through the ADAP of other states. For a list of phone numbers for ADAP offices across the country, click here. For survivors still in Mississippi, the state's ADAP program, which normally has strict rules for who qualifies for free HIV medications, has decided to simply send the region's regular order to the Jackson County Health Department in Pascagoula. Russell says the health department has even been allowing relatives of evacuees with HIV to pick up meds.
Picking up HIV medications in a new place or asking a volunteer in a shelter where to get HIV medications is a thorny issue for the simple reason that it involves disclosing your status to a stranger. Many people are reluctant to take this risk. This is true everywhere in the United States, but for HIV-positive people in the Gulf region, the experience of stigma and discrimination is not uncommon. To address this issue, AIDS organizations in many affected states have been sending case managers with flyers to many of the shelters to reach out to HIV-positive evacuees. Many AIDS organizations offer not only access to HIV medications and medical care, but they are helping to get HIV-positive evacuees out of shelters and into other housing.
There are still many obstacles remaining for people with HIV in the Gulf area, and it will take a long time for things to return to normal. But, through lots of networking on the phone and through e-mail, the HIV medical community and AIDS organizations across the country have clearly joined forces to help anyone displaced by the hurricane.
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This is the first in a series of articles examining the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the U.S. AIDS community. To read other articles in this series, click here.
This article was provided by The Body.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- General manager Alex Anthopoulos cautioned before the Winter Meetings that he didn't expect the Blue Jays to make any major moves, and he turned out to be correct.
Toronto's only activity at the annual Meetings was the Minor League signing of right-hander Tomo Ohka and a trade involving Rule 5 Draft pick Brian Moran in exchange for international-signing cap space.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- General manager Alex Anthopoulos cautioned before the Winter Meetings that he didn't expect the Blue Jays to make any major moves, and he turned out to be correct.
Toronto's only activity at the annual Meetings was the Minor League signing of right-hander Tomo Ohka and a trade involving Rule 5 Draft pick Brian Moran in exchange for international-signing cap space.
Those moves will do little to excite a fanbase that is waiting for the Blue Jays to address their needs in the starting rotation, but this annual event was always about laying the groundwork for future deals and not necessarily completing any at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort.
"I actually get relieved when we leave the Winter Meetings, because we can get back to work," Anthopoulos said. "There's too much going on here with every team. They have agent meetings, and I think people, including us, can get paralyzed. You get back, you take a breath, and I think you can get back on the phones and try to narrow your focus a little bit and get deals done."
Toronto continues to be in the market for an upgrade in the starting rotation, and that remains the club's top priority for the rest of the offseason. Second base also is an area where the Blue Jays could look to make some changes, and it's certainly not out of the realm of possibilities that Anthopoulos could have a surprise move or two up his sleeve.
Anthopoulos reiterated that there are three or four pitchers the Blue Jays have closely monitored. He obviously didn't mention specific names, but he said the first three appear to be at least somewhat realistic, while there could be a "domino effect" with the fourth that could increase that possibility as well.
By this time last year, Anthopoulos had already pulled the trigger on a massive trade with the Marlins while also reaching agreements with Maicer Izturis and Melky Cabrera. There also had been some serious progress in trade talks for R.A. Dickey, but it appears as though this offseason could see a lot of transactions drag into January.
"We're comfortable going into any time," Anthopoulos said. "There's no timeline of December, January. Whenever it happens, it happens. We did the Vernon Wells deal in late January, not that we were expecting to do that. I was talking to a GM, and he was telling me how a few years ago, he made a bunch of important moves and it was January when they all presented themselves."
Deals done: Toronto signed veteran right-hander Ohka to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. Ohka, 37, is expected to start the year in Double-A New Hampshire, where he will continue his transition to become a knuckleballer.
Rule 5 Draft activity: The Blue Jays selected Moran with the ninth pick in the Draft but then traded him to the Angels in exchange for international cap space. Toronto received approximately $240,000, and the club is expected to use that money to pursue at least one free agent.
Goals accomplished: Anthopoulos came away from the Meetings empty-handed, but he did lay the groundwork for some future deals. Toronto's GM said there are several moves he can make now, but that he doesn't like the asking prices, which he hopes will change in the coming weeks.
"If we have to be forced on a free agent and someone has interest in one of our players and we have to clear a spot, we can do that, it's just that we might take 20 cents on the dollar to do it fast," Anthopoulos said. "But at the end of the day, we might say our total return, with [adding] the free agent, that we're a stronger club, and we'd be open to doing that."
Unfinished business: The Blue Jays still need at least one starting pitcher to round out a staff that currently includes Dickey, Mark Buehrle, Brandon Morrow and J.A. Happ. There are capable replacements in Drew Hutchison, Marcus Stroman, Kyle Drabek and Sean Nolin, but ideally those pitchers would start the year in the Minor Leagues and provide some much-needed depth.
Team's bottom line: "I think there are some things that we can do. We're trying to do more than one thing, especially on the trade market. We have so many assets, so we're trying to figure out, 'OK, how do we divide up these assets and make sure that we get these two or three things rather than use too many assets to get one and then we're stuck?' There's ways to do it, we just have to kind of clear the deck a little bit." -- Anthopoulos
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB.

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The man is angry. He's so angry we need to create a new word to describe his vitriol. Like "mangry," which is a mash-up of mad and angry we just invented.
In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's twerking girl prank, several people are questioning whether the call is actually real.
Take a listen for yourself and decide whether the whole thing is a hoax. And steel your ears: some of the man's language is definitely NSFW.
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NEW YORK — Investors steadied themselves Friday after initially dumping stocks when Citigroup Inc. announced details of its plan to turn over more of the company to the government.
Financials still dragged on the market but most stocks fluctuated in a narrow range after tumbling at the start of trading. Investors placed bets on technology stocks and other corners of the market that could benefit from an improvement in the economy.
Stocks closed off their lows of the day, but still had big losses as the market had its sixth straight losing month. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index each shed more than 10 percent in February.
According to preliminary calculations, the Dow fell 119.15, or 1.7 percent, to 7,062.93. The blue chips fell as much as 149 points to near the 7,000 mark, a level they haven't moved below since October 1997.
Wall Street began the day with news that Citigroup had agreed to a deal in which the U.S. government and private investors including the government of Singapore and Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal will convert their preferred stock in the struggling bank to common shares. The plan won't require additional money from the U.S. government, which holds an 8 percent stake in Citigroup and would own 36 percent.
