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Does anybody know about this Gym in Southampton i hard Trevor Birmingham is the instructor a purpl under Alex De Souza and a europan champion?
Does anybody know about this Gym in Southampton i hard Trevor Birmingham is the instructor a purpl under Alex De Souza and a europan champion?
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However as this in the bjj forum: you have purple belts teaching bjj classes at exile mma and silverback submissions in southampton. There is also a shaolin ribeiro purple teaching at gym01.
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BJJ is only twice a week there and ken just concentrates on the two girls in the class im considering travelling to bournemouth
Alex De Souza is a good guy. His purple belt will have legit skills so give that club a go for sure.
Asking questions isn't gonna give you the best answer though. Just go and try the classes.
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I have never trained in totton but I have heard the teacher is a european champ and a good teacher. There is another new option of both Kinetic BJJ which was silverbacks and Phoenix which was just in bournemouth but has classes twice a week at the min at the TA centre. Is going full time in june. Both have facebook pages or websites so have a look.
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As graduation season comes to a close there are many young adults such as myself, getting ready to enter the work force. As a recent graduate it can be difficult to decipher the various types of benefits offered by employers and whether or not you are getting a fair offer.
The following is a list of some of the benefits traditionally offered by employers to help give you a head start on understanding your benefits package:
You may choose to contribute a portion of your income (usually pre-taxed) towards your retirement through a pension plan. The most well-known type of pension plan is a defined contribution plan, which is often in the form of a 401(k). A defined contribution plan allows you to invest a predetermined amount of your income in a mutual fund, and if you are lucky, your employer may even match your contribution.
An Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is another option if you would like to invest in your retirement. Unlike a 401(k), an IRA is set up between the account holder and a financial institution and controlled by the account holder.
Young professionals who want to further their education should inquire about whether or not their employer offers tuition reimbursement. If your employer offers tuition reimbursement, be sure to pay close attention to conditions of the reimbursement - there is often a catch. An employer may offer to cover a percentage of your tuition based on your grades or require that you remain an employee for a specified amount of time after completing your education.
Looking through health insurance plans can be very overwhelming. There are various types of health insurance options such as: Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO) and Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO)
The type of health insurance plan you choose should reflect your current lifestyle and health needs. Young professionals with low health care needs might find a health savings account (HSA) to be most beneficial. An HSA is a savings account that is not taxed and is strictly used for health care expenses. Consumers who use these accounts are usually covered under a high deductible health insurance plan.
Another option for professionals under the age of 26 is to opt out of your employer's health insurance plan. Since the health insurance benefit offered by my employer is comparable to the health insurance plan I'm currently covered by under my parents' plan, I have chosen to save some money and stay covered under my mother.
Some employers offer their new employees a signing bonus. This is especially beneficial for young professionals who might need the extra money to get started with furnishing a new apartment and upgrading their closet with professional attire.
It varies with employers, but employees can generally expect approximately two weeks of vacation time per year. While not common, that vacation time might roll over to the following year if not used.
We all have those days when we are not feeling well at all. Luckily, most employers offer paid sick time. When negotiating your employment contract or deciding between job offers, a good question to ask is whether or not your sick time rolls over from year to year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average amount of paid sick time offered by employers in 2012 was 10 days. The number of sick days offered can differ between employers, industries and employee tenure.
In an effort to be more environmentally friendly, some employers offer compensation to employees who use public transportation to commute to work. A previous employer of mine provided $40 as compensation for our weekly metro fares.
Now that you've been briefed about the variety of benefit options offered by employers you should be well on your way to understanding your benefits package.
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In celebration of our 20th anniversary, 1st Mariner Bank is giving back to Baltimore through a Random Acts of Kindness campaign. We are participating in random acts of kindness around the city throughout 2015 as a way to thank the community for helping us reach this milestone.
As part of this campaign, 1st Mariner Bank invited children from the Kennedy Krieger Institute to attend a TV commercial shoot with Joe Flacco. After the shoot, Kennedy Krieger contacted us to see if we'd be interested in volunteering. Of course, we were thrilled to accept the invitation! I sat down with Erica Starr, Director of Marketing, and Andrew Schreiber, Retail Product Manager, to ask them about their visit to Kennedy Krieger.
Erica Starr: We played different card games, made a magnet craft and even played a few games on the Wii with the kids. They rotated in and out of "activity time" depending on their treatment schedule for that specific day. We were on the inpatient side so all of the kids we interacted with were there for longer than a 24-hour period. Depending on their treatment plan, some were there for just a few days, while others were there for weeks.
Andrew Shreiber: The children all had different types of needs for various developmental disorders and injuries. Every activity we did with the kids proved to be very therapeutic for them. Some were shy at first, but as the day went on I could tell they were coming out of their shell. The children had unique personalities that each stood out in distinctive ways.
Erica: The boy I was doing arts and crafts with was dressed up like Superman. We decided together to name his magnet "Super Dolphin." He definitely made a lasting impression on me.
Erica: These children have to deal with incredibly hard things at such a young age. Yet, they are some of the most optimistic, pleasant, authentic individuals that I've ever met. Their innocence and drive really made me realize that the stress in my life really isn't something that is worth stressing about. I went home extremely grateful for my healthy family and friends and eager to come back and play with the kids again.
Andrew: This experience made me realize the small things in life that I take for granted. There are so many things that seem mundane and second nature to me that some people can't do. Regardless of the obstacles these children face, they don't let it define them on any level or stop them from being happy. Volunteering at Kennedy Krieger made me want to have a more positive outlook on life.
Erica: I think getting interaction with different people on a normal basis is great for the kids. It was great to see the excitement on the kids' faces as soon as Joe Flacco walked in the room. They really responded well to meeting new people and seemed to light up whenever they got a chance to talk or interact with a new face.
Andrew: At the commercial shoot with Joe Flacco, I had the opportunity to speak about the children's experience with some of the Kennedy Krieger staff. In the week leading up to the shoot, the staff had seen a major boost in morale among the kids. The children were so motivated by the visit with Joe Flacco that they showed a huge improvement in motor skills and efforts in therapy. The occupational therapists and speech pathologists that were at the shoot said the kids did things they have never done before and made leaps and bounds just in the 20-30 minutes they spent talking with Joe.
Andrew: As a community bank, it is important to be active in the community that you're ultimately trying to help. Service has been a priority for 1st Mariner Bank these past 20 years, and I know will remain as important in the next 20.
Erica: 1st Mariner has always prided itself with being a community focused institution. It's one of our core values and one that we take very seriously. Everyone from senior management to back office is encouraged to get out and contribute in some way to community initiatives. We're firm believers that a rising tide raises all ships. It's up to both Baltimore's businesses and citizens to make sure that tide continues to rise.
