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Michelle is a specialist practitioner in immigration, asylum, human rights and public law.
Michelle is regularly instructed in First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal asylum, human rights, deportation, EU law, domestic violence, refugee family reunion, entry clearance, bail and other immigration appeals. She has a particular interest in representing vulnerable clients with mental health problems, children and victims of trafficking. Michelle is experienced in advising in judicial reviews challenging removal, detention, certification, NRM decisions, fresh claim refusals, legacy decision making and other immigration related public law challenges. She also advises in private law actions for false imprisonment and human rights act damages claims.
After working at the Legal Aid Department in Lilongwe in 2006, Michelle established the Malawi Public Interest Case Support Project with the Bar Human Rights Committee and lawyers in Malawi in 2009. She has advised in Malawian cases concerning women's property rights, police brutality, lengthy remands in homicide cases, and the closure of radio stations for "national security" reasons during the July 2011 protests.
Michelle is a trustee of Room to Heal a charity providing community based therapeutic support for refugees and asylum seekers who have suffered human rights violations.
Prior to training as a lawyer, Michelle worked for several international development NGOs. In 2003 she founded a UK registered trust called Nyumba Ya Thanzi which supports community designed and implemented projects in Malawi. Nyumba Ya Thanzi currently supports a centre for children with HIV located in Salima, Malawi.
Michelle specialises in human rights and asylum cases. She is frequently instructed to represent particularly vulnerable clients including victims of torture, victims of trafficking, children and clients with physical and mental health problems.
She has successfully acted in a number of complex "war crimes unit" exclusion cases, including for clients accused of involvement in international crimes in Iraq and Rwanda.
She frequently represents clients in deportation Article 8 appeals and has a particular interest in cases relating to the best interests of children.
Michelle is currently instructed in a number of complex immigration appeals concerning EU law residence rights under the 2004 "Free Movement" Directive and derived directly from the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. She has successfully represented many EU citizens in deportation cases.
In R (Atamewan) v SSHD [2013] EWHC 2727 – Michelle was led by Phillippa Kaufmann QC in a successful challenge to the Home Office policy on historical victims of trafficking. Click here to read more.
Michelle frequently acts in detention cases, including detained fast track, bail and public and private law detention challenges. These include a number of cases with mental health aspects to an unlawful detention claim. She provides pro bono representation to immigration detainees through Bail for Immigration Detainees.
Michelle has expertise in immigration related public and private law challenges, including judicial reviews of fresh claim refusals, legacy decision making, NRM decisions, Article 4 breaches in trafficking cases, certification decisions, and delays in decision making.
Before training as a barrister, Michelle worked at Wilson Solicitors LLP as a senior immigration caseworker. Many of her clients suffered from mental health problems, often as a result of their traumatic experiences in their countries of origin and in trying to claim asylum in the UK. Michelle is a Level 2 accredited immigration advisor. She is particularly well placed to advise on case preparation having worked as a caseworker.
Michelle represents clients subject to immigration control in asylum support and community care judicial reviews. She frequently advises on duties arising under s.17 Children Act and s.21 National Assistance Act. She regularly represents clients pro bono at the Asylum Support Tribunal as a volunteer with the Asylum Support Appeals Project.
Michelle is frequently instructed in immigration related public law challenges. She is currently working on a complex challenge to the UKBA guidance on identification of victims of trafficking. Michelle is also representing a number of clients bringing challenges to legacy decision making. She accepts instructions in urgent challenges to removals and is acting in a number of ongoing certification challenges as well as unlawful detention claims.
In R (Atamewan) v SSHD [2013] EWHC 2727 – Michelle was led by Phillippa Kaufmann QC in a successful challenge to the Home Office policy on historical victims of trafficking. Click here to read more.
Michelle's practice in this area arises out of her immigration practice. In particular she has expertise in the duties of police and other public authorities towards victims of trafficking, particularly relating to the investigative duties arising under Article 3 and 4 ECHR. She is also involved in a claim against immigration officers for their conduct of a dawn raid.


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Over the holidays, I did some movie watching (gee, what a surprise) with the other movie freak in my family, my mom, and went to see a flick at the theater with her and also one with my brother. It was a banner movie-watching holiday! Here are some observations about these movies, old and new.