Some sort of deal with the government had been expected much of the week. But Citi fell 91 cents, or 37.1 percent, to $1.55 as investors worried about how much their holdings in the company would be diluted by the changes.
Dan Cook, senior market analyst at IG Markets in Chicago, said the Citigroup news spooked some investors although many expected the shares would see enormous dilution when the government increased its stake.
"They've been kind of the elephant that's been balancing on top of the toothpick. It's going to break but you just don't know when," he said.
Wall Street was also shaken in the early going when the government's gross domestic product report showed that the economy fell at a 6.2 percent annual pace at the end of last year, a much faster than expected pace. But the market eventually absorbed that report as unsurprising given how consumers and businesses slashed spending in the fall.
Wall Street had been hoping that stabilizing Citigroup will help ease worries about the beaten-down bank stocks and remove some of their questions about the prospects for the industry.
But Citi also booked an accounting charge of about $9.6 billion due to deterioration in the financial markets and lowered its forecasts. The company will reshuffle its board and make other changes.
The Commerce Department figures on GDP, the worst since an annualized drop of 6.4 percent in the first three months of 1982, cast some doubt that the economy will begin to show signs of improvement by the end of this year, as many analysts have predicted. But the poor showing also could make it that much easier for readings in coming quarters to look by comparison, Cook said. Investors would welcome even a slowing pace of decline.
Cook said the market's ability to show some recovery Friday despite the onslaught of bad news is a good sign.
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Uhhhahhh, top of the morning to you
You know, its been so dark outside
That I figured I'd turn a couple motherfuckin' lights on real quick
[Verse 1: Mac Miller]
Uh, I ain't talkin 'bout nothin' with a flow so disgutin'
Ashtray by me that I gotta dump my guts in
Need substance, feed it to the public
No one gon' touch it like my Poppy's old musket
Roll up to the function, eatin' all the Funyuns
Sentence keep runnin', word to double E Cummings
People say to me that it doesn't mean nothin'
Bumble bees buzzin' cause the trouble needs lovin'
Wonder who really give a fuck what I have to say?
Those are the people to which I dedicate this rap today
Your shit is fragile, If I have to, I'mma crack your face
Monday to Saturday, I'm actin' like a basket case
While Sunday I'm goin' golfin' with my Callaway's
Or watchin' football, word to Joey Galloway
Take a shower start singin' like Al Green
From outside, it probably sound like some loud screams
Always had child dreams and nightmares
My music like the airport I hop on a flight there
Wanna go to Monaco to see what its like there
Roll up in a pair of Nike Airs, just like "yeah"
Wassup, here I am, lookin' in the mirror and
All I see is me, I'm at peace
Go rent out a penthouse, forget all my problems
The things I regret now, be gone by the mornin'
My life is startin', I'm ready as I ever been
Pencilin' my schedule that I gotta move on from mistakes
Number 1 albums, always givin' you mixtapes
And that's what I'mma do until I'm richer than Bill Gates
It ain't all about money for me though
I do this for the people who need a boost in their ego
Work a lot, I'm an addict not a fiend though
Get up, get out, and get somethin', word to Cee Lo
Bottles of Clicquot, a couple of Cristal
May head to L.A like I'm Chris Paul
Bout to go platinum off of "Missed Calls"
So all of y'all can lick balls
Just you know
[Hook: Iman Omari]
Run from the dark
Into the light
You know, you know you're gona find your way out
Run from the dark
Into the light
Oh-woah, you know you're gona find your way
Just run to the sunlight
Just run to the sunlight
Just run to the sunlight
Just run to the sunlight
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The autophiles over at the UK's CAR tracked down Jean Michel Santacrue and Adam Burdette, TVR's new overlords, as well as teenage Russian baznillionaire Nikolai Smolenski who is expected to soon cut all ties with TVR and head back to Austria. Smolenski accepts responsibility for workers' ire at the Blackpool shutdown, but lays the demise of British-built TVRs squarely at the feet of the British government. Meanwhile, Santacrue and Burdette are planning to go with either Pininfarina or Bertone for manufacturing purposes (previous reports generally revolved around the latter), while retaining a crew of 20 engineers and designers in the UK.
The duo claims to be working with American authorities on crash and emissions standards. Will TVR return to American shores? Will TVR survive? This whole may seem more brain-melting than the ins and outs of the Chrysler situation...except TVR actually seems to have some semblance of a plan at this point. Which is more than we can say for the cats out in Auburn Hills or over in Stuttgart.
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Have you tried a kettlebell workout? Try doing these exercises to add variety and get more from your workout
The kettlebell craze is continuing to take over the fitness world because of its amazing benefits to overall body strength and conditioning. 'There's a good reason why these scary-looking cast-iron weights are showing up in gyms,' says celebrity trainer Nick Mays of ikeepfit.com. 'They're user-friendly (you can use them in or out of the gym and only need one bell to get an all-over workout) and allow you to swing from one move to the next without stopping, creating a cardio and resistance workout all at once.'
Researchers found a 20-minute kettlebell workout can torch almost 400 calories, the equivalent of running a six-minute mile pace, or cross-country skiing uphill at a fast pace, 'This is just one of a long list of benefits,' says Mays. 'You'll not only get a higher-intensity workout than standard weight-training routines, you'll add definition to your entire body while improving heart and lung efficiency and working the body in a completely different way. This is because the kettlebells' weight isn't evenly distributed, so your stabiliser muscles have to work extra hard to keep your body balanced.
Start with the first move and do the exercises back-to-back with as little rest as possible. Rest for two minutes then repeat for a total of three circuits. Not only will your heart rate go through the roof, you'll get an all-over burn in less than 30 minutes.
Grab a kettlebell with both hands, letting the bell hang in front of you. Squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor and swing the bell between your legs and behind your hips. Immediately stand up and swing the kettlebell up to shoulder height while pushing your hips forward and contracting your gluteals. Drop back to the starting position.
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Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and hold your kettlebell in front of you with both hands. Keeping your elbows close to your body, contract your abdominals and rotate your torso to the right, pressing the bell out once you're all the way around. Pause, then return to the start, this time rotating your torso to the left and pressing the weight out to the left.
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Stand with your feet wide and toes pointing out to the sides. Hold your kettlebell in front of you with both hands. Slowly lower into a squat and go as deep as you can, keeping your knees and toes aligned. Pause, then push back up through your heels. Row the kettlebell up towards your chest once you're back up standing before lowering it back to the starting position.


