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Susan I. Jean
I have chosen to focus my practice in the area of elder law and estate planning as a result of a family history of both dementia and cancer. Although often the concerns and goals the client and family have are common, each person comes to me with a unique history, and with a personal, legal, and financial situation that are his or hers alone. I enjoy the process of bringing my knowledge of the law and community resources to bear in crafting a plan that will work for my clients and my client's family.
I provide families with representation regarding long term care, Medicaid and Veteran's Benefits, as well as expertise on capacity issues, elder abuse, financial concerns, and other areas of law of primary interest to elders. I assist those concerned with the high cost of care to plan for ways to pay for care, as well as ways to qualify for government benefits without becoming impoverished.
I have practiced as an attorney on the Peninsula since 1993. One of my passions is public speaking; I am a frequent lecturer, and have taught various elder law subjects to other lawyers, CPAs and accountants, and financial professionals, for continuing credit. I enjoy speaking to community groups on a wide variety of subjects related to elder law and estate planning.
I currently sit on the Board of Directors for Peninsula Agency on Aging and am a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). I am a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; I am a member (and past president) of the Virginia Chapter of NAELA; I was pleased to be elected twice as President of the York-Poquoson Bar Association. I have been on the Board of Directors for the ARC of the Virginia Peninsula, the Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center, and Williamsburg area Meals on Wheels.
My husband and I have lived on the Peninsula since 1992. We raised our daughters here, and have one daughter and two grandsons in the Tidewater area. I am struggling to re-learn playing music, the horn. I enjoy estate sales, minor league baseball (The Peninsula Pilots); college (Clemson) and pro (the Cleveland Browns, no jokes please) football.
Robert T. Brooks
Practicing law was a dream of mine since I was young. I have always had the drive to help those in need, whether that be through food drives, clothing drives, adopting a family at Christmas, or simply offering a helping hand to someone on the street. Practicing law allows me the opportunity to continue helping those less fortunate, to protect an individual's legal rights, and most importantly to make a difference in a stranger's life.
I have lived all over the country, but for the last 10 years I have been a resident of the peninsula. My family and I enjoy swimming, boating, camping, all sports, and spending time with loved ones. I have been a die-hard Denver Bronco fan since childhood, and a Virginia Cavalier fan by marriage.
I have practiced law in Virginia since 2008 and have represented clients in cases involving divorce, custody, child support, protective orders, evictions, third-party debt collectors, personal injury, estate litigation, estate planning, and many other civil matters. At The Heritage Law Group, I currently focus on estate planning and estate litigation, but I do handle other civil litigation if needed. If you have a question or are seeking an attorney, I welcome your call to see what I can do to help you.
Although practicing law is a contentious profession I pride myself in trying to work cordially with the opposing counsel or non-represented party to come to an amicable solution. When an amicable resolution is not available I will represent my clients vigorously inside the courtroom.
I look forward to many more years practicing law in Hampton Roads and welcome your call to see what I and The Heritage Law Group can do for you.
Jennifer D. Kahl
I started working in geriatrics when I was 18 years old. It was the summer after I graduated high school, and I was hired as an activities coordinator at an assisted living facility. Soon I had my certified nursing assistant license and was working in a number of retirement homes and hospitals. With these jobs I was able to pay my way through undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University and head off to law school at William & Mary.
With this background, elder law seemed a natural choice. I understand the importance of planning for long term care and how these plans affect the entire family. Because these decisions are often difficult and overwhelming, you need someone there to guide you through the process. I am experienced with Medicaid planning, VA benefit qualification, asset protection, estate planning and administration, and other concerns specific to elderly clients. In addition, I help families through the probate process after their loved one has passed away. I perform estate planning services for younger clients and families as well, arranging personal affairs long before old age or unexpected tragedy occurs.
When I'm not at work, you can find me and my husband running trails in Newport News, hosting backyard movie nights for our friends, and wrangling in teenagers as youth group leaders at our church. I have been blessed with so many good things in my life, and it is my goal help you and your family take care of that which is important yours.


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A-Rod Loves New York…But, He Loves San Fran Too
From the San Francisco Chronicle –
A-Rod, in his fourth Yankee season, says he finally likes New York.
"As far as comfort level in New York," he said, explaining his splendid first half, "I've always said it may take some people a year, half a year, but for me it's taken three or four years to get comfortable in New York, and I'm there now.
"At the end of the day it's just a game, and you've gotta enjoy the game, and I've kind of gone back to that this year, keep it more simple and enjoy the game, enjoy my teammates, enjoy the city of New York."
But a few minutes earlier he said, "I love San Francisco, man. I was really looking forward to making the (All-Star) team, and I think it's gonna be an awesome event."
What does he like about the City?
"First of all, I love the stadium, this is one of my favorite stadiums."
Love it? Crikeys! The only other time Rodriguez played here, with the Mariners in 2000, he went 6-for-11 in three games, with a homer and 5 RBIs!
The man was born to play in the cool, gray city of love. He's DiMaggio with a better suntan.
"I love where it (the ballpark) is in the city," Rodriguez added, "and I love the vibe of the city, it's kind of like a West Coast New York, only with better weather in the summertime."
I told you. Just watch, if Alex opts out at year-end, the Giants are going to be an option for him.