It's Complicated Is Simply Funny
This is a silly film that could have been a throw-away in lesser hands. But the loads of talent involved in It's Complicated makes it hilarious and very worth watching. Who would have thought that an older-set romance could be so much fun? My favorite moment was probably when Meryl Streep, all giggly from realizing she's having an affair with her ex-husband and even lying to her grown kids about it, catches herself and suddenly realizes how goofy she's being — priceless facial expressions. John Krasinski is adorable as the secret-keeping Harley. B+
The Blind Side Is an After-School Special
Don't get me wrong, this is not a bad film. But after all the hype I had heard, frankly I expected more. The Blind Side follows in the tradition of movies based on sports-connected true stories like Rudy and We Are Marshall but fails to inspire in the way that these films did. Why is that? One reason may be the lack of loquacity of its main character. Big Mike doesn't talk much. It's part of his character and makes sense, but it also makes it difficult for an audience to connect with him. The lack of connection is aggravated by other characters talking about and to him in simple terms. The after-school special feel of the film comes from its simplistic treatment of complex issues. It surely could not have been quite so easy for Leigh Anne Tuohy to get her family on board and to keep her household in order. Were there really no fights, no ill effects, no resistance? One small glitch is hinted at when Leigh Anne tells Michael he's ruining the expensive couch he's sleeping on, so she'll clean out the guest bedroom for him. Perhaps it would have helped to see this damage and other understandable domestic complications, making the story more realistic at a visceral level. She's also able to quiet friends and relatives with a "Shame on you" when they worry about "a large black boy" in the house with her young daughter. I don't know many good friends or real family who wouldn't storm over to see just how this situation was shaping up. Despite Oscar buzz, I see this as a rental. C- Continue reading


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Arjun Singh Shekhawat, who plays an important role in new Star Bharat show, Chandrashekhar, talks about the show, his personal desh bhakti and career.
The casting of Arjun Singh Shekhawat, in new Star Bharat show, Chandrashekhar, as the great freedom fighter's tutor,turns the normal TV casting matrix on its head. "Normally, it is said that acting does not matter on the tube, only looks matter. However,my selection for this very average-looking charactershows that talent still clicks," says Arjun, who is also doing &TV show, Half Marriage.Prior to that, he had played the lead's brother, in Life OK's fantasy, Nagarjuna. "I have also acted on many other TVCs."
So how is your new show going?"It has just started, so need to wait and watch.We are already scoring well on the making and performance part, though."
"Real-life character, Manohar plays an important role in building Chandrashekhar Azad's initial value system. Interestingly, being a Gandhian, Manohar believes in peace and non-violence. But his favorite protégé goes on to become a big revolutionary, alongside Bhagat Singh, Sukhdevand Rajguru, andis eventually killed by the police in 1931. Arjun has no clue whether they will show the clash of ideologies between Manohar and the grown up Chandrashekhar. "As of now, my track will not go beyond the young Chandrashekhar. To be honest, most revolutionaries at first did follow non-violence, but later came to believe that it was not enough to drive the Brits out."
Do you think today's youth don't care a fig about patriotism? "Well, it differs from person to person. Being very nationalistic,I have similar caller tunes, which some friends call boring. I can either boil my blood, trying to reform them, or let go. I preferto do the latter. In a way, our show will also help create some awareness about that time when truth and honesty ruled. Gen-next will also learn to value the freedom they currently enjoy. It did not come cheap;countless lives were lost in the process."
Coming to Half Marriage, Arjun says, "Lead character Arjun's (Tarun Mahilani) friend Manu is not your normal buddy role–he has much to do. This typical, pan-eating Kanpuri dude thinks himself to be smart, but can't get to first base with women.Even the colony fatso clipshim when he approachesher after burning his fingers with all the good-looking girls. But yes, Manu is not a bad guy. The main reason for saying yes to this character was that I wanted to experiment with the Kanpuri look and dialect."
"As an actor,I always look for roles which are poles apart from the real me. Ditto with both Chandrashekhar and Half Marriage," says this engineer-turned-actor from Rajasthan.
In closing, while Arjun would prefer to look for lead roles in the future, "I will not sit at home till it happens. If a character role, that can up my current graph,comes around, I will grab it with both hands."


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Yesterday (2004)
Powerless to change the past . . . She lived to change the future.