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When Zach Frame was 5 years old, his parents took him to the pizza restaurant, Organ Piper Music Palace, 4353 S. 108th St. It was the first time Frame saw a live organist and he was instantly drawn to the instrument.
"My parents said I needed to learn piano first, so I started taking lessons," says Frame.
For the past two years, Frame has been the only full-time featured organist at Organ Piper, where he plays a giant Wurlitzer five nights a week. The restaurant has two part-time organists on staff, too.
"I never imagined as a kid that someday I'd be up there,'" says Frame, 25.
Frame, who grew up in Lake Geneva, studied piano privately and then went on to study music at McNally Smith in Saint Paul, Minn. He learned to play the theater organ – which is the instrument at Organ Piper – through observing other players.
"There are probably only two or three people in the country who could teach me to play a theater organ. It's different than a classical organ," he says.
Frame says the appeal of the organ for him has always been the complexity of the instrument, because it requires use of both hands and both feet.
"One musician can make so much music. There are eight or nine things going on at once – chords, bass line, melody line, counter melody line, dynamics, percussion, lights. Lots of stuff," he says.
Pizza restaurants with live organ entertainment were popular all over the country in the '70s and '80s. Milwaukee had a second one, called Pipe Organ Pizza, which closed in the '80s. Today, according to Frame, there is only one other theater-organ pizza restaurant left in the country other than Organ Piper and it's in Phoenix.
Gary Hanson opened the Organ Piper Pizza in December 1975. It serves pizza, pasta, sandwiches, a nightly fish fry, soda, beer and wine. It's a loud, fun experience, with lots of musical ducks, a whirling Raggedy Ann Doll, flags and lights galore.
Frame, who knows between 800 and 1,000 songs on the organ, says the most commonly requested songs are the theme to "Phantom Of The Opera," "Star Wars" and "Under The Sea."
"If a night goes by and I don't play at least two of these three songs, it's rare," he says.
He plays more contemporary songs, too, from Michael Jackson to a three-song Lady Gaga medley – as well as a lot of Beatles, one of his favorite bands. But Frame's all-time favorite song varies.
"It's usually something I haven't played in a while," he says.
Occasionally, someone will request a song he does not know, and he will make it a personal challenge to learn it on the fly or on his own time. He has an electric organ at home and is also allowed to come in and practice on the theater organ.
"I'm basically trying to play catch-up with the last 300 years of music," he says.
The Organ Piper's Wurlitzer was assembled from several vintage theater pipe organs across the country. The basic mechanical parts – including the windchests, regulators and tremulants/vibratos – were all built by the Wurlitzer Company in New York.
The pipework, which is the "heart or sound" of an organ, was built by the Wurlitzer firm, and also the Kimball Co. of Chicago.
Frame, who describes himself as a "big jazz fan," also plays drums and saxophone. He has been in garage bands and jazz groups, but with only two nights off a week from playing music, he doesn't really have the time nor the desire to pursue music beyond his job.
"Actually, it's nice to have silence on a night off," he says.
Frame says he plans to live his dream and stay at Organ Piper as long as he can. He recognizes how rare and niche his job is and says when people get up and dance, he feels like he's doing something right.
"I never imagined that I would be doing this for a living, but I'll take it, and do it for as long as I possibly can," says Frame.
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Good story. Please ask Zach if he has ever visited the Sanfillipo Estate near Barrington Illinois. To me this is a music lovers paradise complete with the largest theater pipe organ I've ever had the pleasure to see and hear. The entire museum and guided tour was a wonderful experience. I am guessing Zach would love to get his chance to play any/all of the historic instruments housed here. http://www.placedelamusique.org/
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devidia | Dec. 31, 2012 at 12:57 p.m. (report)
I've always promised myself that next time I'm there, I am going to request the theme from "Sanford and Son". For some reason I've always thought it would be funny to hear that played on a pipe organ. Cue it up!!! I'll be stopping by soon!!!
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Savour the taste of the market gardens of Almeria
Almeria is known by many as the market garden of Europe thanks to its fertile land, and to the fact that it enjoys an average of 3000 hours of sunshine a year. Now you have the chance to discover it through a series of guided visits to its farmlands, which end with a chance to taste some of the delicious vegetables fresh from the gardens, including some of the most popular products such as the tomato.
The visits take in the various different types of greenhouses used in Almeria, and are a way of learning more about the techniques used. There is also a brief summary of the history of the countryside in Almeria, including a look at the most commonly used farming techniques and the latest technology now in use. The best moment comes at the end of the visit, when participants are invited to sample delicacies such as fresh vegetables with extra virgin olive oil, bread and honey. This delicious treat will be enough to convince you why the vegetable gardens of Almeria are so justly renowned. Things to remember: The visits are organised by private companies, so you are advised to contact the Almeria tourist offices beforehand. You can find more information about this visit on the official website of the Almeria tourist board.
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AI4X - Collecting Ideas and Identifying Challenges for Future AI Research in Sweden (Health)
AI4X is a series of one day conferences on the theme of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its development and application in different sectors in Sweden. The conferences are organized by WASP AI funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
City Conference Center Folkets Hus, Stockholm | March 13, 2018
AI is expected to have a profound impact on our society. It has made important progress during the last decades and there is now an accelerating transfer of research result into commercial applications. At the same time there are huge needs for more competence in the area and for further research and development.
Sweden is a technologically advanced country with a high level of digital maturity. It is essential that we as a country take advantage of the opportunities provided by AI. To do this we need to seriously strengthen the competence, research and development of AI in Sweden. These conference are a first step towards this.
- Feb 12 - Industry (last day for registration Jan 28)
- Feb 27 - Entertainment and Education (last day for registration Feb 11)
- Mar 13 - Health (last day for registration Feb 25)
- Mar 27 - Services and Finance (last day for registration Mar 11)
- Apr 11 - Society and Environment (last day for registration Mar 27)
The purpose of AI4X is to bring together people from companies, universities, and the public sector to present and discuss the current and planned use of AI. The goal is to get a better understanding of the current status of AI in Sweden, its challenges and opportunities. Based on the conferences a report will be written summarizing what companies and organizations are using AI today, what they expect to use AI for in the near future, what AI techniques and technologies they are using, what applications they are using these for, and the challenges and needs they see for the future.
To achieve this, we invite organizations in different sectors to give short pitches of the application and development of AI in their organization. The sectors should be interpreted broadly and inclusively. Presentations are intended from participants who either develop, apply or plan to apply AI in their organization. These are presented to all participants followed by a poster session with more in-depth discussions. At the poster session there will also be researchers presenting their expertise in the area to provide a basis for potential future collaborations.


