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January/February 2013

THE HEALTH ISSUE

Life in the fast lane with Abbey Simon

Texans GM Rick Smith

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CONTENTS

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HEALTH

The Victory Meal

15 THE BUZZ 27

16 FOOD

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Abbey Simon: life in the fast lane 6

MEDICAL JOURNAL

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THE GAME

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HOUSTON RENOVATOR

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FINANCIAL FOCUS

PERSON OF THE YEAR Travis Rodgers interviews Texans GM Rick Smith

Should You Prepare for “FISCAL CLIFF”?

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EDITORIAL Trending Yoga is becoming the workout preference for many Houstonians old and young. For years yoga floundered as a cultish subculture and somewhat religious idea, but now it has evolved into what is a mainstream workout powerhouse that helps relieve stress and heals, tones and conditions the mind and body in ways that traditional exercise regiments don’t. Yoga is less stressful on the body and promotes relaxation, but at the same time will surprise you with the workout it provides.

Hope Stone Dance in Houston has a youth arts outreach program, Hope Stone Kids, that teaches them dance and yoga. There are a plethora of new yoga facilities in Houston and for good reason. It helps both adults and children.

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If you have not seen classical music lately or ever, you will have a chance to see three of the best classical pianists together during the 30th Annual International Piano Festival at the spectacular Moores Opera House at the University of Houston. Founder and grand master pianist, Abbey Simon will kick off the festivities with a must see concert.

They say good things come in pairs... Intown’s Person Of The Year, Rick Smith came to Houston from Denver in 2006, the same year as Texans head coach Gary Kubiak. Under his watch the Texans are having one of the best seasons of any NFL team in 2012. Finally, it appears Houston will have the last word on who is king of football in Texas.

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PERSON OF THE YEAR Texans GM Rick Smith Rick Smith, in his seventh year as the Houston Texans general manager, has the Houston Texans competing for an NFL title. Smith began his coaching career at Purdue University where he graduated in 1992 with a degree in sociology.

He was a starter at strong safety and defensive captain of the Boilermakers and soon became the youngest full time position coach there at the age of 24. He then accepted a job TCU, where he spent a month before accepting a job with the Denver Broncos. He was the assistant defensive

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back coach before moving into their front office. In 2006, both he and coach Gary Kubiak were hired by the Houston Texans. Under Smith’s tenure the Texans have improved by drafting the likes of Brian Cushing, Kareem Jackson, Brooks Reed and J. J. Watt. Smith also passed on the free agency signing of Mario Williams, who has had a disappointing season in Buffalo. Also the signing of undrafted Arian Foster is exemplary.

Travis Rodgers: Rick, as an executive, as someone who isn’t coaching and isn’t on the field being able to effect the game, how difficult is it to “rise and fall” with the losses and wins of the season?

RS: No. You watch him on tape now, the same as in college, and the guy jumps off the line with effort and intensity. He’s got such a wonderful combination of size, speed, athleticism, length, power, and football instincts. That’s one on the things that no one talks about: this guy is a very instinctive player. He’s very disruptive and has had an outstanding football season.

Rick Smith: Well, it’s just a part of the NFL and you have to be able to do that. You have to be able to come back the next week and focus after a victory. We’ve had more of those than losses. We’ve played poorly a couple of times and lost but fortunately were able to respond to those losses.

TR: Are the losses to Green Bay & New England due to the Texans not playing their brand of football or was there something missing?

RS: The NFL is a tough league and you’ve got to be on your “A” game every week and when you’re not, you get exposed. We’ve had a couple times when we haven’t played at the level we’re capable of playing and when you do that, you’re going to get beat. I like this group because of their ability to stay focused each week on the task at hand.

TR: On the heels of last season when the Texans won their first playoff game, and then getting Matt Schaub back healthy this year, did you know this would be a team that would, not only be a good team but, probably be the best team you’ve ever had?

RS: We felt confident in the group we put together. This group understands the correlation between the work they put in on Monday-Saturday and how that translates to their performance on game day. We’ve got a mature group that understands we’re only as good as how much we work each week to prepare for our opponents.

TR: You’re exactly right that you have to have guys that are, not just

TR: Did you know he was going to be as good as he’s turned out to be? You took him eleventh overall so, obviously, you expected him to start and have an impact, but he is in the conversation as MVP of the entire league.

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willing but, excited to do the work. When you’re evaluating and selecting players, where does work ethic rank? Is it more important than physical ability? How do you slot it?

RS: It’s important. We definitely want guys who are passionate about playing football, have a work ethic, and are disciplined.

We think that when the game is on the line, the guys that are disciplined and do things the right way will perform the best when the pressure is on. That’s what we look for and we have a locker room full of those kinds of players.