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When you think of social media, the first thing that comes to your mind is probably something along the lines of 100 supposedly different photos of your friend's newborn baby (just don't tell your friend that every photo looks the same), or the daily exercise routine of your health-nut coworker, or maybe a YouTube video of the unlikely friendship between a kitten and a bird – you know the one I'm talking about.
I bet one thing that doesn't come to your mind when you think of social media (unless you read the title of this article) is identity theft. But if you think about it, based on all of the personal information people share about themselves, social media sites are an identity thief's delight. As innocent as it may seem, posting a photo and caption of you with your dog Wagner, for example, could reveal the answer to one of your Online Banking security questions.
You should always be monitoring your accounts to ensure all transactions were authorized by you. This includes your checking, savings, credit card and line of credit accounts, etc. and can easily be done through Online and Mobile Banking. But there are measures you can take to mitigate your risk of being a victim of fraudulent activity to begin with.
Have I officially scared you away from ever using social media? I hope not. When used smartly, it's a great tool that allows you to easily stay connected with your friends and family. You just have to use that noggin of yours and think before you post.
The Federal Trade Commission has recently announced the launch of a new website, IdentityTheft.gov, a resource that makes it easier for victims to report and recover from identity theft. The website includes an interactive checklist that walks you through the recovery process. It also includes sample letters, specialized tips for specific types of identity theft, and advice for people who have been notified that their personal information was exposed in a data breach. See? The internet isn't all bad.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- A 13% increase in Brazil's coffee output is making up for weaker crops in Vietnam and Colombia, according to Citigroup Inc.
Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, is expected to harvest 56 million bags in the current 2012-13 season, the bank said. Meanwhile, a Bloomberg survey found that Vietnam might yield 10% less coffee in the season that starts in October. Colombia's crop is expected to be unchanged at 7.5 million bags next season, which is still below the 2007-08 level of 12.5 million bags, the news agency reported.
Separately, Bloomberg reported that reduced rainfall in Brazil's coffee- growing regions has improved the quality of this year's crop, according to Rio de Janeiro-based broker Flavour Coffee.
Above-average June rains delayed the 2012-13 crop and reduced the quality of beans already picked, since they could not be cleaned and dried under ideal conditions, according to the broker. But drier weather in growing regions has reportedly accelerated the harvest and improved bean quality.
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Zorro may be a fictional character, but there are many real-life Zorros in the world today.
"The only difference is that today's Zorros don't wear masks or capes," noted author Isabel Allende told me in a recent phone interview from her home in Marin County near San Francisco. "There are people everywhere fighting for the underdog and justice at great risk to themselves. You don't have to be an action hero to be courageous."
Allende will be speaking in Long Beach at the Terrace Theater Thursday night about her novel, "Zorro," which is this year's selection for the Long Beach Public Library Foundation's Long Beach Reads One Book festival.
Zorro is a rousing novel about the early years of the swashbuckling swordsman who signed his work with a distinctive "Z" in the clothing or skin of his enemies. During the day, this legendary hero was Diego de la Vega; at night, he dressed in black with a mask, a wide-brimmed hat and rode his noble horse, Tornado, fighting villains and oppressors for justice.
Allende said she has always loved the adventures of Zorro that she saw in movies and on television, but when she was approached by Zorro Productions to write this book, she hesitated at first because so much had been written and filmed about the masked hero.
"I wondered what else could be done, but then I thought I could write about how Zorro grew from a child to a man and how he developed his instinct to fight injustice. Zorro is a human being, brave, funny and romantic. It was a great exercise in imagination," Allende said.
Allende's own life reads like a novel.
She was born in Lima, Peru, in 1942 and raised in Chile. The assassination of her uncle, Chilean President Salvador Allende, sent her into exile, where she began her literary journey. She worked in Venezuela before moving to the United States where she lives with her husband, attorney Willie Gordon, and her rescue dog, Olivia.
A personal tragedy struck her when her daughter Paula died in 1992 at the age of 28. Her daughter went into a coma after complications from the disease porphyria. In tribute to her daughter, Allende started the Isabel Allende Foundation dedicated to supporting programs that promote and preserve the fundamental rights of women and children.
Her first book, "The House of the Spirits," was published in 1982 and became an acclaimed bestseller. The book had evolved from a letter she had written to her grandfather, who at 99 was on his deathbed.
Because she started "House of the Spirits" on Jan. 8 and it turned out so well, she now starts all of her books on Jan. 8, including the current novel she is working on. She has written more than a dozen books for adults and three books for children.
Asked if writing comes easy for her, she said, "I'm still terrified when I sit down and see that blank screen on my computer. I have no tips on writing. You just have to do it. Writing is a gift and sometimes it happens quickly and sometimes it takes longer."
Some would say her writing schedule is brutal.
"I get up every day at 6 a.m., feed my dog, Olivia, and by 8 a.m. or so I get started writing," she said. She usually finishes each day around 7 p.m. This is her writing routine Monday through Saturday. She does her writing in a little guest house by her garden in her backyard.
One thing she demands when she is writing is total privacy. "No phones, no faxes, no email. Just my computer. I need the quiet. Writing takes a lot of discipline," she said.
She said she wrote "Zorro" in about four months. Asked who her favorite actors were who played Zorro, she said she really liked Douglas Fairbanks in the silent movie and Antonio Banderas in "The Mask of Zorro" and "The Legend of Zorro."
Allende said she was honored to have her book selected for Long Beach Reads One Book.
"There is so much in Zorro - the history of California and the Spanish and Mexican influence - that people in Long Beach can relate to. I am looking forward to talking to Long Beach residents," she said.
One of the themes she wants to talk about is helping the oppressed.
"If we are going to fight injustice, we have to be prepared to do it for the rest of our lives because there is no end to injustices in the world," she said.
Just like Zorro would do.
Asked if she was ever going to retire, she laughed and said, "No, no, no. This (writing) is the only thing I can do. I can't cook or anything."
Also appearing with Allende at the Terrace Theater will be the Poly High School Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra, under the direction of Andy Osman, will debut an original piece, "An Island in Time," composed by Karl Preusser for the opening of the new center at Rancho Los Alamitos.
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This lively Lebanese hub deals in delicious, high-quality all-day meze, plus grilled skewers and takeaway wraps.
Soho's lively little Lebanese hub continues its success, judging by the numbers who cram around the tables in the distinctive yellow, black and white interior. At the back is a counter stacked with ready-made wraps to take away.