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One Direction Win Best Pop Video at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards
And so it begins!
The 2012 Video Music Awards started off with quite a bang, thanks to host and comedian Kevin Hart, who by the way, left no celebrity unscathed during his opening monologue. After the stage diving into the crowd, he announced the arrival of Katy Perry to give out the first onstage award of the evening for Best Pop Video.
Can we just take a second to guffaw over how amazing she looked?! In a long black gown, adorned with pink and blue appliques and her long brown locks wavy and cast over one shoulder, Perry looked the best she has in a long time. Perhaps she has new beau John Mayer to thank for her new look?
Our psychic abilities allowed us to predict the winner, and we were spot on! One Direction won the award for Best Pop Video and boy did the boys from the U.K. look as genuinely shocked as ever!... and so did the audience. Taylor Swift looked so-so about the band winning, but managed to sing along as 1D's 'What Makes You Beautiful' played in the background, and the guys from fun. looked... disappointed in the choice for winner.
But in an interesting gesture, and to spice things up a bit, Perry kissed each of the boys (see her smooching Niall below) on the lips when they arrived on stage to collect their award. Sorry, girls everywhere! It's probably why 1D managed to break the flag from the moonman almost immediately upon receiving the award.
"Thank you so much, we have grown up watching this show and to even be here is an honor," said Niall Horan. "To collect one of these from our fans is an honor. We'd like to thank our fans for following us on our two year journey and for helping us collect the award for Best Pop Video!"


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Cowell's girlfriend Lauren Silverman is due to give birth in New York this month while Cowell is in the U.K. filming the next series of the reality TV show "Britain's Got Talent" in the U.K., but he is determined not to miss the special moment.
He tells Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "I am keeping my phone on during auditions 100 percent. If it happens I have to go and dash on a plane. I probably will be nervous when it all happens. I am going to watch 'Father of the Bride' tonight to get used to that. I have got a feeling my child is going to be really naughty."
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We've had Leighton here on Logo Designer Blog before, as part of our "13 Logo Designers Share Their Love of Logo Design" series however now we have him back for a full blown interivew. Enjoy the read, it's worth it.
So, who is Leighton Hubbell?
My name is Leighton Hubbell. I'm the guy behind the one-person design shop, Leightonhubbell.com and also Hubbell Design Works. I started out over 20+ years ago and have worked in several capacities in the communication arts industry including employment at various design firms, ad agencies and promotional branding agencies.
Even with a diverse set of design skills, I am most widely recognized for my logo design work. I've somehow lost count, but I'm sure there are literally thousands of logos in my archives that I have designed for this client or that. Clients have included businesses and organizations throughout the United States and other foreign countries. Larger clients have included Sheraton Hotels, Purina Pet Foods, Hanes USA, Lions Club International, Nestlé USA, Samsung and many others.
For the last eight years, I've had my own small studio focusing primarily on logo design, icon design, identity, branding and illustration. Although I've worked with many large brands, a significant portion of my business is working with small to mid-sized companies on their marketing and design efforts.
What makes a good logo in your opinion?
That really is a subjective call. What constitutes a 'good' logo to some may not resonate with others. A logo may not be technically well-designed, but have a rare quality or high visibility that represents the brand to the consumer better than anything else. It is a rare logo that rings true with a mass audience.
A good logo has a point of view, is well-designed and creates a visual calling card for the company or service it represents. It needs to have enough versatility to work in many situations and venues and is visually engaging.
Combined with good branding design, the logo comes to life and represents not only the company or service, but becomes the key component in the brand.
The important thing to remember is, without proper branding design even the best logos won't get noticed. All you have to do is look at the world's top brands and this comes to light.
What makes a good logo designer?
I think it has a lot to do with how visually a designer can think. In some ways, a logo is like a visual puzzle that the designer works out and presents the solution to the viewer. Some solutions are more obvious and some are more conceptual. Although there are several styles of logos (type only, illustrative, abstract, etc.), the designer needs to be open-minded enough to find the best solution for the client and situation.
Having a signature style is great, but it should compliment the brand and not overshadow it.
The designer needs to be able to communicate ideas quickly and clearly, and be able to find several solutions to the same problem.
The best logo designers I know of are all great draftsmen, which is to say that the visuals are well crafted, tightly rendered and accurate. I really enjoy a well-designed mark from a truly great artist.
And above all, a good logo designer has to be a well-versed typographer. Having a sense of appropriate typefaces is very important, especially since this is a purely commercial art form. Being able to select the right font can make or break a logo mark. The type sets the mood or compliments the visual. If the typeface isn't quite right, then the designer has to know what will make it right.
These days, there are so many similar businesses and business models that it is difficult to differentiate yourself. Consequentially, it makes it that much harder to create a truly original logo visual. Which is why I think that the overall logo design community – the real logo specialists – is rather small.
What are your main methods of finding new clients and which of those methods work best?
In the past, most of my new clients came from referrals, either from past clients or agencies I have worked with. After being in the industry for a number of years, I find maintaining contacts is part of the job. Until recently, that would have been enough. But now, the internet and social networking are becoming more and more of the norm.
In my self-promotional mix, I have a combination of source books, mailing lists and of course, website presences. When I get new inquiries, I try to inquire how they found out about me, just so I can keep track of what's working and what isn't.
By far, the website is an invaluable resource to have available. In the old days, all you had was your portfolio, mailers and a phone list. If you could afford it, you got a source book page. Most of the time, you worked by referral and it was very hard to get a following built up. Now, anyone with a computer can find your work on a website to view at any time. The key now, is building up your site traffic. Everything works in tandem from your site, to your blog, to design sites, to postcards, to e-mail blasts to build the self-promotion machine.
What information do you gather from a client before starting a logo?
I try to have a formal meeting or conference call to try and get as much information about the assignment as I can. I used to have a much more detailed form to fill out on my site, but I think some might have found it overwhelming to complete. I have since culled it down.
More so, I ask lots of questions about their business. Who are they now? Who do they want to be? Where are they going? Where have they been? Who is their audience now and do they want to broaden or narrow it? What sort of applications would this logo be used for? Any visual preferences or messages you need to communicate? Who are your competitors? Budget?
Of course, sometimes clients aren't always ready to answer everything but it does get them thinking in a parallel direction. At first they are looking for a logo, but these types of questions show that there is a much broader process to the design and they can be a part of it.
