"I am very pleased to have the opportunity to join the Chadbourne team in
both Moscow and London as well as to become part of the Firm's overall capital
markets group," Mr.com) is the
largest -circulation yoga magazine in the country.
The magazine is published by Yoga Journal, LLC, based in San Francisco,
California.

For English language sites dealing with Russian culture and everything that defines the Russian identity of today.

Primarily about Russians outside of Russia, people of Russian descent, and Russian culture outside of Russia.

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These partners are frequently listed in
publications such as Chamber's Global, Euromoney Expert Guides, and European
Legal Experts as leading lawyers in the fields of corporate and commercial
law, banking and finance, energy, and litigation.

First of Several Foreign Editions Planned

SAN FRANCISCO, Yoga Journal
(http://www. edition of Yoga Journal, 30 percent local content, and will initially be
published four times a year.
"Independent Media has demonstrated proven expertise in successfully
publishing major international magazines for the Russian market," says John
Abbott, CEO of Yoga Journal.com .

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This puts us in a strong position to counsel clients
pursuing investment opportunities.

About the Moscow Office
In Moscow, the office comprises of over 20 U. LOUIS, The Medicare Part D Task Force, led by
St."
On Friday February 10, 2006, Bilingual International Assistant Services
and International Institute of St.
The deadline for all eligible recipients of Medicare Part D is May 15,
2006.gov or call
toll free at 1-800-MEDICARE for more information or to enroll in a plan.9320.

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Medicare Part D Task Force and Medicare Rx Access Network of Missouri Offer Critical Help to Foreign-born Elderly

The magazine has been featured on Good
Morning America , Oprah, and in The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, and most
other major media. 304, or dmacy@yogajournal .

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The office provides a full range of legal services to
multinational and domestic clients. "His
broad range of experience advising companies and financial institutions in
complex business and capital markets transactions allows us to meet the needs
of our clients looking to raise financings in both the London capital markets
and U. "Chadbourne has an excellent reputation
in this field , and I look forward to the opportunity to develop this practice
further in Russia, for CIS and Central Europe."
Mr. Each of the partners has more
than a decade of experience advising on transactions in Russia, and each is
well-regarded in the community. It is the first of several foreign language editions
Yoga Journal plans.

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"His significant experience in Russian and cross-border financings is a key
step in our continued growth in the CIS and in Chadbourne's long-term
commitment to that region.
"Chris's arrival at the Firm will greatly enhance our already successful
track record in English law governed financings and corporate transactions,"
added Laura M. Brank, managing partner of Chadbourne's Moscow office.C.ru), the largest magazine publisher in Russia, to publish
Yoga Journal in Russian. The Russian edition will contain 70 percent content from the
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markets.A. Masters'-level
social workers and counselors speak English, Bosnian, Russian, and Spanish.
Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services also offers site visits by
clinical professionals and bilingual psychiatrists to homebound individuals
who are foreign-born.
The premier issue will be published in May , with a print run of
20,000 copies. Founded in 1975, it has
tripled its paid circulation to 325 ,000 in the past few years, and it reaches
more than 1,000,000 readers bimonthly.

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O'Neill, Chadbourne 's managing partner.
The Firm has offices in New York, Washington, D.

About Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services
Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services is a not-for-profit
organization that provides quality counseling, case management, social
services and referrals -in a linguistically accessible and culturally sensitive
way-to foreign-born elderly and individuals with disabilities.
Other foreign editions will launch in Italy and Brazil later this year.
Yoga Journal holds several conferences a year, including its annual
Colorado conference.

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, both in and out of Russia.

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These organizations are helping to ease the difficulties faced by the foreign-
born elderly who do not speak English well enough to choose options that best
meet their health and financial needs.
"It is so crucial to reach out to our American non-English speaking
seniors who need additional help enrolling in Medicare Part D," said Julia
Ostropolsky, Executive Director of the Bi-Lingual International Assistant
Services .
For more information about assistance to limited English speaking needing
help with Medicare Part D, call Bilingual International Assistant Services at
314.

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This category is for sites in English only, sites in Russian should be submitted to the most appropriate category under World/Russian

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S. Louis, United Way of Greater St.
The multilingual staff of Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services has
been educating the foreign-born elderly and people with disabilities about how
to access prescription drug benefits in the most efficient and beneficial way."
IMPH, based in Moscow , is the Russian publisher of Cosmopolitan, Men's
Health, Harpers' Bazaar, Esquire, Good Housekeeping , and other titles.

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"We are pleased to welcome Chris to Chadbourne. law and, in particular,
focuses on project finance, privatization, energy, capital markets, banking,
insurance and reinsurance, securitizations , structured finance, corporate
finance, litigation and products liability. In addition, Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services has been
offering one-on-one counseling and language-specific over -the phone
information, while the International Institute plans to reserve space for
assistance and enrollment.com), the country's most widely read yoga magazine, has
recently entered into an agreement with Independent Media Publishing House
(IMPH) (http://www. "They are experts in the production, marketing
and selling of these titles, and we anticipate a highly successful foreign
launch. "Yoga Journal is internationally regarded
as the authority on yoga, and I anticipate that the magazine will be
enormously successful.YogaJournal.

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He will split his time between the Moscow and London offices.
Prior to joining Chadbourne, Mr."
Chadbourne's Moscow office was established in 1990, and Mr.