This cheery café is a world away from staid traditional Lebanese restaurants. There's none of the formality (or the space), but the standard of food is just as high. On a recent visit, we loved the tangy stickiness of sawda djej (melt-in-the-mouth chicken livers), which, in this version, came in a dark sauce sweet with pomegranate seeds. Falafel made a great contrast: soft, cushiony insides and crisp shells, served with a generous portion of tahina. They went well with the dense, garlicky houmous too. Manakish zaatar was perfect: pitta bread drizzled with olive oil and dusted with lemony zaatar spice, warmed in the oven just enough to let the flavour flood out: simple but delicious.
Yalla Yalla is popular as a lunch spot – and staff can get overwhelmed – but it's open in the evening too, and serves grills and mains alongside the meze all day. It also has an extensive, largely Lebanese, wine list and cocktails.
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During pregnancy, amniotic fluid provides a cushion that protects the baby from injury and allows room for growth, movement and development. Amniotic fluid also keeps the umbilical cord from being compressed between the baby and the uterine wall. In addition, the amount of amniotic fluid reflects the baby's urine output — which is an important measure of a baby's well-being.
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If you're diagnosed with low amniotic fluid, your health care provider will carefully monitor your pregnancy to help prevent complications. He or she might recommend drinking more fluids — especially if you're dehydrated.
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text: What follows is a manuscript from a sermon I have preached on a few occasions. I walk through the whole book of Philemon. Love to have you follow along in this series. My prayer is that it will inspire you to "forgive as you have been forgiven…" The rest of the 5 part series is [Read More…]


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Clueless Git wrote:Stefan wrote:According to Wikipedia "The Four Noble Truths are little known in the Far East." source
Is this really true?
By my limited experience, yes matey.
I have freinds who are Malaysian buddhists (their school translates as "one way path") and they know nowt of buddhism as it is mostly discussed here.
In other ways though they know more about being buddhist than 99 out of 100 of the more traditional type buddhists I've ever yet met.
if by "one Way Path" you are referring to the "It Kuan Tao", they are seen as a cult which borrows Buddhist ideas, and not accepted by the Buddhist mainstream.


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WATCH: Bowie's 'Space Oddity' taken to new heights by space station astronaut
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(Yahoo!) - David Bowie's "Space Oddity" has been taken to new heights by a Canadian astronaut. Chris Hadfield has released a video of his rendition of Bowie's 1969 classic as his swan song as he prepares to return to Earth.
It comes as Bowie has been in the news as late with his surprise comeback album, The Next Day, and a trio of stunning and controversial videos. Yet, the chameleon of rock may have been upstaged by a real astronaut, "sitting in a tin can," performing aboard the International Space Station with breathtaking views and thrilling zero-gravity stunts. For example, when Hadfield sings "I'm floating in a most peculiar way," he actually is, armed with an acoustic guitar.
Hadfield debuted the clip in a tweet over the weekend that read, "With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here's Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World."
And, Bowie - or at least someone in his camp - is aware of the clip. On his official Facebook page, it says Hadfield's "Space Oddity" is "possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created." It also notes that Hadfield called on Emm Gryner, one of Bowie's past collaborators, to record the clip. She sang in Bowie's live band in 1999 and 2000, but never got a chance to perform "Space Oddity" with the song's writer. So when Hadfield told her "he wanted to cover 'Space Oddity' I was over the moon, pardon the pun," Gryner writes on her blog.


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Faculty Affiliated with the Health Law & Justice Program
Nick Bath
LAW-719A-001 Health Law: Legislative and Regulatory Process
Nick Bath started his career on the Hill in 2006 as Counsel and Investigator for the Democratic Policy Committee. From 2007 to 2008, he worked as Senior Counsel on Senator Edward M. Kennedy's HELP Committee staff. In early 2009, he joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's staff as Legislative Counsel for Health Care and staffed the Senator on the HELP Committee during the health reform debate. As Senior Health Policy Advisor to Chairman Harkin, Professor Bath handles issues related to the coverage title of the Affordable Care Act, including health insurance exchanges, insurance market reforms, and consumer protections, as well as health care quality, HIT, Medicare and Medicaid issues.
Jorge Contreras
LAW-773-001 Law and Regulation of Science
Prior to joining the Washington College of Law, Jorge L. Contreras served as a Senior Lecturer in Law and Acting Director of the Intellectual Property Program at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. His research focuses on the effects of intellectual property structures on the dissemination of scientific and technological innovation and information.
Professor Contreras serves as Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Science & Technology Law Committee on Technical Standardization and holds leadership positions with ASTM International, the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and similar organizations. He recently completed a four-year term on the Council of the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH. Professor Contreras is the editor of the Technical Standards Patent Policy Manual (ABA Publishing: Chicago, 2007) and has published numerous articles and chapters relating to the legal issues surrounding intellectual property, scientific research and standards development. Professor Contreras recently completed an empirical research study supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the effect of certain policy choices on the efficiency of standards-development processes.
Prior to joining Washington University, Professor Contreras was a partner at the international law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where he advised organizations on intellectual property, technology transfer and standards-related issues. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School (JD) and Rice University (BA, BSEE).
Susan Crockin
LAW-719-007 Reproductive Technologies and the Law
Susan Crockin has, since 1988, developed a unique legal and consulting practice focused on adoption, the assisted reproductive technologies and collaborative reproduction, reproductive genetics, 'embryo law' and stem cell research, and fertility preservation. Building on her volunteer advocacy work for both mandated infertility insurance coverage and adoption in Massachusetts in the 1980's, this became the first such legal practice in the country. As leaders in this growing field, our work has expanded to include the legal aspects of areas such as fertility preservation, reproductive genetics, stem cell research, and 'embryo law'. The Crockin Law & Policy Group, LLC currently represents individual clients, agencies, medical and donor programs, and institutions, in and outside of Massachusetts. Professor Crockin has provided legal counsel in over 1,000 adoptions, including co-parent, same-sex, and single parent adoptions, assisted with hundreds of egg donation and gestational carrier arrangements, and provides ongoing and consulting services to private agencies and private and hospital-based medical ART programs throughout the country. She is also a consultant to the Genetics & Public Policy Center in Washington, DC and holds academic appointments at Georgetown Law Center and Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Jeremy Cubert
LAW-719-010 Intellectual Property and the US Health Care System
Jeremy Cubert joined Dickstein Shapiro in 1999 and is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice. He focuses his practice on biotechnology and chemical intellectual property law including patent prosecution, licensing and technology transfer, litigation, due diligence, and client counseling pertaining to the use and acquisition of intellectual property. Professor Cubert has been employed in the area of intellectual property law since 1992. He served as a scientist and technology transfer specialist for the National Cancer Institute and later as a staff attorney for the Federal Trade Commission. Professor Cubert advises clients regarding intellectual property acquisition and enforcement for technologies ranging from genomics and recombinant organisms to pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
Robert Dinerstein
LAW-756-006 Disability Rights Clinic Seminar
LAW-764-001 Disability Rights Law Clinic
Robert Dinerstein is professor of law, director of the clinical program (1988-96 and 2008-present), and director of the Disability Rights Law Clinic (2005-present) at AU's Washington College of Law, where he has taught since 1983. He was the law school's associate dean for academic affairs from 1997-2004. He specializes in the fields of clinical education and disability law, especially mental disabilities law (including issues of consent/choice, capacity and guardianship), the Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, legal representation of clients with mental disabilities, the interaction between disability and the criminal justice system, and disability and international human rights.