What is your typical design process when designing a logo for a new client?
My first phase is going through the information that they shared in our meeting. I then take that knowledge and put together an estimate. My typical procedure is getting a signed estimate, a purchase order and a deposit before any work starts. If they are really serious, the deposit requirement usually gets things moving right away.
After the contract is approved and the deposit is received, I start working out thumbnail sketches in my sketchbook or any scrap paper I can find. Usually my brain is working concepts out during our first meeting. So, by the time I start to formally work out sketches, my brain has been processing the designs for a while. I fully believe that your brain is working on problems in the background while your doing other things. Sort of a brain simmer. Nothing interesting comes from staring at the paper and beating it out of yourself.
If needed, I do additional research to find out more about the client's company history, present design and any related subjects. I may go to the bookstore, talk to consumers, tour their manufacturing plant, visit a retail store or whatever venue that seems appropriate to glean more background on the project.
During the sketch phase, I decide what kind of styles might be appropriate for the logo. Is it geometric, clean, rustic, hand-tooled or illustrative, etc? I work in about 15-20 minute stretches and stop for a bit. I come back to it periodically until I think I have enough concepts to start on the computer. Some projects come to me right away and some take more time to process.
If I am doing an illustrative logo, I will show sketches at this point. I used to do that with all my logo projects, but clients aren't as visual as they used to be. When you show a sketch these days, people get scared or concerned over things they probably wouldn't notice in a completed vector concept. It's too bad, but that's what everyone is used to.
For the more geometric designs, I can usually create them from looking at my sketch. I also have an archive or 'parts bin' of elements I may use from past jobs that may be faster than redrawing the whole thing. The more illustrative pieces are traced from a scanned-in sketch and fine-tuned from there.
At some time during the process I may have inspiration for an appropriate typeface. Some logos are driven by the font and some are matched up upon completion of the mark. I have no set process for that.
While I am assembling the concepts, I am thinking about color. What kind of palette would work here? How many colors? Muted or bold? Vivid or conservative? I have many color books that I reference, including tear sheets of work I like in my sketchbook. Sometimes I try to match those color selections.
If I am able to present the logos in person, I make a nice color output of each concept so they are not confused or influenced by the other designs at the same time.
How do you present your concepts to your clients and how many do you usually provide? What final files do you deliver to your client?
Well, since most of my clients are not local to me, I have had to send them in PDF form via e-mail. The primary reason for this is that although I do like to present the work, it is not often that our schedules will always coordinate. In the past, I've tried to follow the e-mail up with a phone call, but by the time I reach them, they have already looked at the work. Sometimes, this spoils the surprise.
With each concept, I write a brief creative rationale for the design, colors and typefaces. This ensures that the client understands what the concept and my thinking is and why it's designed that way – even if they don't get a chance to talk to me right away.
As far as a count, it really depends on the size of the project and whether or not I feel like things are progressing enough. Some more and some less. Believe me, I am no 'wallpaper' designer. There is usually a minimum of designs that I actually submit for client review.
Final files are usually delivered in the standard EPS, TIFF and JPEG forms with a logo collection PDF that I include for a guide to the files and colors.
Has there ever been a case when the client was not fully satisfied with the suggested logo designs? If yes, how did you handle that? Did you charge extra for the additional designs? How often does this happen?
Yes, there have been a few that have not been completely satisfied with the work. Most of the time, that is found out in the first couple of rounds and can be attributed to a lack of communication or bad information in the creative brief.
I've also had a situation that the agency owner loved my work and logo styles, however when it came to her own company's logo, she couldn't be satisfied. Nothing I presented to her was suitable or appropriate. There is rarely a time when I come away from a meeting with absolutely no leads or possibilities for the next round. I rarely strike completely out.
The trouble was, she couldn't remove herself from the project and think objectively about what was working and what wasn't. She was too close. So, we agreed the project was not going well and that there were no hard feelings. I told her that I felt that I was not the right fit for the project and billed her only for the work submitted.
Usually when I can see the project going in that direction and we are at our estimated limit, I will mention that we have exhausted those hours and that we will be going over. From there, I let them decide how to proceed.
The key to keeping this professional is in the project estimate. The designer needs to state to the client exactly what they are providing them for that price. If the designer is vague, then the client's expectations can be quite different than what the designer is willing to do. If the client has signed the estimate with the terms the designer stated, than there are no mysteries when the bill shows up.
It took me a long time to figure that out, but since then there have been very few truly bad projects. With good communication and a thorough contract agreement, the project should go smoothly.
How long do you spend on average creating a logo? What are the factors that contribute to how long you spend creating a logo?
It really depends on the scope of the project. The inspiration can come directly from them, or from what I glean from our first meeting. Sometimes I can even have a couple of ideas rolling around in my head while I'm talking to the client. They may take a matter of a few hours, but not all the time.
I have had a few concepts that I have sketched out that I want to make sure are figuratively accurate. So, I will do additional research online, at the library or bookstore, or even shoot reference photos to make sure the image is right.
With logo illustration, there is usually some time spent doing thumbnails, rough and refined sketches before moving on to the computer. Some of the bigger jobs require client sign-off on the sketches and often have tweaks that need to happen along the way.
I have several styles that I use for different logos. Techniques like woodcuts or textures can take additional time, but it has to be appropriate for the client to be worth the time.
How do you choose the right colour and font for each logo design project? Do you have any favourite or most used fonts that you use in your projects? Why?
Color selection is definitely an art unto itself and I have been told it is one of my strengths. Part of my interview questions and creative brief cover the information I need on the subject of color. The other part is instinctive to the design and usage of the logo. Factors like demographics, branding image and mood have a lot to do with the color palette that is selected. Some colors have specific things associated with them and therefore can help shape the viewer's perception of the logo design.
I do have some favorite fonts that I use rather frequently, but they are always evolving. Kind of like a favorite classic shirt that you keep buried in the closet. Every once in awhile, you get it out for something special. One of my more commonly used techniques is trying to pair up a serif face with a complimentary sans-serif face.
I love type, so if I come across a new one on HF&J's site, Veer or say FontHaus, I'll try and keep it filed for a new project. Every once in awhile I get to use it. Like a kid in a candy store.
Do you have any main influences that affect your work?
My interests have a fairly wide range, which have a direct effect on anyone's design style. I enjoy the outdoors, cycling, woodworking, music, movies, technology, art and car stuff. Pretty diverse.
I own a pretty large collection of logo design, illustration, photography and design books. My obsession with magazines has me thumbing through new ones all the time. There's a lot of great art direction happening in magazine design these days.