TR: Do you take a chance on a guy that doesn’t have that and hope that Gary Kubiak or someone else can reach him and coach more effort out of him, or do you think that if he hasn’t learned to work by now, you need to go in another direction?

RS: You can’t be an absolutist because it only diminishes your chances of success. If you have enough of the right guys, when get a guy who isn’t as detailed or committed to the work, you can surround him with guys that will not stand for anything less [than their best effort]. A lot of times you’ll see that player excel. [Effort and discipline] is something you look for and its important but you can’t have a bunch of robots, either. You have to have guys that want to play good ball.

TR: The guy who took in the 2011 draft with the eleventh overall pick, JJ Watt, I imagine was not one of those guys you worried about lacking commitment.

RS: Well, you used the key word in your question, “impact.” You look for an impact player when you’re picking in that part of the draft so we were expecting that. But to say that we were expecting him to dominate and play the way he’s playing, it just wouldn’t be true. As crazy as it sounds, he isn’t playing his best. He has improvements to make and he can continue to get better.

TR: We’ve talked about drafting guys in the first round, but what are your expectations when signing an undrafted guy like Arian Foster?

RS: A lot of times in college free agency, you’re signing a guy that you had a “draft-able” grade on they had one or two characteristics that you liked about them. There were things we liked about Arian like his size, his one-cut ability, and vision. When you put a guy like that in, they have to maximize on their opportunity and that’s what Arian did. He came in, put his head down, and went to work. He excelled on the practice squad and once he made the team, continued to work. The thing that I don’t think people realize with Arian is he has a tremendous work ethic. This guy works and that’s why he’s good.

He’s a microcosm of the guys on our team.

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HEALTH

The Victory Meal

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Houston is home to the latest trend in fashionable eating – unrefined. It is an approach to eating that eliminates foods that have been highly processed such as sweeteners, flour, salt, caffeine, dairy, and processed fats. Victory Meals was one the first retail outlets in the world offering unrefined meals, Before the opening, Victory Meals was a wellness service exclusively serving corporation Founder, Joan Ifland, a Doctor of Nutrition, was startled to hear that virtually all clients reported reductions in cravings, fatigue, grogginess and swelling. She expected to see improvements in blood pressure and blood glucose and she did. But then she also saw improvements in mood. “Clients were reporting that they were calmer, more patient and generally happier. I knew I had to make our meals available to the public and not just exclusively to workplaces.”

Ifland started her own journey to an unrefined food plan in 1996 when she eliminated sweeteners, sugars and flour from her diet. Within a few weeks, her cravings and fatigue stopped and she started losing weight without being hungry. Then her allergies improved and finally she realized that she was no longer losing her temper. That got her hooked on a mission to find out what had happened to her.

Ifland now works with a variety of health goals including weight, diabetes, high blood pressure, joint pain, and irritable bowels. Ifland says, “whenever someone asks me if eating unrefined will help a particular problem, I just say, ‘let’s see!’ Almost inevitably, our clients report some improvement in health.”

She published the story of her first three years of recovery from refined carbohydrates in 1999.

Sugars and Flours: How They Make Us Crazy, Sick and Fat has been in the top 3% of Amazon.com ever since. In the course of speaking about the book, Ifland developed a lay education practice for clients who wanted to eliminate refined carbohydrates from

“Basically, what I now believe is that I was addicted to refined carbohydrates in combination with caffeine, processed fats, salt and dairy. I believe it was a classic addiction similar to addiction to alcohol. I had the key characteristics of an addiction, i.e. cravings, eating more than intended, failed attempts to stop overeating, eating when I wasn’t hungry and eating fattening foods even though I was overweight.

their diet. She began to see a pattern in the release from cravings, brain fog, irritability and depression.

In 2004, Ifland went back to school to earn her PhD in ‘addictive nutrition.” She attracted a doctoral committee from both university faculty in both nutrition and addiction.

With her committee, Ifland went on to publish the first diagnostic and clinical descriptions of refined food addiction in the academic press. Yale University and Georgetown Medical School have requested chapters for books edited at those schools. Her next paper will be on the topic of the role of cravings in driving food decisions.

Ifland is focused on cravings as the reason why people choose refined foods. She found research showing that cravings are easy to trigger and that they are powerful enough to overwhelm rational thought. It became apparent that helping people stay away from sources of triggers would also help them control poor food choices. So Victory Meals are delivered in insulated bags with ice and sensitive clients can take meals with them to avoid triggering food environments.

Ifland put her academic research to work in founding Victory Meals. She earned her MBA from Stanford in 1978 but hadn’t used it for many years. The education has come in handy and Victory Meals is thriving.