To close out the SIL Festival, I wanted to watched the only movie in history to nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Made for TV Movie, Yesterday. I didn't know that much about the movie. I heard a summary for the movie and I was intrigued to see it.
During blistering South African summer, a young Zulu woman named Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo) is walking two hours from her village of Roohiek to Kromdraai with her daughter, Beauty (Lihle Mvelase) by her side.
She has had a serious cough for a while and she wanted it check out by the Doctor (Camilla Walker). Being the only doctor in miles, there is a long line to see the Doctor and she is eventually turned away. she had to wait a week to come back to the Doctor.
Yesterday waits toiling through farmland near her house until she nearly collapses. She goes back to the clinic a little earlier, but she is turned away again for being in the long line. Frustrated, she tries to satay strong for her daughter by fetching water from the communal water pump and wait for the day that her husband, John (Kenneth Khambula) to come back from a mining assignment in Johannesburg.
One day, Yesterday passes out in the doorway of her house and is take to a Sagoma to check out. A Sagoma is a kind of witch doctor. She tells Yesterday that she is holding on to some residual anger that is causing her systems. Yesterday doesn't feel that she is angry at all.
A local Teacher (Harriet Lenabe) Yesterday has befriended gives her the money to take a taxi to the clinic so she would be the one of first in line. When she is finally examined by the Doctor, the Doctor wants to take her blood. On a follow-up visit, Yesterday receives the devastating news that she is HIV+. She has been faithful to her husband. How could she get the virus? It is now her mission to find her husband.
Being that this is the first Zulu full-length feature is a pleasant surprise for me. I never thought that this woman who cannot read or write could be stricken with the virus that would eventually kill her. During the course of the movie, the movie becomes like The Scarlet Letter, but Yesterday wants to fight to survive. I applaud her for her courage.
Judgment: This is a great story that you wish that this disease would be gone from our lives.
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The other day a wedding photographer asked me on facebook why my blog was called English Wedding Blog when it covered the whole of the UK. (He thought he was being clever, I think.) I explained it's just a name… and I do like to break my own rules now and then, with ventures to Wales, Scotland, Ireland and today a gorgeous wedding in France.
It took me a matter of seconds to say yes to French wedding photographer Freddy Fremond when he showed me the images of Laura and Stuart's wedding. The details speak for themselves… and they're such a fabulous couple. Best of all, the wedding is in two parts, with a civil ceremony followed by a more formal service. So I bring you two wedding dresses (and I adore the first: Laura's little shift dress is so beautiful!), tons of amazing detail ideas and bags of French style.
Another favourite wedding… and I know you'll love it too! Enjoy. Claire xxx
A beautiful wedding in France! Laura & Stuart
Wedding venues:
- Mairie de Vulaines sur Seine (civil ceremony)
- Eglise de Samoreau (Church)
- La Grange aux dimes (reception) in Samoreau
Wedding photographer: Freddy Fremond
How would you describe your wedding style?
Rustic chic – we wanted a laid back style that suited the French venue and the surroundings.
We wanted to bring some English traditions and mix them up with some French styles (the favours were mini jam pots covered in blue and white gingham, tied with garden twine, filled with Confiture au Lait.
We also wanted it to be dinner party meets party.
A little about the wedding ceremony:
We had a civil ceremony (which is obligatory in France) followed by a church wedding with a local English vicar.
The civil wedding was reserved for family (35 guests) and everyone else joined us at the Church (85 guests in total). The church service was still very intimate and also in English but in an amazing rarely used French church.
Which readings did you choose?
Corinthian 13:4 8A and an Irish Wedding Blessing
Tell us a little about your wedding venue styling and details:
The Grange aux Dimes is a 13th century tithe barn, it is a beautiful rustic building and we made it look very classic yet simple. We used ivory table cloths, chair covers and tied navy ribbons around them, which matched the bridemaids' dresses.
We also had some lace details to cover the stage area and my Mum echoed that in the cake she made, which was the main fabric of my dress. we kept the dance area quite small and central which made it look full at all times and made it difficult for people not to get dragged up!
Invitations and reception stationery:
We used Vistaprint, it was very reasonable and did very simple yet elegant designs. We ordered Invitations, Menus and Thank You cards and were more than pleased with the quality and service they offered, as well as the price compared to most wedding stationery.