Growing up, I followed quite a few cartoonists and illustrators from the books and magazines in my parent's bookstores. Now, with the internet I find myself admiring many of the great illustrators I see on the dozens of inspiration sites posted everywhere. The creativity, styles and diversity are amazing.
What is the most challenging part about logo design and how do you deal with it?
The negotiation and business part tends to create the most challenges for me. Many people aren't used to working with a logo designer and have their own expectations. Some have a great respect for what we do, but most people need a little education. I think the bulk of the population have no idea how much impact logo design has on product and service branding and how much it should cost. It is very much taken for granted.
I think the single best action I have taken to improve my business and business relations has been updating my estimate or project agreement form. After some research, I found some excellent sample forms in the Graphic Artist's Guild Handbook for Pricing and Ethical Guidelines. Upon incorporating the very thorough itemization and legal terms into the form, it has helped improve the tone for the business portion of the jobs.
The new project agreement has dramatically weeded out the 'tire kickers' and potentially difficult clients for sure. The professional tone it sets also smoothes out both my intended deliverables for the assignment and the client's expectations. There is much better communication and it is less likely to create disputes. I highly recommend it.
What are your most favorite design resources? What gives you inspiration and where can we find it? How do you deal with creative blocks?
In the past, I would go to different art events, museums or the like for a recharge on creativity. A few times a year, I'm a guest instructor at a class at my alma mater Art Center College of Design. Seeing what other people are creating is always inspirational to me. Being a one-man show can be very isolating sometimes. Not much on water cooler chat.
My favorite books at the moment are a lot of the Rockport titles like the LogoLounge series, the Letterhead and Logo Design series, the 1,000 series. Other favorites are the Type Directors Club annuals and Von Glitschka's texture books. I've got the entire TDC library from Volume No. 1 on.
Websites include Logopond.com, LogoLounge.com, Little Box of Ideas, LogoDesignerBlog, David Airey, Smashing Magazine, Behance.net, Dexigner.com and others.
Now, I find sites like Twitter, Digg and StumbleUpon are a huge, almost overwhelming resource for new and inspirational nuggets of information and imagery. Especially, Twitter. I have met some really great creative people that I can chat with all over the world. Before, you might see their names in a magazine or book. Today you can chat with them in real time. It's amazing.
For creative blocks, I find that having a little balance in your life helps work those out. By balance I mean, getting out and doing something else besides design for an hour or two. Get off the computer, phone or whatever and take your mind off of things. I go hiking, or mountain biking to get some exercise. Many times during my rides I'll come up with blog article ideas, logo concepts, promotional ideas or whatever. You've got the wind in your face, the sun is out and your feeling good. Sweat is very inspirational.
What are your plans for the near future and where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
For now, I am continuing to challenge myself and improve my work. What's great about this industry and the pace that it is evolving is, you never quite know what's around the corner. Just when I thought I would never work on this or that, someone inquires about a project. Trying to keep abreast of the print and online world and where I can continue business is my present plan.
In ten years, I will be hopefully continue to work in the industry in some capacity, whether as a designer or an illustrator. Ten years ago, I'm not sure I could have imagined what we are doing now as an everyday thing. Technology has exploded in that short time.
In any case, it won't be something in concrete. I'll try and keep my options open.
Lastly, what advice would you give to an aspiring logo designer? And any last words?
Always, always, always work on your portfolio. Your portfolio is the single best investment you can make in your working career. Unlike any other industry, your work and your presentation have got to be well-crafted, displayed and up to date, or you won't last. Take the time to do that right and it will pay off in big dividends.
When you're just starting out, you need real assignments to cut your teeth. Just about everything I've learned in this business has been learned the hard way-by making mistakes. But, rather than give up, I persevered and learned from the experiences being wiser the next time. It takes time, but it's really the only way to gain the knowledge.
Instead of entering contests, find yourself some worthwhile start-up business or charity that you can spend your time on and really craft your work. You have the satisfaction of helping someone boost their business and you get real world business experience in return. And, hopefully some cash for the efforts.
Connect with Leighton:
Portfolio: http://leightonhubbell.com
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Winter skin woes: Tips to stay protected
Frigid temperatures have been making their way across the United States, with polar air going from the Midwest to the Northeast throughout the past week, causing wind-chill warnings along the way.}
Winter weather can especially wreak havoc on a person's skin, causing it to become dry, cracked and itchy. What's actually causing the dryness is not the cold weather itself, but the lack of humidity that the winter brings, explains Dr. Karthik Krishnamurthy, co-director of the cosmetic clinic at Montefiore's Center for Dermatology, Cosmetic and Laser Surgery in the Bronx, New York City.
What's more, people may be making their dry skin worse as they try to stay warm.
"We're all tempted to take long hot showers because it's cold outside," Krishnamurthy told CBSNews.com. "But that's a pretty big mistake," he said, because the heat causes more dryness.
Krishnamurthy, who is also assistant professor of dermatology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, urges everyday steps to "winter-proof" the skin to prevent not only itchy dry skin, but more serious infections -- because bacteria can move into the cracks in the skin. The elderly, young children or people with weakened immune systems, such as those undergoing chemotherapy, may be especially at risk for rare cases in which the infection travels deep into the bloodstream, said Krishnamurthy.
What should people do to stay ahead of winter skin woes?
"The most important thing is to moisturize," he explained. Krishnamurthy recommends applying an oil-based lotion on the skin immediately after showering or bathing -- while the skin is still wet. Daily moisturizing creates an oily barrier on the skin, enabling you to retain your body's natural moisture and preventing the dry air from drawing it out. People with especially dry skin should use petroleum jelly or baby oil, he said.
"Many people are skeptical, but in a few weeks are amazed by the difference and lack of greasiness, if done while the skin is still moist," he added.
However, it's worth noting that not all lotions contain oil, and by definition, some just contain powder and water. He said using those lotions could actually increase skin dryness.
Since hot showers can cause dry skin, Krishnamurthy recommends using lukewarm water and keeping showers to no more than 10 minutes, only once per day. The longer the shower, he said, the greater the loss of natural oils and nutrients that protect the skin.
One thing to keep in mind for children, he added, was bubble baths can make the skin dryer because sitting in soapy water also strips the skin's protective oils. Children with no history of skin problems may develop eczema in the winter, he said, so try to avoid long baths.