Professor Dinerstein was appointed by President Clinton in 1994 to serve on the President's Committee on Mental Retardation (on which he served until 2001). He has consulted for the World Health Organization regarding the revision of mental health laws in Ghana and Malawi, and was a signatory to the Montreal Declaration on Intellectual Disabilities, adopted in Montreal, Canada in October 2004. Prior to joining AU, Professor Dinerstein worked as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section, where he handled federal court cases on the rights of people institutionalized in mental hospitals, institutions for people with intellectual disabilities (mental retardation) and juvenile institutions, prisons, and jails. In addition to the Disability Rights Law Clinic, which he founded (and which handles special education, admission/commitment of people with intellectual disabilities, guardianship, ADA, and other cases), he teaches a seminar on law and disability and has taught interviewing and counseling, legal ethics, the supervised externship seminar, and the criminal justice clinic (which he directed from 1989-1995).
Professor Dinerstein is actively involved in organizations related to legal education nationally. He is a member of the Council of the American Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, and previously was on the section's Standards Review Committee. He has been a member of over 15 ABA-AALS joint site inspection teams, chairing two teams. Within the Association of American Law Schools, he has, among other things, chaired the section on clinical legal education, committee on clinical legal education, committee on sections and the annual meeting, and the planning committee for the 2006 clinical teachers' conference (and has been a member of a number of other planning committees). He currently serves as chair-elect of the AALS section on law and mental disability as well as the secretary of the section on disability law. Previously, he served on the association's Membership Review Committee.
Professor Dinerstein currently sits on the boards of directors of the Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities, Inc. (president), Equal Rights Center (treasurer), and Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Inc. (treasurer), and in the past has served on the boards of the District of Columbia Bar Board of Governors (2002-05), Society of American Law Teachers, Mental Disability Rights International, Legal Counsel for the Elderly, and Maryland Disability Law Center, among other organizations. He has made numerous presentations on clinical legal education and disability law, among other topics, and has published a number of articles, chapters and other writing on these subjects. He is co-editor and co-author, with Profs. Stan Herr and Joan O=Sullivan, of A GUIDE TO CONSENT (AAMR, 1999); author of "Guardianship and Its Alternatives," in ADULTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME (Siegfried M. Pueschel, ed., 2006); and co-author of the forthcoming LAWYERS AND CLIENTS: CRITICAL ISSUES IN INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING (Thomson West, forthcoming 2009). He has an A.B. degree from Cornell University and a J.D. degree from Yale Law School.
Dipu Doshi
LAW-719-010 Intellectual Property and the US Health Care System
Dipu Doshi joined Dickstein Shapiro's Intellectual Property Practice in September 2002, focusing on patent law. Professor Doshi has experience in most aspects of patent law in various technological fields, including pharmaceutical compounds, biological molecules, and DNA sequences. He also has experience with computer memory, imaging devices, and semiconductor inventions. Professor
Doshi's practice encompasses all facets of intellectual property law, with a concentration in patent litigation, due diligence, client counseling, and patent prosecution.
Sean Flynn
LAW-962-002 Human Rights&Acccess to Medicines
Sean Flynn teaches courses on the intersection of intellectual property, trade law, and human rights and is the Associate Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP). At PIJIP, Professor Flynn designs and manages a wide variety of research and advocacy projects that promote public interests in intellectual property and information law and coordinates PIJIP's academic program, including events, student advising and curriculum development. Professor Flynn's research examines legal frameworks promoting access to essential goods and services. He serves as counsel for advocacy organizations and state legislatures seeking to promote and defend regulations that promote access to essential medicines. (PIJIP).
Prior to joining WCL, Professor Flynn completed clerkships with Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson on the South African Constitutional Court and Judge Raymond Fisher on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also represented consumers and local governments as a senior associate with Spiegel & McDiarmid and as senior attorney for the Consumer Project on Technology, served on the policy team advising then Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Deval Patrick, and taught Constitutional Law at the University of Witwaterstrand, South Africa.
Heidi Gertner
LAW-774-001 Bioethics and the Law
Heidi Gertner has been a drugs counselor in the Office of the Chief Counsel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the past ten years. Her areas of expertise are over- the-counter drug product regulation, drug safety, drug marketing and advertising, human subject protection, preemption, and combination products. Prior to joining FDA, Professor Gertner was a Bioethics Fellow in the Department of Clinical Bioethics of the U.S. National Institutes of Health from 1999 to 2001.
Before joining FDA, Professor Gertner was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University's Schools of Law and Medicine. She has published two law review articles, one of which was cited by the Massachusetts Supreme Court. She has also published articles in The Lancet, Archives of Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Journal of Clinical Ethics, and Cambridge Healthcare Ethics Quarterly, among others.
From 1997-1998, Professor Gertner was a Clinical Bioethics Fellow at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Professor Gertner has given lectures in Helsinki and London. She graduated cum laude from Binghamton University in 1994, and from Washington University School of Law in 1997 where she was a staff member of the Washington University Law Review Quarterly.
Alan Goldberg
LAW-640-001 Health Law
Alan Goldberg's Adjunct Faculties academic associations began at Boston College Law School as a Lecturer in Law teaching Land Finance. Professor Goldberg taught eHealth Care Law at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland and at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. Professor Goldberg taught Health Care Informatics and Law at Marymount University School of Business Administration in Ballston, Virginia and Professor Goldberg teaches Health Law at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia and previously at the George Mason University College of Health and Human Services Department of Health Administration and Policy in Fairfax Virginia. Professor Goldberg joined the law firm of Goulston & Storrs in Boston in 1967 after receiving a JD from Boston College Law School where he was a member of the Law Review and was awarded an academic scholarship and received an LLM (Taxation) in 1978 from Boston University School of Law. Except for a period of active duty as a member of Navy JAGC, Professor Goldberg practiced law in the firm's offices in Boston and Washington, DC, before disembarking on June 5, 2006 to open his law office in McLean, Virginia.