A huge asset of the company is its Chef, Jessica Lynn. Lynn earned her BS with a concentration in Hotel Management from Texas A&M and her degree in culinary arts from the Culinary Institute of American in Hyde Park, New York.

She is also a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. Her passion has been stirred by the challenge of making 5-Star meals without refined ingredients. She says, “Salt, sugar, flour and dairy are used to enhance flavors in traditional culinary work. At Victory Meals we allow the natural flavors of wholesome foods to shine through without the interference of refined ingredients. I love cooking this way.”

And the clients love it too. One client says, “This food is so beautiful; I forget I’m eating it because it’s healthy!” Entrees include traditional Fajitas and Stir-Fry but also gourmet creations such as Indian Shrimp with Sweet Potatoes.

Victory Meals is positioning itself as a full-service Wellness Center with workshops, cooking classes and private coaching.

Victory Meals is located at 300 Shepherd just north of Memorial Drive. Hours are 8-3p Monday through Thursday and other times by appointment.

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Abbey Simon: life in the fast lane

Abbey Simon started the International Piano Festival 30 years ago to attract people to the University of Houston School of Music. Simon will perform opening day of the three day event next month.

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Abbey Simon, an American classical pianist born in New York City in 1920, began playing the piano at age five. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He won the coveted Walter Naumburg International Piano Competition in 1940 and “I’ve been going strong ever since.”

Simon was drafted in the Army during World War II. He played very little piano during those years. He has been playing all over the world and has recorded the complete works of Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Chopin, in addition to many other recordings. Still today, he is playing and is an active teacher as he crisscrosses the globe from his homes in Geneva, Switzerland and Houston, where he has taught 10

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music for over thirty years at the Moores School of Music at The University of Houston. Simon was also a long standing jury member of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition ,and is the Distinguished Cullen Professor of Piano at Moores, yet his one and only true love is performing.

I did not come from a musical family, but I always played the piano. My father was a dentist and my mother was a housewife, but they always loved music. I was very lucky and how many people know what they want to be by three years old.

To become a professional musician is never clear sailing for anybody and it certainly wasn’t for me. Universities now, including the University of Houston have incredible performance departments and degrees in piano performance. As difficult as I thought it was, I think it is more difficult today. None of these programs or degrees existed when I started out.

My favorite place to play is Carnegie Hall and any hall in London. Amsterdam and The Hague really are wonderful places to play. There are also many great places to play in Geneva where I live.

My experience in teaching is the only thing you get is sometimes you suddenly think that was worthwhile and I never thought about that. To put it succinctly, the only thing I like and love about music is performing it. Teaching it, though I have been teaching all my life, is a most secondary part of my life, and I think that comes with all artists, and also with the great scientists and writers. They may have all taught, but I am sure it was their own work that really interests them.

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I once had a student by the name of Richard Dowling. I brought him one of the most difficult pieces to play over the summer for practice. They said oh that is too difficult for him, but I wanted to find out what he, as I did with others, could do. Of course he is a very gifted person.

My teaching philosophy is that you are never educated playing the piano. You just spend your whole life learning and that’s all. There were several people who had some influence on me, but I guess I was very difficult as a student, People that I heard and that occasionally impressed me had an influence, but after awhile I sort of got to be very suspicious of teachers. I must say that I never admitted that there was work that I didn’t know and I accepted engagements to play when I would have to learn them sometimes in three days. I’ve always said the greatest inspiration is the gun at the head.

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I guess it was a king or something or other of Denmark. I was playing a concert with the Royal Danish Orchestra and I finished and then went back to my hotel. The next morning I saw a conductor and he asked where were you last night. He said they were looking for you and you were suppose to be presented to his majesty the king. Nobody told me about it and he simply said those things do happen.

The greatest influence in my life was probably moving to Europe because I was a very young hot pianist and had won a number of the main prizes, but I was playing mostly community concerts, which there is nothing wrong with, but I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life doing. My manager said I needed to become an international artist so I went down to the bank and took out every cent I had and went to Europe. So they arranged for concerts in Italy and England among others and lo and behold I had enormous success and all the conductors I couldn’t play with in the United States were suddenly engaged to play with me there. So, suddenly I went to Europe for a short visit and stayed there for a thousand years, and I’m still there when I am not teaching here.

When I began teaching at The University of Houston I wasn’t setting the place ablaze with students. So after two years I suddenly had the idea of engaging with other pianists and we would have a piano festival weekend where each would play a recital and each give a master class. I had never presented concerts before and had also divorced myself from the commercial side. At that time we had a small hall. It was the only one of its’ kind from the Southwest and it was a rip roaring success. We had invited a number of international players so students could hear how a French, Italian or Englishman plays Bach. We are here to provide a divergent collection of great music and interesting performers and I am very proud of the way they go.