About Chadbourne + Parke, A Multinational Partnership
In London, the Firm conducts its practice through Chadbourne + Parke, a
multinational partnership, employing both English-qualified solicitors and
U.

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Owen also has counseled on a wide range of capital
markets work, from straightforward debt to substantial international equity
work, including IPOs and flotations , derivatives and synthetics. Jurisprudence from Oxford University.

About Chadbourne + Parke LLP
Chadbourne + Parke LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New
York City, provides a full range of legal services, including mergers and
acquisitions, securities, project finance, corporate finance, energy,
telecommunications, commercial and products liability litigation, securities
litigation and regulatory enforcement, white collar defense, intellectual
property, antitrust , domestic and international tax, reinsurance and
insurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and financial restructuring,
employment law and ERISA, trusts and estates and government contract matters.

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S. Task Force Organizes Corporate, Government and Nonprofit Support

ST. Older adults who are unable to speak English encounter additional
challenges.

About the Medicare Rx Access Network of Missouri
Members share an interest in educating Medicare beneficiaries about the
new Medicare prescription drug benefit and will work closely with the
appropriate federal agencies to obtain up-to-date information to ensure that
information disseminated by the network about Medicare Part D is factual and
accurately conveyed, thereby pre-empting confusion about the benefit and
equipping beneficiaries and their caregivers to make informed choices.

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Owen was head of the Moscow office of
Lovells. Louis Area Agency on Aging and SBC, the Medicare Part D
Task Force includes Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services, International
Institute of St.

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With Chris on board, we are continuing to build on
the growth the Firm achieved last year when we opened the Kyiv and Warsaw
offices. Owen received his B. For additional
information, visit http://www . They may not know what steps they must take to select a plan that
best covers their prescription needs -- or even how to enroll in the program
and obtain identification cards. "Events such as this are a valuable service to our Nation's seniors
to help them enroll before the May 15, 2006 deadline . It also produces many best-selling yoga books, videos,
and DVDs, including Yoga Journal's Yoga Step -by-Step: The Total Guide to
Beginning Your Home Practice; Yoga Journal and Lamaze(R) Present Yoga for Your
Pregnancy: Your Guide to Prenatal Fitness and a Healthy Birth; and Yoga
Step-by-Step for Stress Relief.

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Mr., English and Russian
qualified attorneys (each of whom is bilingual ) and a total bilingual staff
numbering more than 50, including paralegals, translators, secretaries and
other support staff. lawyers who work closely with other Chadbourne offices to provide
seamless service to international clients.
In response, the Medicare Part D Task Force came into being . Partially
supported by the St.medicare.S. Today, yoga has become a health phenomenon in Russia, " says Ellen
Verbeek, Creative Director of IMPH.

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His range of finance,
capital markets and derivatives experience connected with Russian matters is a
critical component of our increasingly diversified services for clients doing
business in Russia," said Charles K. Over thirty people were expected to come by a
previously scheduled appointment; others may sign up for future dates with the
Task Force.
The staff can provide help in Spanish, Bosnian, Russian, Kurdish, Arabic,
Italian, Hungarian , Portuguese and French; other language assistance is
available. People may visit Medicare's website at http://www.812.yogajournal.
For more information on Yoga Journal, contact Dayna Macy, 415 -591-0555,
ext.

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Mr. Owen commented., Los Angeles, Houston,
Moscow, Kyiv, Warsaw (through a Polish partnership), Beijing and a
multinational partnership, Chadbourne + Parke, in London. A team of business-oriented lawyers has been assembled
who have years of experience in the Russian Federation working on complex and
novel transactions and on major litigation.

Louis, the Mid-East Area
Agency on Aging, and the Departments of Health for St. Louis hosted an enrollment site for seniors
speaking little to no English and in need of additional assistance in signing
up in a Medicare Part D plan. The
network does not engage in legislative activities or take positions on pending
legislative or administrative policies related to the Part D benefit and its
implementation .

Yoga Journal to Publish a Russian-Language Edition

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Owen is the
fourth partner there. The London partnership offers a
range of legal services under both English and U.

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Mr.com. Louis City and County . Task Force members are calling for volunteers to
assist non-English-speaking elderly in enrolling under the new Medicare Part D
guidelines."
"When I started practicing yoga here five years ago, it was hard to find a
teacher.

About Yoga Journal: Yoga Journal (http://www.

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He has experience advising issuers and arrangers on
the issue and underwriting of fixed income and equity securities in emerging
markets and advising international clients on investing in Russia, the CIS and
Central Europe.S. The Task Force is advertising its services to
elderly members of the community who find the language barrier overwhelming
when dealing with the new system of care under Medicare Part D.
More help is needed.imedia.

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Chadbourne + Parke LLP Expands Moscow Practice; Welcomes Christopher Owen As Partner

NEW YORK, The international law firm of
Chadbourne + Parke LLP today announced that Christopher Owen, 42, has joined
the Firm as a partner in both Chadbourne + Parke LLP and its affiliated
multinational partnership, Chadbourne + Parke in London, effective March 15.

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Owen specializes in capital markets transactions and cross-border
mergers and acquisitions. Owen is named as an expert in emerging market transactions in the
Legal 500 and is recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? formerly European Counsel
3000, and is recognized by Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers. Louis -based Bi-Lingual International Assistant Services, is helping to
break down language barriers that affect older adults' access to prescribed
medications.