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One huge misconception, according to Krishnamurthy, is that people can't get sunburn during the winter. However, he said they may be exposed to twice as many ultraviolet rays than in the summertime if snow is on the ground, because the sun's rays get reflected.
Other tips to winter-proof your skin that he recommends include maintaining a healthy diet full of B-vitamins, which are found in turkey, tuna, whole grains, lentils and bananas. Deficiencies in these vitamins can lead to dry, itchy skin. If you're tempted to drink alcohol to stay warm, you might also be risking your skin because beer and booze also deplete B-vitamins.
Also, get plenty of vitamin C, because low levels can cause fragile skin, according to Krishnamurthy.
And if you're staying indoors, too much heat or not enough heat can cause low humidity, so he recommends keeping a normal room temperature between 67 and 74 degrees F.
"Simple daily steps can 'winter-proof' the skin and help prevent more serious health conditions," he said.


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Katie Holmes has replaced Liv Tyler in the independently financed comedy "The Romantics."
The actress has come aboard to topline and exec produce the pic, which also stars Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Elijah Wood, Adam Brody and Jeremy Strong.
Team Todd, Plum Pictures and Benaroya Pictures are producing.
Project, which had originally been scheduled to lense in the summer, begins shooting this week in New York.
Film revolves around eight friends from college who reunite for a wedding. Holmes, fresh off her role in Miramax's "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," will play Laura, the maid of honor to Anna Paquin's Lila, the bride. Laura and Lila are best friends who both have a past with the groom (Duhamel).
Screenplay was adapted by Galt Niederhoffer from her novel; she will also direct.
Team Todd's Jennifer and Suzanne Todd will produce alongside Plum Pictures' Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Benaroya's Michael Benaroya and Taylor Kephart.
Celine Rattray, Pam Hirsch and Riva Marker are also exec producing.
Simon Crowe from SC Films Intl. is selling foreign distribution.
Team Todd is in post-production on Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" for Disney.
Role marks Holmes' first producing credit.


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Communication key aspect of McGwire's job
Mark McGwire can't help but smile when thinking about the time work begins for him each day as the Dodgers' hitting coach.
"My job starts in the morning right after I take my kids to school," McGwire said. "I come home, look at some video of the pitcher we are going to face and make some notes. I then come to the ballpark, look at some at-bats from guys the night before and then go into the cage with the players."
Mark McGwire can't help but smile when thinking about the time work begins for him each day as the Dodgers' hitting coach.
"My job starts in the morning right after I take my kids to school," McGwire said. "I come home, look at some video of the pitcher we are going to face and make some notes. I then come to the ballpark, look at some at-bats from guys the night before and then go into the cage with the players."
After spending three seasons as the Cardinals' hitting coach, McGwire is in his first year in the role for the Dodgers. While he said it took some time to adjust to Los Angeles, it's been a learning experience he's thoroughly enjoying.
"It is the same approach in both places, but it just goes back to knowing hitters," McGwire said. "Some players have been up here for a short amount of time, while other have been around for seven, eight, 10 years and have their own approach. It is me learning them and understanding them and then communicating things and playing off each other.
"It takes time to learn each person and what kind of hitter they are and what they are like. Communication is huge. Lots of it. They are all terrific hitters, but like I've said to them, Rome wasn't built in a day."
That can definitely be said for this year's team. After struggling the first few months of the season with a 38-43 record and a combined team batting average of .256 through June 30, the tide began to turn come the second half of the season. Since July 1, the Dodgers are 52-23 with a combined batting average of .275, something that helped them secure the National League West.
"A hitting coach is a thing where it is a blend of personalities, and he has to deal not just with the hitting side, but with guys and the way they are feeling and coping with success or not having it," outfielder Andre Ethier said. "He has stepped right in and made guys feel comfortable and knows how to talk through things."
Once things began to click for players at the plate, you could not only see it in their balanced, compact swings, but in their body language. They felt like they were going to succeed.
Entering Monday, the Dodgers have the third-highest team batting average in the NL at .265, the fourth-highest on-base percentage at .327 and are fourth in hits with 1,400.
"I think it took a little while for guys to get comfortable with him and for him to get comfortable with the guys, but I like what Mark does, and John [Valentin], too," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "They are a pretty good team of preparation, mechanically and how we try to attack pitchers. I like the talks that we have that goes along with that. It hasn't always gone exactly how we want it, but I like the way that it has been."
When it comes to the technical side of hitting, McGwire stresses three major things: put the ball in play, stay up the middle and be ready to hit from the first pitch on.
McGwire also focuses on the importance of plate discipline and knowing the strike zone. He joked that when he was a player, you figured out how a guy would pitch you by being in the batter's box. Now, players are able to watch boatloads of video to understand the tendencies of pitchers.
"He's worked with me about going up the middle and even going the other way," outfielder Carl Crawford said. "He gets me to stay within myself. His whole thing is about approach, your approach to the at-bat or a certain pitcher or whatever he might see with a team."
It doesn't matter if someone is a rookie who's been up with the team for a week or a 10-year veteran who's been through it all -- McGwire puts time in with every player to help with the nuances of their swing. Just ask Scott Van Slyke, who's been up and down with the Dodgers much of the 2013 season.
"He is really good about learning guys' swings, and learning what their strengths and weaknesses are and reminding the players of what they are capable of doing," Van Slyke said.
"The main thing he has always said to me is to keep my hands moving until I have to run. I've never heard that before, but it helps to think about your hands a little bit."
However, McGwire continually stresses to players that it isn't just about mechanics, but the mental approach during each plate appearance.
"Something we talk about all the time is passing the baton. Adrian [Gonzalez] to Hanley [Ramirez] to Andre," McGwire said. "You have to think, 'I might not be the guy at this time, but I'm going to hand it off to the guy behind me and let them do the damage.' That is about blending together as a team and an offense."
McGwire also believes that the same keys to success exist for hitters who are struggling or thriving.
"When things aren't going well, it is easy to fall into a trap of what the pitcher is trying to do to you instead of what you want to do to him," McGwire said. "I like to stress that to guys, especially when they are struggling, 'You are in control of your own destiny. Don't let that guy control it.'"
Plenty of players also talk about McGwire's approach towards them and how different it is compared to previous hitting coaches. Crawford said he finds it refreshing to be able to go back and forth with McGwire, listening and asking questions. Ethier feels the same way.
"He is so much more simple compared to other hitting coaches I have had," Ethier said. "There isn't a lot of emphasis on anything too much, other than getting in there and getting to see the pitcher. You have tons of video to look at, and he always tells us to talk to him if we have any questions. He has gone over them extensively and done all the advanced scouting reports and knowing what guys tendencies are."