I am still very active. I played in China a few months ago and in London recently. I enjoy teaching,but my first and only real love is performing and everything else is secondary.

Abbey Simon will host and perform at the International Piano Festival at the beautiful Moores Opera House at The University of Houston February 1 through the 3rd. For tickets or more information on the festival call 713-743-3313.

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FOOD

DEVILS ON HORSEBACK 1T - Black Peppercorn 1T - Pink Peppercorn 1/2 T - Chili Powder 1/2 T - Paprika 1t - Cayenne Pepper 1C - Toasted Almonds 3C - Brown Sugar 1 1/2 T - Salt 1/2 # - Thick Cut Bacon 1# - Dried Figs 1/2 # - Gorgonzola Dolce Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a spice grinder, combine the black peppercorn, pink peppercorn, chili powder, paprika, cayenne pepper and blend until ground and combined.

In a food processor, combine the nuts, brown sugar and salt. Blend and add spices. Blend well.

Chef Ryan Hildebrand of Triniti Restaurant and Bar shares one of his "Progressive American" dishes. Hildebrand, a native Houstonian graduated from Baylor and the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.

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Coat bacon slices with spice mix and bake on a parchment lined sheet tray to medium. Cool until the bacon can be handled. Slice open the figs and stuff with the gorgonzola dolce. Wrap the candied bacon around the stuffed fig and skewer. Bake again until the bacon crisps and the cheese is hot through. Serve immediately.

Can be served with jams or syrups.

MENTAL HEALTH

Nancy E. White, PhD Clinical Director, Unique Mind Care Leonard M. Richards, MBA, Th.D. Clinical Associate, Unique Mind Care

WANT TOTAL WELL-BEING? START AT THE TOP

At the pace most of us work and at the rate information floods in to us these days it’s no wonder so many of us feel anxious or depressed. Americans, by and large, are the hardest working people in the western world and research shows that about twenty percent of us feel either anxious or depressed at any one time. Many others of us can’t sleep, can’t focus or can’t quite seem to get a grip on life, suiting up and showing up day after day and affirming that we feel great when, down deep, we don’t.

Statistics show that an increasing number of us have turned to pharmaceutical drugs to help us through the day – or night, enduring sometimes significant side effects in the hope of getting the relief we need. Drugs can help lessen our symptoms in the short run, but what about the longer term?

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This is where modern neuroscience can help, not only by learning more about how the brain works, but by learning how to work the brain to get lasting change in a wide range of problems. It is teaching us that if we want optimal health and well-being we have to start at the top of the body, with the brain. Change your brain, change your life.

It’s actually pretty simple now that we’ve begun to figure it out: the brain is a complex system that works electrically and chemically to regulate our physiology and carry out our conscious and unconscious intentions. It recruits groups of brain cells, called neural networks, to carry out its various tasks, just as you and I might recruit labor to landscape a yard or build a house. And just as we tend to go back to the same people who have helped us in the past, so the brain creates default networks to which it goes back again and again to activate the nerve pathways that result in ongoing mental and physical activity or emotional responses.

Sometimes because of stress, adverse life events, injury, our diets, or even because of how we habitually tend to look at what happens in our lives, these networks may become disrupted, overactive or blocked. Research shows that when this happens we could be at greater risk for everything from emotional and behavioral problems to heart disease, diabetes or even cancer.

Fortunately, neuroscience tells us that we can reduce those risks by helping our brains work better. Neuroscience is also showing us we can work with the electrical patterns of the brain, our brain waves, to normalize or alter neural networks in ways that reduce or eliminate depression, anxiety or insomnia and help correct functional problems such as Attention Deficit Disorder or the effects of Traumatic Brain Injury in a lasting way without negative side effects.

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There are three main ways neuroscience shows how we can help people think better and feel better. They may be offered alone or in a number of combinations, based on initial testing and assessment, to give a person the best potential outcome for them.

First, an advanced therapy, called Nexalin, uses a patented process involving a specific frequency and wave form to help normalize the amount of various chemical messengers used by the brain. It has shown a high degree of effectiveness with anxiety, depression and insomnia. As a result, many of the patients who undergo this therapy are able to function normally without drugs.

By working to normalize brain chemistry Nexalin has also been shown to reduce craving in cases of addiction.

Second, another therapy, called Neurofeedback, trains brain wave patterns. It helps the brain improve its performance by continually giving it information on how well it is doing against requirements that we can increase as the brain improves the quality and quantity of its neural networks. As a result a person can pay attention better, read better, think better and reduce impulsive behavior.

Brain wave training has been shown to

improve athletic performance as well as academic performance.