Professor Goldberg is a Past President and Inaugural Fellow of the American Health Lawyers Association; a former Council member of the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association; Past Chair of the Board of Governors of the Health Law Section and a Vice-Chair of the Law and Technology Committee and a member of the Board of Governors of the Section on Education of Lawyers; Vice Chair of the Council of the Health Law Section of the Virginia Bar Association; and a past Co-Chair of the Health Law Section and a past member of the Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee of the District of Columbia Bar. He received the David J. Greenburg Service Award and was named an American Health Lawyers Association Inaugural Fellow in 2005 and in 2006, Professor Goldberg received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Boston College Law School at the 75th anniversary celebration of the founding of the law school. Professor Goldberg is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, District of Columbia, Florida, and Massachusetts, and is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He maintains an educational blog for students at http://www.healthlawyerblog.com and further information regarding Professor Goldberg may be found at http://www.healthlawyer.com.
Jon Grossman
LAW-719-010 Intellectual Property and the US Health Care System
Jon Grossman is a partner in the Intellectual Property practice at Dickstein Shapiro LLP. Professor Grossman practices in the areas of patent law, copyright law, and licensing work with a specialization in issues concerning computer software. He has significant commercial licensing experience encompassing all aspects of contracting, including inbound and outbound licenses, development
agreements, Internet contracting, and copyright related agreements. Professor Grossman also provides clients a full range of IP counseling with a business focus in the areas of strategic acquisitions, outsourcing, and joint ventures and enforcement. Additionally, he works closely with clients in obtaining financing from venture capitalists.
The majority of Professor Grossman's computer software experience stems from software patent prosecution, patent opinion making, copyright enforcement, and software licensing work. He also has extensive experience regarding Internet legal issues, privacy, and corporate IP due diligence. Professor Grossman is recognized as a leader in issues concerning business method patent protection and intellectual property opinion making.
Lewis Grossman
LAW-648-002 Food & Drug Law
Lewis Grossman joined the faculty of WCL in 1997. He became professor of law in 2003. He teaches and specializes in American legal history, civil procedure and food and drug law. Prior to joining the faculty of WCL, he was an associate at the D.C. firm of Covington & Burling, and prior to that, he was clerk for Chief Judge Abner Mikva, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit.
Gail Javitt
LAW-719-006 Genetics and the Law
Gail Javitt has served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Maryland School of Law, where she has taught Food and Drug Law and Genetics and Law, and at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, where she co-taught Health Law and Regulation. She was a Greenwall Fellow in Bioethics and Health Policy at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. She was an
Associate at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., where she specialized in FDA regulatory issues. She served as law clerk to the Honorable Gary L. Taylor, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. She has written on a variety of science regulatory and legal issues on topics including direct-to-consumer advertising of genetic testing and FDA regulation of biotechnology. She holds the Juris Doctor (J.D.), cum laude, from Harvard Law School, a Masters of Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Johns Hopkins University and a B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Columbia College.
Daniela Kraiem
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Daniela Kraiem is the Associate Director of the Women and the Law Program and a Practitioner-in-Residence at American University Washington College of Law. Daniela works with the students, faculty and staff of the Washington College of Law incorporate gender into all aspects of legal education. She plans academic conferences on various subjects in the area of feminist jurisprudence (including in recent years meetings addressing Comparative Family Law, IP/Gender, Human Trafficking, and Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-based Crimes Before International/ized Criminal Tribunals). She coordinates grant-funded projects, including the Gender Jurisprudence Database Project (with the War Crimes Research Office). She collaborates with student groups to plan events on current issues in gender and law, works with the Academic Dean's office to support the Washington College of Law's comprehensive gender and law curriculum, and advises the students enrolled in the Gender and Law specializations in Washington College of Law's two LLM programs.
Prior to joining the Washington College of Law, she represented labor unions and workers as an Associate at the law firm of McCarthy, Johnson and Miller in San Francisco. She was also a Staff Attorney at the Child Care Law Center, where she specialized in early childhood education workforce development, supporting women-owned small businesses, and increasing the availability of high quality child care for all children.
Her current research interests include the political economy of long term care for the elderly and persons with disabilities, child care, and gender and legal education.
Cristina Leria
LAW-719-005 International Human Rights Law and Global Health
Cristina Leria is a lawyer with almost twenty years experience in legal empowerment and international development. Now
an independent consultant, Professor Leria has worked with the Pan-American Health Organization in a variety of capacities since 2008, including most recently as Advisor, Human Rights Law for Health Services. As a member of the PAHO human rights team, she focused on the provision of technical cooperation to PAHO member countries, concerning the application of human rights legal obligations in areas such as medicinal products and technologies, mental health, disability, aging and HIV/AIDs. She has also helped develop and implement capacity building on human rights approaches within PAHO and for national-level public health services.
Prior to her work at PAHO, Professor Leria was a lawyer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome from 1993 to 2006, where she was extensively involved in FAO's program of legal assistance to member countries on natural resource management issues. Professor Leria holds degrees from the American University's Washington College of Law (LLM, 2009, with a focus on health law and government); London School of Economics (LLM, 1991) and Universidad Autonóma, Madrid, Spain (1990).
William McConagha
LAW-719A-001 Health Law: Legislative and Regulatory Process
Bill McConagha is a Health Policy Advisor to Chairman Tom Harkin on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, U.S. Senate. He handles issues related to FDA and has worked on the Affordable Care Act, the Food Safety Modernization Act, and the FDA Safety and Innovation Act. Professor McConagha is on detail to the HELP Committee from FDA, where he has worked since 1995. From 1995-2007, he worked in FDA's Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC), first on litigation and criminal enforcement matters and later as regulatory counsel for drugs. In 2000-2001, he served as OCC's Acting Principal Deputy Chief Counsel. From 2007-2009, Professor McConagha was FDA's Assistant Commissioner for Accountability and Integrity, during which time he helped develop FDA's new scientific dispute resolution policies and enhance the transparency and consistency of FDA's Advisory Committee Program. He has also been detailed to a number of other agency positions, serving as Senior Advisor to the Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs in 2000 and as Director of Policy Communications in 2007.
