ADVISORY/Flu Events to Take Place in Southern California; Man in the Cube and `Grannies' Arrive in Los Angeles This Week; Media Invited to Report Live From the Cube.News/Lifestyle Editors & Health Writers ADVISORY...for Wednesday-Sunday (Jan. 19-23) LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2000 The flu is waging an attack on Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and this season there is only one person who can probably feel safe from the flu -- the man in the glass cube cube, in geometry, regular solid bounded by six equal squares. All adjacent faces of a cube are perpendicular to each other; any one face of a cube may be its base. The dimensions of a cube are the lengths of the three edges which meet at any vertex. . The man in the glass cube is traveling to U.S. cities hit with the flu this season to bring to life an important medical fact: unless one lives in a glass-enclosed, germ-free environment, he/she is at risk of getting the flu. Cube Man is part of an educational program designed to teach consumers about the symptoms of flu, differences between cold and flu, and new treatment options. In addition to the cube, "Grannies" will be located throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties passing out educational information and packets of soup. A complete schedule follows. Special arrangements can be made for media interested in interviewing Cube Man prior to the event and for live broadcasts from the cube. Call Kelly Kel·ly , Ellsworth Born 1923. American abstract painter and sculptor whose works are characterized by flat color areas with sharply defined edges. Kelly, Emmett 1898-1979. Finley Finley may refer to: Places
WHO: The Man in the Cube and the Grannies
Sponsored by Hoffman-LaRoche Inc., makers of Tamiflu
WHY: To educate the public about the flu, how to know if you have it
and what to do about it.
WHEN: An event every day from Wednesday, Jan. 19, to Sunday, Jan. 23
WHERE: Various location in L.A. and Orange counties
(see schedule below)
PHOTO/INTERVIEWS:
Interview the Cube Man and Granny live. Report sports and
weather from inside the cube!
Date Cube Schedule Granny Schedule
Wed., Jan. 19 11 a.m. -1 p.m. 4-6 p.m.
Warner Center Griffith Park
Woodland Hills
Thurs., Jan. 20 4-6 p.m. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Farmers Market West San Moreno Plaza
Melrose & Fairfax 1044 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles
4-6 p.m.
Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills
Fri., Jan. 21 Media Event 5-10 p.m. Media Event 1-3 p.m.
Ontario Mills Target Center
4th St. Btwn. Milliken Haven & Foothill Blvd.
& 15 Fwy Rancho Cucamonga
5-7 p.m.
Montclair Mall
Mountain & I-10 Fwy
Montclair
Sat., Jan. 22 Noon-6 p.m. 3-6 p.m.
Block @ Orange Block @ Orange
Anaheim Anaheim
Sun., Jan. 23 Media Event noon-6 p.m. Media Event noon-2 p.m.
Third Street Promenade Ocean Front Walk
1300 block Venice Beach
Event 4-6 p.m.
Sunset Blvd.
Btwn. Robertson &
La Cienega
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