As reported in The Wall Street Journal, the Italian World Cup soccer team, in preparation for the 2006 games, had a number of its key players undergo a well-validated form of brain wave training called Neurofeedback to improve their on-field performance and teamwork. The Italians gave Neurofeedback credit for giving them an edge that helped them win the World Cup that year.

In London Dr. Gruzelier, a noted researcher, wanted to see if Neurofeedback could help improve musical skills. He got two groups of student musicians from the Royal Academy; one group underwent a specific form of Neurofeedback while visualizing their practices while the other group practiced as usual. They all played the pieces they practiced before and after the research period.

When judges who had no idea which students underwent Neurofeedback were asked who made the most improvement they picked those with Neurofeedback training 74 percent of the time.

Third, we help the brain work better by helping the gut work well. A large

portion of the chemical messengers, called neurochemicals, that the brain uses to communicate with itself are made in the gut from the breakdown of proteins during the digestive process. Therefore, it takes a healthy gut to support a healthy brain. (Yes, the reverse is true). Through a process of evaluation and testing we can recommend a dietary regimen, appropriate supplements and specific treatments, all administered under the supervision of a Medical Director.

By teaching us to start at the top we can think better, feel better and live better without negative side effects.

Dr. White is a licensed psychologist and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, certified in Neurofeedback and a Diplomate in Quantitative EEG. She has contributed to two textbooks on Neurofeedback and Quantitative EEG and published numerous journal articles. She has been active in the testing, diagnosis and treatment of functional brain disorders for 23 years.

Dr. Richards, an Executive Coach and writer, is a Principal of Lenan Partners, a consultancy, and serves as a clinical associate at Unique Mind Care.

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THE GAME

The Beard Will James Harden Lead Rockets Back To Promised Land

Yahoo! Sports Radio: How are you feeling now that you’ve been with the Rockets for some time? Are you getting settled in?

James Harden: Oh, yeah. I think our chemistry is definitely building through every practice and game. A few more weeks and we’ll be on the same page, all the time. But we’re doing pretty well.

YSR: You mentioned chemistry and a lot of things can bring that chemistry together, whether it be good things or bad things. One of the bad things that occurred this season was coach Kevin McHale’s daughter, Sasha McHale, passing away from Lupus. What was it like to make the trip to the funeral and see your coach go through that?

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JH: We wanted to all go and support him. It was a tough time for him and his family. We feel like we’re a part of his family, as well, so we wanted to show him that we were there for him.

YSR: That was a tough trip for you guys, I know. You played the night before, made the trip up to Minnesota [for the funeral], and then immediately made the trip to Oklahoma City [to play]. Was that one of the most emotional days for you, to attend a funeral and then play against your former team [The Thunder]?

JH: Yeah, definitely. It was a very emotional day for me. I’m happy its over. Now I’m just looking forward to the future and how we can get better as a team.

YSR: Last year, you played with the likes of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. What’s it like now playing with Jeremy Lin in the backcourt?

JH:He’s done a great job. This is his first year, too, as a starting guard, or at least starting the year off as a starter, so we have a lot to learn together. But he’s a great player. He can create on the ball and can shoot the ball, as well. He’s very versatile and a good point guard.

YSR: What were the challenges of switching from a sixth-man last year to an everyday starter?

JH: It’s a lot different coming off the bench versus starting. [As a starter] there are a lot more shots and a lot more opportunities because I have ball in my hand more. It’s something that I’m still getting adjusted to. But it feels good.

YSR: What are the differences in the Rockets’ system versus what you ran in Oklahoma City?

JH: It’s similar in the pace of the offense. It starts at the defensive end, turning turnovers into transition points. The system is similar but the players are a lot different. The adjustments that I’m making are finding ways to better myself and better my team.

YSR: It was reported that when you arrived in Houston, you immediately took a leadership role. In what ways have you

done that? Are you being looked up to as a leader?

JH: There’s a lot that comes with leadership like getting the guys ready everyday, whether its practice, games, or shoot-around. Even though I’m young, I’m still looked at as a leader because I’ve been to the Finals and the Olympics. But there’s a lot of things that go with being a leader and my teammates and coaches have helped me with that.

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YSR: The NBA is a “star” league. The Miami Heat won the finals last year with Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. You played them in the Finals with Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Your general manager, Daryl Morey, says it takes at least two superstars to be a contender in the NBA and the Rockets have plenty of cap room for next year. As a player, do you recruit other players?

JH: [Laughs] Of course! I already started the recruiting process! There’s no one player than can win a championship.

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HOUSTON RENOVATOR

Top Ten Ways To Go Green in Your Home Rainwater Harvesting - Best Idea Why should I care?

Over the last few years Texas has been experiencing a serious shortage of rainfall which has depleted our water supplies to dangerous levels. Sustainability of a water supply, particularly in Texas, is even more urgent due to the fact that our population is increasing rapidly as our supply is decreasing.