Cristina Meneses
LAW-719-001 The Law and Politics of Health Insurance Exchanges
Cristina M. Meneses, J.D., M.S. is staff attorney with the Network for Public Health Law - Eastern Region. Professor Meneses has worked in health care law and policy in various forms: through litigation, legislation, developing trainings for health care providers and providing technical assistance for legal advocates. She joined the Network for Public Health Law after working as a disability law attorney representing individuals with claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Professor Meneses also spent two years at Georgia Legal Services Program, where she litigated on behalf of low-income Georgians in the areas of health, family, public benefits, employment and elder law. In addition to litigation, she initiated and developed a taskforce of legal and health care providers to address health care and legal access issues faced by limited English proficiency individuals. Prior to her career in law, Professor Meneses developed expertise in health policy work with a focus on eliminating health disparities. As a recreational therapist, consultant and instructor, she empowered clients to overcome the physical and psychological barriers they faced in their lives, while tackling systemic issues in the care facilities where she worked including racism, classism and discrimination based on sexual orientation and religion. Professor Menesesis a member of the Georgia and Washington D.C. Bar and awaiting admission into the New York Bar. She received a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2008, an M.S. from Florida Gulf Coast University in 2005 and a B.S in Recreation Therapy from Ithaca College in 1999.
Steven Pavsner
LAW-719-002 Medical Liability & Public Health
Steven Pavsner, a shareholder in the Litigation Group of Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., has extensive experience in personal injury litigation, including the prosecution on behalf of victims of product liability cases, medical, legal, accounting and other professional negligence cases, class action litigation, business disputes and other complex civil litigation.
Professor Pavsner is a 1972 cum laude graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a 1975 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center.
Michael Ruggiero
LAW-719-009 Pharmaceuticals and the Law
Michael J. Ruggiero is Senior Director, Government Policy and External Affairs for Astellas Pharma US, the North American affiliate of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma, Inc. Professor Ruggiero leads the team responsible for advising the company on the business impact of federal policy; developing and implementing the company's federal public policy and government relations strategy; and working with patient and physician groups, industry organizations, and other stakeholders to advance common public policy goals.
Prior to joining Astellas, Professor Ruggiero practiced law in Washington, D.C. at the law firms of Arnold & Porter LLP and King & Spalding LLP, where he counseled healthcare and other businesses on a range of matters including issues arising under Medicare, Medicaid, and other government healthcare programs; regulation of products by the Food and Drug Administration; healthcare legislative analysis and advocacy; compliance with U.S. and foreign privacy and data protection laws; and compliance with laws governing political activities.
Professor Ruggiero is a former Vice Chair of the American Health Lawyers Association Life Sciences Practice Group; serves as adjunct faculty at the American University Washington College of Law; and is Vice Chair, Operations and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation Serving the National Capital Area. He earned a J.D. cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center and received his B.A. in Economics from Syracuse University. Prior to attending law school, Professor Ruggiero worked for the American Apparel Manufacturers Association and the American Textile Manufacturers Institute.
Asha Scielzo
LAW-719B-001 Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Contracting and Compliance
LAW-719-004 Health Care Fraud and Abuse
LAW-719-008 Health Care Corporate Compliance and Governance
Asha Scielzo serves as an adjunct faculty member for American University Washington College of Law, currently teaching Health Care Fraud and Abuse and Health Care Corporate Compliance and Governance. Professor Scielzo brings to the classroom significant expertise in a broad range of health law matters, developed in over 11 years of practice with Jones Day in their Washington, Atlanta and Cleveland offices.
Professor Scielzo advises health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, physician organizations, and pharmaceutical/medical device companies in compliance matters, including fraud and abuse and Stark Law compliance, and reimbursement issues. She has significant experience advising health care providers on the development of an effective compliance program. Professor Scielzo also has substantial experience in the area of health care transactions, including hospital-physician contracting matters, as well as hospital and health system merger and acquisition transactions.
Prior to attending law school, Professor Scielzo worked as a health care strategy analyst at the Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C. and coauthored articles published in distinguished clinical journals such as the Journal of the American Medical Association and Critical Care Medicine.
Stuart Silverman
LAW-640-001 Health Law
Stuart Silverman is an attorney with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the District of Columbia Office of the Inspector General (OIG). He also has been designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney and a Special Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Professor Silverman has practiced health care law for most of his professional life. Prior to joining the OIG, Professor Silverman was in private practice with Greenberg Traurig, and was also with the Office of the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). During his law firm association, Professor Silverman provided counsel to health care clients on fraud and abuse, managed care, Medicare reimbursement as well as long term care issues. While with HHS, he represented the Health Care Financing Administration in federal court and before administrative tribunals on issues arising under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Early in his career, Professor Silverman was an attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Professor Silverman has been active with the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA). He has held various leadership positions with AHLA. Professor Silverman was a Vice-Chair for the HMOs and Health Plans Practice Group, and Co-Chair of the Sarbanes-Oxley Task Force. He was Chair of the Corporate Governance Task Force. Professor Silverman has also served as the Chair of the AHLA Business Law and Governance Practice Group.
Professor Silverman is an Adjunct Associate Professor at American University Washington College of Law and has taught a single two-hour class session on Medicaid fundamentals and enforcement initiatives to combat Medicaid fraud for the Health Law and Policy Institute (Summer 2010, 2011). He was also a guest lecturer at the Tsinghua University School of Law in Beijing, China for an eight-lecture series on American health law (May 2011).
Professor Silverman has written articles on numerous topics, and has appeared at conferences as a panel member on various health care subjects, including fraud and abuse and health care quality in nursing homes. Professor Silverman has been a member of the Advisory Board for the BNA publication Health Care Fraud Report and a member of the Steering Committee of the Health Law Section for the District of Columbia Bar.
Professor Silverman received his J.D. degree from Temple University School of Law, and is a member of the Pennsylvania and District of Columbia Bars. He is also a member of the United States Supreme Court, and the American Bar Association. Professor Silverman has held past memberships in the International Bar Association, the London Court of International Arbitration and the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Javier Vasquez
LAW-719-005 International Human Rights Law and Global Health
Javier Vasquez advises PAHO's Member States in collaboration with its Representation offices on international human rights issues and strategies to improve the right to the highest attainable standard of health and other related human rights; on the formulation/review of national public health laws, polices, practices; and to structure public health services consistent with international human rights treaties and standards. Serve as the WHO focal point for human rights initiatives in the Americas in collaboration with WHO Headquarters (Geneva). He has officially conducted activities of technical collaboration and officially visited up to date 28 countries of PAHO/WHO. Previously, as a staff attorney for the IACHR, Professor Vasquez personally handled the first decision issued by the Inter-American System regarding violations to the human rights and fundamental freedoms of a person with a mental disability known as "the case of Victor Congo" which interpreted the American Convention on Human Rights in a manner consistent with international/regional health standards and European Human Rights Jurisprudence in the field of psychiatry and disability rights.