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text: The most recent installment of "Carpool Karaoke" features James Corden cruising around with Gwen Stefani…after singing a few songs, things take a left turn when they pick up a couple of surprise guests. No, it's not Blake Shelton, and yes there are beauty tips included. Check it out below, as James Corden continues to kill it. No doubt.


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By Yanit Mehta
There are only a few people left in the world whose faces light up with a playful, childlike glee when talking about the revolutionary introduction of oil paints or an exhibit of curated Japanese art. Professor Bert Winther-Tamaki is one of them.
Professor Winther-Tamaki is one of the world's foremost scholars of Japanese art. When asked "Why Japan?" his answer is just as honest and unadulterated as the man answering it. Being from Pennsylvania, Winther-Tamaki had little personal connection to Japan. He grew up in a Western country and went to a Western school and wasn't exposed to Japan or its enchanting culture for the most part. However, while attending the University of Pennsylvania, he had to pick a language to study. Unlike today's technologically advanced world, in the late 1970s to early 1980s, registration was still done on paper. So, when he faced the decision of picking a new language, he left it purely up to chance. He closed his eyes and randomly placed his finger on the giant catalogue of classes. His finger landed on Japanese, and the rest is history. If his finger had been even half a centimeter off, he would've been studying the Indonesian language of Javanese, and the course of his life would have completely changed.
Winther-Tamaki has come a long way since that day. He has now written three spectacularly insightful books that showcase different facets of Japanese art. The first one, published in 2001, is called "Art in the Encounter of Nations," which as the back of the book mentions, "is the first book-length study of interactions between the Japanese and American art worlds in the early postwar years." He combines his knowledge of his home country and the country he has researched for years to deliver a detailed and structured book in a way that only he can. He begins the book by inspecting the influences of American abstract expressionism in the work of Japanese artists. Investigating and examining four abstract painters who moved to the United States of America, after which he discusses two young scions of the calligraphy and pottery worlds of Japan. He then closes the final chapter with Japanese American sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi.
Winther-Tamaki is particularly a big fan of Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi is the focus of his second book, "Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics: A Close Embrace of the Earth," which he co-wrote with Louise Allison Cort, and published in 2003. Winther-Tamaki is bothered by the elementary denouncing of the earth as dirt and something that needs to be washed away. He wanted to explore the importance of Earth and its momentousness to human survival. This is exactly why he is so taken by Noguchi's work; Noguchi is known particularly for his stone and bronze sculptures. However, Winther-Tamaki also writes about Noguchi's spell-binding yet under-appreciated work in clay, which he finished over three exhaustive sessions in 1931, 1950 and 1952, all over visits to Japan.
In 2012, Winther-Tamaki decided to use the medium of "oil-on-canvas" in his third book on Japanese art, "Maximum Embodiment: Yōga, the Western Painting of Japan, 1912-1955." Yōga here doesn't refer to the ancient Indian discipline of meditation, but in fact, it literally means "Western painting" of Japan. Oil-on-canvas was significantly different and alien in earlier Japanese paintings because most artists used water-based pigments and inks. The term Yōga as defined in his book "designates what was arguably the most important movement in modern Japanese art from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries." This book takes on several unanswered questions about Yōga and, with Winther-Tamaki's insurmountable knowledge on the subject matter, answers them "by defining a paradigm of embodied representation unique to Yōga painting that may be conceptualized in four registers: first, the distinctive materiality of oil paint pigments on the picture surface; second, the depiction of palpable human bodies; third, the identification of the act and product of painting with a somatic expression of the artist's physical being; and finally, rhetorical metaphors of political and social incorporation."
After having recently spent a year in Kyoto, his love for Japan and its art is unwavering, and he is likely to to further revolutionize the way people think about Japanese art. As an educator at UCI, he continues to translate and pass down the knowledge of the Land of the Rising Sun for students here in America.


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I have spent more than a year travelling around Canada. I've experienced all 4 seasons. I've learned the meaning of frostbite during the Canadian winter and melted during the intense summer. I've ran into bears during many hikes and have been bitten by countless mosquitos when camping in the backcountry. I have walked thousands of kilometres along the trails and spent many hours doing on hand research all to bring you this personal, highly visual and independent guide.
The guide has been divided into three sections: road trip itineraries and tips, hiking and photography in order to make it as transparent and easy to follow as possible.