Due to the recent shortages of rainfall that has caused a drought condition in our state, we are being forced to rethink our usage habits and alternatives to cut back on consumption.

Many homeowners and landowners are now harvesting their rainwater in storage systems for future use. This water can be used for

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irrigation, in-home watering, pets and washing your vehicles.

As an alternative to drilling deepwater wells or shipping water in from other places many are using simple rainwater harvesting techniques that store the water for future consumption. In most cases the water comes from the roof and gutter system to a storage system usually above ground. Many people with space limitations or for aesthetic reasons opt for underground storage tanks.

There are tax benefits and state laws that you should investigate. Licensed landscape architects and plumbers should be used to meet the requirements.

BEST IDEA

Top 10 Ways to Green Your Home Appliances Any appliance older than ten years should be replaced with new “Energy Star” qualified appliances that use 10- 50% less energy which obviously saves on your utility bill as well as the environment.

Cabinets Kitchen and bathroom cabinetry should follow the Environmental Stewardship Program(ESP) that promotes air quality, product resource management, and environmental stewardship standards.

Cleaning Products Use eco-friendly cleaners that use grain alcohol, coconut or other plant oils rather than chemicals in your detergents.

Food Buy locally grown and produced foods that you don’t need to ship across country which burns fossil fuels to get them to you.

Flooring Hardwoods - Solid or engineered flooring to be installed with non-toxic adhesives and finishes. Cork is hypo-allergenic, insect resistant and renewable every 8-10 years. With bamboo look for zero voc finish and no added formaldehyde. Tile should be from recycled glass or porcelain. Carpeting should come from sheep’s wool which is composed of amino acids, the building blocks of life.

Lighting Compact fluorescent light bulbs use a third of the energy for standard bulbs and will last up to ten times longer.

Organic Mattresses Buy a bed without synthetic materials such as polyurethane foam which is made from petroleum. The cover or ticking should be from organically grown cotton and wool. Luxe Mattresses of Houston hand crafts an all organic mattress.

Paints Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions from paints and stains can cause respiratory, skin, headaches and even more serious illnesses. Flat paints should be no more than 100 G/l and non flat no more than 150 G/l

Utilities New Leaf and early pioneer Green Mountain Energy offer a 100% renewable energy plan with wind and solar. Also, look for low impact hydro-energy plans that are available. www.intownmag.com 23

FINANCIAL FOCUS

Should You Prepare for “FISCAL CLIFF”?

As an investor, you can sometimes feel you’re at the mercy of forces beyond your control. This may be especially true today, when the entire country appears to be on edge about the approaching “fiscal cliff.”

What can you do in the face of such a dire prediction?

First of all, you’ll need to understand what initially led the Federal Reserve to issue the fiscal cliff warning. Here’s the story: Some $1.2 trillion in spending cuts are scheduled to begin in 2013, while, simultaneously, the Bush-era tax cuts — including the reduction in capital gains and dividend taxes — are set to expire.

This combination of spending cuts and higher taxes could take some $600 billion out of the economy, leading to a possible recession — and maybe something much worse, at least in the eyes of the Fed. Still, there’s no need for panic. Despite its political infighting, Congress is likely to reduce the “cliff” to a smaller bump. But as an investor, you may need to be prepared for two significant events: market volatility, at least in the short term, and higher taxes, probably for the foreseeable future.

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• Convert your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. A Roth IRA provides tax-free earnings, provided you don’t start taking withdrawals until you’re 59-1/2 and you’ve had your account for at least five years. (Be aware, though, that this conversion is taxable, and may not be appropriate if you don’t have money readily available in other accounts to pay the taxes.)

possibly state and local taxes as well.

Above all else, don’t abandon your longterm plans due to short-term uncertainty — and avoid making unwarranted and extreme changes to your portfolio. By staying focused on your goals, and by making wellthought-out moves at the right time, you can help prevent your financial goals from going “over a cliff.”

• Consider municipal bonds. If you’re in one of the upper tax brackets, you could benefit from investing in “munis,” which pay interest that’s free of federal taxes, and

This article was written by Buddy Bailey - River Oaks your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

your portfolio to ensure it still reflects your target mix of investments, based on your long-term goals and your risk tolerance.

• Diversify — A broadly diversified portfolio can help you navigate “bumps,” “cliffs” and other rugged investment terrain. (Keep in mind, though, that while diversification can reduce the impact of market volatility, it can’t guarantee profits or protect against all losses.)

• Upgrade investment quality — Generally speaking, higher-quality investments are better positioned to withstand the tempests of volatile financial markets. Consequently, when investing in stocks, look for companies with solid track records, strong management and competitive products. And when purchasing bonds, seek those that earn the highest grades from the independent rating agencies.

