HBJ is facing a lawsuit brought on by Fawaz Al-Attiya, former official spokesman for Qatar, who says that agents acting on behalf of HBJ imprisoned and tortured him in Doha for 15 months from 2009–2011. Al-Attiya says that he was kept in solitary confinement, only let out of handcuffs to be interrogated, subjected to sleep deprivation, and denied proper access to food, water, and sunlight. Al-Attiya also alleged that he was not adequately compensated for his Qatari land that was expropriated by the state. Read More...
Henry Judah Heimlich is an American chest surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely recognized as the inventor of the Heimlich movement, a technique of squeezing the abdomen to prevent suffocation, described in Emergency Medicine in 1974. He also invented the Micro Trach mobile oxygen system for disease The ambulance and Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, or "vibrating valve," sucks blood and air out of the chest cavity.
BornHenry Judah Heimlich, February 3, 1920, Wilmington, Delaware, U. Read More...
In what now feels like a lifetime ago, there was a stretch of weeks in the not-so-distant past when Christian Wood was duking it out with 17-year veteran Joe Johnson for an NBA paycheck. Yes, that Christian Wood, the man who in a year went from a basketball couch surfer to one of the most intriguing and efficient big men in the NBA.
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This offseason, months after becoming a recognizable name with the Pistons, Wood signed a three-year, $41 million contract with the Rockets. Read More...