Dodgers utility player Skip Schumaker, who worked with McGwire in St. Louis and now Los Angeles, said that's how he's always been.
"He is so good about saying positive and not getting down on yourself. He knows how hard this game is, because he played it for so long," Schumaker said. "He knows what a slump feels like and the grind of an entire season. He knows the ups and downs of it. When you have a coach who has been through it all, it makes him that much better."
During a 16-year career, in which he was a 12-time All-Star and hit 583 home runs, McGwire learned what motivated him best. Now those lessons and credentials have become an important part of his effectiveness and the Dodgers' success this season.
"With a guy having a career like that, you think he would know a little something about hitting," Crawford said. "He has our attention from that alone, and he works with us all individually. Especially on this team, you have a lot of characters to deal with."
Quinn Roberts is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Pet of the week July 21 2011
My name is "Spot." I am a 1-year-old female akita/shepherd mix. I weigh 67 pounds. I came to the shelter as a stray, and no one has claimed me. I am good with other dogs. I am a working dog and will need lots of exercise. My looks are a little intimidating, but my personality will melt your heart. Apartment living is not for me; I love the great outdoors with a big fenced-in yard with lots of toys. Please come and give me a good home.
The adoption fee is $95 for mixed breed dogs and puppies, and $150 for pure breed dogs and puppies. This includes first round of vaccinations, bordetella vaccination, worming, flea treatment, spay or neutering and a veterinary wellness exam. All animals will be spayed or neutered before going to their new home. Adoption is a 15-year commitment. Please adopt responsibly. For more information, call the Humane Society of Southeast Texas at (409) 833-0504 or visit at 2050 Spindletop Ave., Beaumont.


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3-5 inches predicted in tonight's snowfall
March 28, 2013
UPDATE 4 p.m.: Snow has started falling in Greeley and the National Weather Service has upped the predicted total FOR tonight's snow to 3-5 inches. Snow will continue Saturday morning and another round of snow will occur Sunday and Sunday night with less accumulation.
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Rain and 3-7 inches of snow are headed for Greeley today and Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
The service reports that there is a 20 percent chance of rain after 1 p.m. today. Tonight the low temperature is expected to be around 25 with a wind coming from the northeast at about 8-15 mph. This will also bring an 80 percent chance of snow, accumulation of 2-4 inches possible.
Saturday morning the snow will hang around until about 1 p.m. with an additional 1-3 inches possible, according to the weather service.


text: I've always LOVED Halloween (aside from the super-scary TV shows). The pumpkin carving, the Halloween parties and the cute décor are all right up my alley. So, when I was asked to head up the Halloween card line this year, I jumped at the opportunity! Now that it's all wrapped […] Read More »


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Everyone knows the popularity of their fine handguns and now the knives follow, maintaining the "look" with form fitting handles, black basket weave sheaths and the dark blue boxes with white lettering. Smith and Wesson Knives include some of the most innovative products we sell. Look for great design and great prices.


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LONDON - Anglo American took a $4 billion hit to its Minas Rio project on Tuesday, clearing the decks for new boss Mark Cutifani and indicating that the delayed Brazilian operation will eventually get off the ground.
Minas Rio, which is now costing Anglo more than three times its original estimates, has been seen as Anglo's most significant failure of recent years and is partly responsible for costing outgoing chief executive Cynthia Carroll her job.
The writedown to the valuation of the huge iron ore project and a jump in the bill for its development to $8.8 billion, alongside a planned overhaul for the company's troubled platinum business, are as near to a clean slate as new CEO Cutifani is going to get.
Shares in Anglo American gained 2.2 percent to 19.14 pounds ($30.06), topping Britain's blue-chip leader board in midday trading after the announcement of the impairment charge.
"The Minas Rio impairments give the incoming CEO a clean slate, creating a degree of positive sentiment," Bernstein analyst Paul Gait said.
"The greater detail and clarity on the progress of Minas Rio can only increase the confidence around the executability and delivery of the project."
Designed to help to diversify a company that was still dependent on South Africa for the bulk of its revenue, Minas Rio was bought by Anglo for $5.5 billion in two stages in 2007 and 2008.
But the project, which had been valued on Anglo's balance sheet at $9.6 billion before the writedown, has turned out to be a bruising top-of-the-market deal, hit in part by inflationary costs linked to Brazil's hosting of the soccer World Cup next year and the Olympics in 2016.
The company said it still aims to ship its first iron ore by the end of 2014 and gave further details on the project's progress, confirming that two grinding mills had been installed and 50 percent of a pipeline had been laid.
"This asset has been a constant disappointment in terms of project delivery and I think it was largely expected that we would get this sort of writedown," Nomura International analyst Sam Catalano said.
However, delivering on Minas Rio is not the only challenge facing Anglo's new boss.
Cutifani, a former coal miner who joins the company from Johannesburg-based AngloGold Ashanti, must also grapple with the difficulties of executing Anglo American Platinum's (Amplats) overhaul.
Anglo, for which South Africa still accounts for more than half its forecast earnings, owns 80 percent of Amplats, a company in the midst of a restructuring plan that could lead to 14,000 job cuts.
Analysts at Citi warned that more bad news could precede Cutifani's start date, with concerns also lingering around its copper operations. They warned that the company could choose to clean house by taking action on other legacy problems before Cutifani takes the helm.
Anglo's announcement is the latest in a spate of writedowns on miners' misjudged investments, serving as a reminder of the sector's poor record in creating value through deals. The result for the incoming generation of mining bosses is likely to be far fewer deals.
Rio Tinto ousted its chief executive, Tom Albanese, on Jan. 17 and took $14 billion in impairments tied to its underperforming Mozambican coal and Canadian aluminium operations.
Other mining companies, such as BHP Billiton , are also likely to write down underperforming assets as low prices and rising costs eat into valuations.
Among Minas Rio's various problems has been a string of delays and costs overruns, partly linked to Brazil's permitting process.
Carroll, speaking to journalists in a call before she hands the reins to Cutifani on April 3, was confident that the company would not receive any more surprises on Minas Rio.
"The issues we face going forward have much lower risk than the issues that we were facing in the past," she said, adding that of the 300 permits and licences the project required, there are only 17 remaining.
The $8.8 billion capital expenditure figure for the project includes an additional $600 million risk contingency sum to cover a potential escalation of land costs and mining inflation, Carroll said.


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