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On 19th and 20th of July 2010 the European Commission (EC) organized a conference designed to summarize the public contributions received in the open consultation process and to discuss on the possibilities to be explored in building the future policy.
Due to the quality of the OPERA roundtable consultations and the awareness raising of our activities, in addition to the written contribution on the future of CAP submitted to the EC, OPERA has been invited to participate to this important conference despite the fact that it had been involved in this field only for three months (since April 2010).
During the conference works, the Commission continued to be in a "listening mode" giving the possibility to all stakeholder representatives to put forward their vision on the objectives and instruments to be included in the future CAP. Rather than selecting any approaches or favoring in the debate any instruments, the EC has chosen to continue the open consultation with this event in order to collect as many opinions, and test reactions of possible avenues. EC has been saving on its energy for negotiations with stakeholders for the second round of consultations after the issue of the Communication in November 2010
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Installing carpet in your house can be simple. You just have to appoint an expert to do everything for you, and voila, your floor covering has altered into incredible new and stunning. But maintaining your carpet dirt free and gorgeous does not end there. You will have to carry out standard protection and maintenance if you wish for your carpet to look perfect. Here are some simple DIY tips you can pursue a happy home with spotless carpet. If you have to carpet your home, you have probably felt the rush of anxiety that comes when a family member, guest or pet stains the carpet, and you realize that you don't have any stain remover in the house. With these DIY carpet cleaning tips, you can stay away from the worry that accompanies carpet spills.
DIY Tips for Carpet Cleaning
If you have obstinate carpet stains that just will not come out no matter what you attempt, these easy DIY tricks may be just the thing you require. Make sure you attempt this first earlier than you call in the professionals or waste money on one of those carpet cleaning gizmos.
1. General, Light Carpet Stains
Mix half a cup of colorless vinegar with 2 tablespoons of salt. Wipe some of the solutions on top of the blot with a spotless, white fabric and let it dry out. Later, vacuum the residual salt particles. For bigger, darker carpet stains, add 2 tablespoons of borax to the over mixture. Brown sugar and lemon peels mutually create the most excellent home-based carpet cleaner. This cleaner is atmosphere-friendly, as well as non-poisonous. Along with refining the carpet, lemon peel also refreshes it.
2. Ground-in Dirt and Tough Stains
Mix a tablespoon of vinegar with 1 tablespoon of cornstarch. Spread it to the grime/blemish with a dried up, sanitary white fabric. Let the solution assemble on the blot for approximately 48 hours, after that vacuum. Club soda as well works too. You may also think about using peroxide or additional bleaching agents as well for additional stubborn stains. They can be very useful in eliminating stains and mud but is careful in using them. These agents can as well be very potent and can potentially damage your carpet if not used properly. It is suggested to use them in restraint and not at all devoid of diluting the water. Always check a small region first.
3. Paint
Ensure you eliminate as much paint as you can by means of a sponge as rapidly as you see the drop. After that, mix 1 ½ teaspoons of vinegar with 1 ½ teaspoons of laundry detergent and 2 cups of water and pour the solution to the residual stain. Clean with cold water. You can also use a mixture of vinegar and ammonia as a superb cleansing solution. Vinegar eliminates stain and stinking smell.
4. Fruit and Fruit Juice Stains
Make a solution with 1 tablespoon of washing detergent with 1 ½ tablespoons colorless vinegar and 2 cups of water. Apply the solution to the mark and spot with a clean, fair fabric. You can as well utilize shaving ointment to eliminate juice stains. For those times when you require a little additional stain fighting power, include baking soda to plate washing fluid, white vinegar, and lukewarm water. Mix up the ingredients in a spray bottle, and you are set to go.
5. Coffee and Tea Stains
Mix up equivalent parts of water and colorless vinegar and blot the blemish with a dirt free white cloth. Club soda on these stains works just as simply, too.
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6. Lubricant/Oil Stains
Apply shaving cream directly to the blot, let it dry out, and then remove the shaving cream by rasping with a moist, supple cloth. You can as well use cornstarch only as a means to soak up new lubricant stains.
7. Ink Stains
Combine a small quantity of milk with cornstarch to compose a paste. Apply the combination to the ink spot. Let it dry out over the blot for a few hours, then sweep off the remains and vacuum.
8. Use Your Vapor Cleaner as a Last Resort
Last but not least, you have your vapor cleaner. You don't wish for to utilize this as well frequently because it's not essential. Vacuuming frequently and using stain dealing for stains and spills is the most excellent way to maintain your carpet maintained. Utilize your steam cleaner possibly once every six months to revitalize your carpet.
Precautions before Applying
Before trying one of these homemade carpet blemish removers, be certain to test a little amount of the solution on your carpet in a no noticeable place, such as in a curve or beneath a large piece of stuff, to make sure for color vanishing or other harm. For the best consequences, always treat stains accurate way. Letting some stains assemble for even a small number of minutes can make them hard to remove. Blot up as much of the blot as you can through a fresh, dry towel or fabric before applying any solution.
It's typically good to spurt the solution on a clean towel or material, and then pour it to the carpet. Constantly use a blotting movement and not at all wipe carpet forcefully. Rubbing may simply give out to work the blot more into the carpet and can also harm the fibers, changing the carpet's look.