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Momo Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009
Made from 100% organically grown grapes, this seems quite a savoury style of Sauvignon Blanc, the savouriness probably accentuated by the wild yeast ferment that seems to add a funky veneer to the bright fresh fruity flavours. But there's loads of passionfruit and underlying gooseberry and a spicy zestinesss that is just so, so Marlborough.
This is the first 'fully certified' organic (as recognised in NZ and the UK) Sauvignon Blanc from the Momo Range - a label from the Seresin family. Bio-Gro is the certifiying agent in New Zealand - and it's not's just grapes and grape growing, but the additives and winery practices too (I think).
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Sturdy and durable, this 8' log rack is made from tubular steel with a black powder-coated finish. The log rack neatly stacks up to 2/3 face cord of firewood off of the ground and the 4 extra support legs provide stability and extra support for your wood. A cover is included to protect your wood from the outside elements.Product Features:
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log rack
By sue
from maryland
Comments about BJs Wholesale Club Landmann 8' Heavy-Duty Log Rack with Cover:
Ties seem a little flimsy. Time will tell.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Strong and functional
By Ranger Judy
from Saint Cloud, FL
Just what we wanted.Manufacturing flaw, one set of screw holes were missing so we drilled them ourselves.
Good for the money spent
By Wendy
from Buffalo ny
Easy to put together, affordable, but the cover is cheap and ripped right away
heavy duty log rack
By marty/ retired
from howell nj
holds quite a bit of wood sturdy and easy to put together. I just wish the cover was made better
This year, dry firewood
By Ceci in Cicero
from Cicero, NY
We get a lot of snow here so I needed a way to keep firewood accessible for the fireplace. Outside it gets buried in snow and then comes in wet. This rack is large and deep to hold a lot of wood and it fits perfectly in my enclosed deck room right off the family room with the fireplace. Because it is indoors I do not need to use the cover but in the summer, I can put the rack out on the deck and cover it to protect the wood from the rain. I built an outdoor rack out of lumber but it is not as attractive as this rack and it is impossible to move.
Assembly ease and appearance of stability
By NorthJersey
from Ringwood, NJ
Quite a few pieces, but easy to assemble. Components appear to be sturdy, but will see after a season of stacking wood on the rack.
Easy to assemble, holds lots of wood. Looks great on my porc
By Tony
from Duchess, ga
Was easy to assemble and holds plenty of firewood
Sturdy wood rack
By Keyside1
from Clifton Park, NY
Overall great product for the $. The cover seems to be made of a cheap material, unsure how it will hold up to winter.
easy setup wood storage
By BOBOHIO
from STOW, OHIO
keeps the aged wood ready for the fireplace, holds enough for the season
Great Christmas Gift
By Dee, the wife.
from Jackosn, NJ
finding a perfect gift for my husband is always a challenge, but when I saw this log rack w/ cover I knew I found the perfect gift. I hope he will love it.
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Our goal is to work with you and your family to create an individual plan of treatment that is just right for your child. The plan will help relieve swelling, control discomfort, prevent joint damage and improve your child's quality of life. Most treatment plans involve a combination of medication, physical or occupational therapy, eye care and healthy eating.
Each treatment plan is unique and our comprehensive team of specialists work together to produce the best plan. The plan is an ongoing process and requires monitoring and adjustments.
Musculoskeletal ultrasound is an imaging technology that is safe, does not involve radiation, and can be easily and quickly utilized in a clinic setting. Ultrasound imaging can help pediatric rheumatologists to "see" within the joints and surrounding tissues, which in combination with performing a physical examination; can sometimes lead to a more specific and accurate identification of an abnormal joint or tendon. For example, the location and degree of inflammation within a tendon or joint, the amount of joint fluid present, and changes to the bones from chronic inflammation may all be visualized.
Children's is the only pediatric rheumatology center in Wisconsin and one of only a few in the nation with a pediatric rheumatologist who has specifically been trained in the use of ultrasound and with a dedicated pediatric musculoskeletal ultrasound clinic. Children with arthritis and related conditions may have ultrasound imaging performed as part of the management of their illness. This may provide additional information to help evaluate the status of their condition, and potentially to help monitor the response to treatment.
Medication is often a part of treating your child's rheumatic condition. Some medications are designed to relieve your child's discomfort and swelling and others aim to change the course of the disease and prevent damage.
The types of medication prescribed and the dosage required is determined by our team and completely individualized for your child. Children's views this as an ongoing partnership between your family and our team, to determine correct drugs and doses and to improve your child's symptoms.
Physical Therapy (PT) or Occupational Therapy (OT) are frequently part of your child's treatment plan. The goal of therapy is to keep your child fit and active and to reduce joint pain during the treatment process.
At Children's, we make referrals to physical therapy or occupational therapy providers both inside and outside our hospital. Our goal at Children's is to promote normal functioning.
Some rheumatic conditions such as JIA may lead to uveitis/iritis which requires treatment to protect vision.
Your rheumatologist and ophthalmologist can discuss ways to prevent permanent eye damage in cases of rheumatic conditions. Children's may partner with the Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute and community ophthalmologists to determine a course of treatment for your child. Learn more about the eye care specialists at Children's Hospital.
A diagnosis of rheumatic disease does not mean your child must avoid activity. In fact, certain kinds of physical activity can be helpful. Activity helps reduce pain and swelling around your child's joints, strengthens muscles, keeps bones strong and contributes to your child's overall well being.
At Children's, our multidisciplinary team will help assess the right exercise plan for your child, aimed at increasing strength, improving range of motion and/or increasing overall fitness.
A healthy child requires a healthy diet. Ensuring your child gets proper nutrition, lots of variety and can maintain a healthy weight is key to his or her treatment for rheumatic diseases.
Children's has nutritionists on staff who work with parents and our rheumatology team to educate and advise – ultimately ensuring that your child's diet is helping keep them as healthy as possible.


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Fast & Furious hires Paul Walker's brothers
Fast & Furious 7 production hired Paul Walker's brothers as stand-ins for the action flick.
Although Paul filmed all the dramatic scenes for the movie, he did not get to film some of the action sequences. The production team announced Cody and Caleb's participation in the film in a note to their fans on their Facebook page. F&F considers themselves as family, and in the note it says they are still in shock from the death of Paul. The presence of his brothers has "made us all feel that Paul is with us too."
The post also comments that the scenes already filmed by the late actor are "among the strongest work of his career."
Paul passed away last November in a fatal car crash during a charity event. The F&F family including Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriguez have been very vocal about their grief over the franchise's main character. The cast was in the middle of shooting the seventh installment when the incident occured, and afterwards took a much needed break.
This past weekend MTV honored Paul at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. Jordana Brewster, who played his love interest in the franchise, presented the tribute to the actor:
Fast & Furious 7 is set for an April 10, 2015 release date.