Now, let’s turn to taxes. Even if taxes on income, capital gains and dividends do rise, they will still, in all likelihood, be much lower than they’ve been at various points in the past. Nonetheless, you may want to consider a variety of steps, including the following: • Take advantage of tax deferred vehicles.

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ENTERTAINMENT

George R. Brown Convention Center

Houston Cat Club 60th Annual Charity Cat Show 1/5-6 Bridal Extravaganza 1/5-6 2013 Houston Marathon 1/12-13 Organo Gold 1/18 Halloween & Party Expo 1/19-22 Gospel Truth Rally 1/25 High Caliber Gun & Knife Show 1/26-27 Mardi Gras Ball 1/26 Weddings & Quinceanera Expo 1/27 NBA jam Session 2/14-2/17 Houston national Invitational 2/23-24 Texas Yoga Conference 3/1- 3/3

Reliant Park

Houston International Boat Show 1/4 -13 Houston Gun Collectors Show 1/19-20 Monster Jam 1/19 Houston Auto Show 1/23-27

Harlem Globetrotters 1/26-27 Cheer America 2/1-3 Mike Epps Tour 2/1 Color in Motion 5K Run/Walk 2/2 Monster Jam 2/2 Houston RV Show 2/6-10 Sesame Street Live : Can’t Stop Laughing 2/7-10

Texas Home & Garden Show 2/8-10 Houston Wedding Showcase 2/9 World Championship Bar-B-Que Contest presented by CGG Veritas 2/21-23 Rodeo Houston 2/25-3/17

Toyota Center

WWE RAW 1/14 Lady Gaga 1/31 NBA All Star Game 2/17 Pink 2/21 Ricardo Ameriona 2/22

Sports Houston Aeros Toyota Center

OK City 1/1 Texas 1/4 San Antonio 1/5 Lake Erie 1/12 Charlotte 1/13 Texas 2/1 Rockford 2/3 San Antonio 2/4 OK City 2/23

Houston Rockets Toyota Center

New orleans 1/2 LA Lakers 1/8 LA Clippers 1/15

For more go to www.houstonintowm.com

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Denver 1/23 Brooklyn 1/26 Charlotte 2/2 Golden State 2/5 Portland 2/8 OK City 2/20 Milwaukee 2/27

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BUZZ

by Roseann Rogers

Houston Design Center and Bunch & Shoemaker hosted the Galleria Chamber/Intown Christmas Party

Msgr. Rossi with Cathy and Giorgio Borlenghi

Cardinal DiNardo with Catholic Charities new CEO and President Cynthia Colbert Stephanie Lindstrom , Rose Rios of The Village of Tanglewood, Lisa Jordan, Jai Daggett, Emil Vega

Barbara Shoemaker, Lynne Jones

The Event Chairs, The Garner Family

The fourth annual A Cardinal’s Christmas with His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo benefiting the Children and Family Services of Catholic Charities at the River Oaks Country Club.

Photos by Genesis Photography

From atop The Penthouse at River Oaks’ Regency House Condos, the Greater Houston Luxury Home Connection hosted its annual event featuring founder Laurie Moore-Moore as keynote speaker.

Members and guests mingled through the 10,000+ sq ft penthouse as dusk fell over amazing panoramic views of the Houston skyline.

Sponsors of the event were HomeTrust Mortgage, PatriotBank, Stewart Title - Memorial, TKimages, Relocate and Renovate, Melissa Snow Designs and Mercedes Benz.

Heather Walker, Karen White, Dawn Gervais

David H Young, Laurie Moore-Moore, David M Young

Jai Daggett, Erica Gibson from Brio, Larry Finch with Dahill

Chris Canonico, Miya Shay, TJ Aulds, Katie Sherborne, Catarina Cron Jason

Luxury Car Rental Company celebrates the grand opening of a second Texas location

David Nguyen, Kim Padgett, Benny Black

Laurie Moore-Moore, Weldon Rigby, Sima Dalvandi

Sherry Campbell, Carrie Ousley

ARTS

Museums

Houston Grand Opera

Winter Repertoire Show Boat 1/18- 2/9 Winter Repertoire Don Giovanni 1/25-2/10

Museum Of Fine Arts Ongoing

Main Street Theater

Matteo Ricci’s oldest surviving map to provide Chinese a larger view of the Earth

through 2/3

Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth-Ongoing through 1/24 Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian:

Convertibles and Polygons Ongoing through 1/25 Several examples of the artist’s works drawn from islamic decoration Scandinavian Design Glass, ceramics, metalwork, and lighting from the 1920’s to the 1970’s - Ongoing - January 27

The Secret Comedy of Women extended

Pablo Picasso, Marie-Thérèse, Face and Profile, Paris, 1931, oil and charcoal on canvas, Private Collection. © 2013 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Broadway Across America Catch Me If You Can 2/5-10

Theatre Under The Stars

Constructed Dialogue - Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection - Ongoing - January 6, 2013 Visions of Fancy: George Romney, 18th Century Paintings and drawings - Ongoing January 20, 2013.

Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit- Twelve paintings and his only two known sculptures Ongoing - January 13, 2013.

War Photography: Image of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath Ongoing through 2/3

Ewan Gibbs: Arlington National Cemetery Ongoing through 2/10

British artist Ewan Gibbs re-creates photographic imagery to drawings Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado Ongoing through 3/31 The al-Sabah Collection 1/26 through 1/26/13 Princes and Pauper:The Art of Jacques Callot 1/31 through 5/5 Etchings from the 17th century European artist 1956 -1986; Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics 2/17-6/30 Picasso: Black and White 2/24 through 5/27

Contemporary Arts Museum

Perspectives 180-Unfinished Country:

New Video from China Ongoing through 2/17

Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art Ongoing through 2/15 Beginning with the “happenings” of the early 1960’s, this exhibition is organized by Senior Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver

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Memory House 1/17-2/10 A Wrinkle in Time 1/23-2/16 Miss Nelson is Missing 2/27-4/6

Holocaust Museum

Inheritance: Stories of Memory and Discovery Ongoing - March 3, 2013 Blood Memory: A View from the Second Generation Ongoing - March 3, 2013 “Fragments: Architecture of the Holocaust, An Artist’s Journey through the Camps” 1/31 through 3/29

The Menil Collection Dear John & Dominique:

Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives Ongoing -1 /6, 2013 This exhibition commemorates the Menil’s 25th anniversary. It celebrates the founders of the Menil Collection, John and Dominique de Menil, through the words and images in the letters and drawings sent to them by their friends: artists, curators, museum directors, architects, family members and intellectuals.

Claes Oldenburg: Strange Eggs

Houston Museum Of Natural Science football size hall

Music

Harold Van Pelt

Da Camera of Houston

Paleontology- 2012 Year of the Dinosaur New Gemstone Carvings: The Masterworks Of

Ongoing - March 31, 2013

Chamber Music and Jazz All events held at Cullen Theater, Wortham Center unless noted

Gems of the Medici

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Maya 2012:Prophecy Becomes History

Ongoing - March 31, 2013

Faberge : A Brilliant Vision

opens 2/1 late 19th and early 20th Century Imperial Russian Collection

Guitar Masters; Eliot Fisk and Bill Frisell Christian McBride and Inside Straight February 8

Le Poeme March 9

Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Jennifer Koh: Bach For Solo Violin Part ll

Asia Society Texas

February 12

Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter Ongoing through 4/14

The Menil Collection

Exhibitions

Ongoing through 2/3 The Strange Eggs are a remarkable group of collages by American artist Claes Oldenburg (b.

1929). Completed over the course of two years after he moved to New York City from Chicago in 1956, they constitute some of the artist’s earliest known works and represent a pivotal moment of experimentation by Oldenburg.

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The Progress of Love

A. D. Players Theater

Ongoing through 3/17

Camelot 1/22-2/2 Man of La Mancha 2/26-3/10

Ongoing through - 4/14

100% hapa; the digital exhibition Ongoing through 4/14

Theater The First Church of Texaco 2/13-3/17

Kaija Saariaho Sombre for Rothko Chapel - February 23-24

Houston Symphony

Dvorak’s new World Symphony 1/11-13 What a Wonderful World: The Best of Louis Armstrong 1/18-20 Smokey Robinson 2/1 Mahler & mendelssohn 2/2 Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet 2/14,2/16-17

The Chieftains 2/15 Songs of Simon and Garfunkel 2/22-24

PORTRAITURE NOW

asian american portraits of encounter

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november 9, 2012 – april 14, 2013

November 9, 2012 – April 14, 2013

Organized by the Japanese American National Museum

Photo by Kip Fulbeck, 2006

This exhibition is a collaboration between the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program

Shimomura Crossing the Delaware (detail), by Roger Shimomura, acrylic on canvas, 2010. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Raymond L. Ocampo Jr., Sandra Olesky Ocampo, and Robert P. Ocampo

Artist Talks!

January 12, 3 PM: Kip Fulbeck February 9, 2 PM: CYJO For more information on programs complementing the exhibitions, visit AsiaSociety.org/Texas Asia Society Texas Center 1370 Southmore Boulevard Houston, TX 77004 (713) 496-9901 AsiaSociety.org/Texas

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