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By Andrea Brown Herald Writer
No spandex needed for this aerobics class.
It's gym class to work the muscles of the mind.
The Right Brain Aerobics training is a way to tap into your "inner genius."
Yeah, you have one: Everybody does, said the program's creator Sandra Rodman, 70, of Whidbey Island.
"It's kind of an insight training," Rodman said. "The inner genius connects the dots for you."
A introductory workshop will be offered Jan. 15 at the Stanwood Library. The free session includes interactive exercises and tips to "wake up" the right side of the brain side that tends to stay dormant.
Many adults are left-brain dominant. The left lobe is practical, by-the-book, predictable, parental, reliable, reserved, linear, machinelike efficient.
"We get hard-wired. We think left brain, like computers," Rodman said. "We lose touch with how our mind works."
She claims right brain prodding can heighten both left- and right-brain functioning. In other words, the right and left sides can be taught to play well together.
The result: People can problem-solve with "a whole new mind."
Rodman uses some of the brainstorming and team-building techniques gleaned from her years in corporate management and involvement in the arts. Her program model was developed for businesses but expanded to community groups. There is a charge for most sessions.
The gist of her brain aerobics program isn't about doing crossword puzzles or playing chess.
It's really the opposite: Rather than honing logical thinking skills, put these to rest. Chill out.
The focus is on meditation, healing music, relaxation and positive imagery, with a little "Alice in Wonderland" thrown in.
"It's almost a Zen type of thing," said Stanwood librarian Rob Branigin, who attended the first brain aerobics lecture at the library last September. The session is being repeated by popular demand.
The library talk will be lead by Craig Weiner, a Langley chiropractor trained in Rodman's aerobics.
"It's an exercise on how you think. How you think is everything," Weiner said.
People get into a rut. "Brains think in habits," he said.
These habits limit new pathways being formed, but neurologic connections can be expanded on the brain's right side through these exercises. "We know we can build muscles by lifting weights." Same goes for the brain.
The first step is to open your mind.
"Ask people if they are creative and they give you a 'yes' or a 'no.' They say, 'I'm not creative, I'm a CPA.' Or 'I'm not creative, I've never been able to draw,'" he said.
"Creativity isn't only about art or music. What for me is creative might be different for you. It's how to negotiate a relationship problem or a stalemate with a teenager or create a new product at work that can be bought to market."
The exercises get people "in a brainwave state that is much less judgmental," Weiner said. "People start to hear other people's ideas. People feed off each other. It's a safe way to take baby steps."
Another exercise: "We write out six impossible things," he said.
It's based on the queen in "Alice in Wonderland" saying "… sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
"What seems absolutely impossible to you, all of a sudden is seen through another set of eyes," he said.
That includes the eyes on the other side of your brain.
"I've never had anyone say I can't find my inner genius," Rodman said.
Well, at least not yet.
Andrea Brown; 425-339-3443; email@example.com.
Introductory Right Brain Aerobics
6:30 p.m. Jan. 15, Stanwood Library, 9701 271st St. NW.
Class is free, but registration is required. Call 360-629-3132 or 877-766-4753; www.sno-isle.org.
6:30 p.m. Jan. 16, Mount Vernon Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. First St., Mount Vernon; www.skagitfoodcoop.com. The class is free.
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WASHINGTON — Officials at the Navy base in Newport, R.I., failed to forward a report from local police last month that Monday's alleged killer of 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had complained about hearing voices coming from the ceiling of his hotel, a Pentagon official told USA TODAY.
Aaron Alexis, 34, was questioned by Newport police on Aug. 7 at a local hotel room. Alexis, a Navy civilian contractor working on a job at the Newport base, told officers that unknown people were trying to prevent him from sleeping and sending "vibrations" through his body. Newport police then contacted base security to alert them about Alexis.
"There is no indication that the information went beyond the naval security force (at base)," the official said, adding that more details could emerge as the investigation continues. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because officials were not authorized to speak publicly.
The Naval Station Newport authorities did not contact Alexis' employer — a Fort Lauderdale-based information technology firm called The Experts — or other Navy authorities, the official said.
The report by Newport Police Sgt. Frank Rosa said he called local base security. "Based on the Naval Base implications and the claim that the involved subject, one (redacted) was 'hearing voices' I made contact with on duty Naval Station Police (redacted)," the report said. "I advised (redacted) of the report and the claims by Alexis. I then faxed (redacted) a copy of the report. (redacted) advised me that (redacted) would follow up on this subject and determine if he is in fact a naval base contractor."
The failure to forward the information from the Newport police echoes two cases in 2009 in which law enforcement officials did not act on information that could have stopped two incidents — the Nov. 5, 2009, murder of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, and the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit on Dec. 25.
FBI anti-terrorism officials did not alert military authorities that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood killer, had sent numerous e-mails to terrorist leader Anwar al-Awlaki for almost a year leading up to the Fort Hood attack. In the case of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the man convicted of trying to blow up the Northwest Airlines flight, officials did not forward information provided to U.S. officials in Nigeria by Abdulmutallab's father that his son was in Yemen and had extreme views.
Alexis died in a shootout with police after he gunned down 12 employees at the Navy Yard, authorities have said.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Wednesday that the Pentagon would review its security procedures at its installations and the procedures it uses to provide clearances to troops and civilian employees like Alexis.
Alexis had a history of encounters with law enforcement over firearms. Authorities in Texas in 2010 arrested him for firing a round through his apartment ceiling. He was not charged. In 2004 in Seattle, he shot the rear tires of a construction worker's car after an altercation.
Despite those incidents, Alexis received and maintained a secret security clearance during his tenure in the Navy Reserve from 2008 to 2011.


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SA Man Has Nation's Best Facial Hair
The owner of ChaChas Mexican Restaurant has something else to brag about in addition to his enchiladas.
Wahl Electric Shavers has named Ricardo Ruiz the man with the best facial hair in the nation.
Ruiz told 1200 WOAI's Michael Board he's proud of his well trimmed mustache and beard.
"I get used to it, it's become part of my routine," Ruiz said. "Just like you wake up in the morning and brush your teeth or comb your hair, I get up and do my mustache."
Ruiz says his carefully tended handlebar mustache gets a lot of attention.
"People smile, and say 'look at his mustache'," he says. "Little kids run up to me and they smile, and people wave at me."
Ruiz says he's proud of his 'Man of the Year' designation, especially since well-trimmed mustaches and goatees are again in high fashion.
Ruiz says he shaved his mustache once, but decided to grow it back because he 'didn't recognize' the man in the mirror.