Wedding music and entertainment:
Julien Roman (DJ Air) was our DJ, he was great, we met him before hand and he played all the music we requested. He was French but has an English mother so understood our eclectic music tastes. He put on some 1920's French music during the garden drinks and some excellent music choices to get people dancing with all sorts of tastes.
Laura wore:
Maggie Sottero Doreen dress, Jimmy Choo shoes, accessories by Krausz jewellery
Stuart wore:
A custom made suit by Moss Bros, Prince of Wales check, 3 piece tailored suit.
Memorable wedding day moments:
The cutting of the cake was very memorable, it wasn't something we expected, the DJ suggested we have some music as in France it's tradition that the Croquembouche is rolled in to music. So we took his advice and everyone gathered round, he played a dance version of Pirates of the Caribbean and it was amazing, it kicked off the disco, we had a champagne fountain and it really got the party started!
For me (Laura) – entering the church and seeing all my family and friends there, the majority of them having travelled over from England, it was very emotional, and then seeing Stuart, just the best feeling!
For Stuart – (apart from the beaming smile on my face seeing my wife) it was dancing to some cracking dance music and looking around seeing my friends, cousins and even my parents dancing along. It was just the best night out but with absolutely everyone you know there! Seeing people's faces when each French wedding surprise came out, the trou normand (calvados with sorbet after the first course), buckets of French wine, etc.
Wedding day advice:
Make time to spend time as a couple, have people who can control the day for you, so you don't have to worry about a thing, enjoy it and do hire a good photographer because they are photos you can cherish forever!!
Freddy was great, there are so many photos that make up our album that we didn't even now he had taken. Do something different to surprise your guests.
Recommended wedding suppliers:
- Krausz jewellery www.krauszjewellery.co.uk/
- Freddy Fremond wedding photographer http://www.freddyfremond.fr
- DJ Air (French wedding DJ) http://www.djair.fr/
- Go Bridal (wedding dresses, Birmingham) www.gobridal.com/gobridal/GoB-Bir/
- Jimmy Choo wedding shoes www.jimmychoo.com/collections/bridal-boutique/icat/bridalrw/
- http://www.vistaprint.co.uk
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MY daily reflection and prayer: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Dear my friends,
Here is the Gospel for us today according to St. Luke 21:5-11
While some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, Jesus said, "All that you see here– the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down."
Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when all these things are about to happen?" He answered, "See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and 'The time has come.' Do not follow them! When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end." Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky."
This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus prophesies about (the temple of) Jerusalem, "All that you see here, the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down." How will you respond if someone prophesies that your place of worship will be destroyed?
The Jewish people is so pride of their temple, a marvel of the ancient world. The foretelling of this destruction is a dire warning of spiritual judgment in itself. Jesus admonishes them to pray for God's intervention of grace and mercy.
Jesus also describes of the last days when God's anointed King will return to usher in the full reign of God over the earth. In that day when the Lord returns there will be a final judgment of the living and the dead when the secrets of every heart will be brought to light (Luke 12:2-3; Romans 2:16).
We must recognize the signs of God's judgment, mercy, and grace to save us. Jesus reminds us that a future judgment and outcome awaits every of us. The reward for doing what is right and pleasing to God and the penalty for sinful rebellion and rejection of God are not always experienced in this present life. We must realize and prepare it well since now every day.
In Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist, to some extent, we learn to anticipate of His final judgment. Jesus extends grace and mercy to all who will heed His call and His warning. Let's not pass up, even for one day, His invitation of grace and mercy is to seek first His kingdom of righteousness and peace.
Let's pray: Lord Jesus Christ, Your grace and mercy abounds even in the midst of trails and difficulties. Help us to seek Your kingdom first and to reject whatever would hinder us from pursuing Your way of righteousness and holiness. Fill us with the joy and hope of Your everlasting kingdom, now and forever. Amen.


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As I was driving down a country road en route to my wedding, a piece of gravel kicked up by an oncoming pickup chipped my windshield. On the honeymoon, I wiped it down and was immediately rewarded with a top-to-bottom crack, appearing to have propagated from the ~3mm chip. I knew this was a possibility, but I figured since it wasn't terribly hot (80F) or sunny out it would be fine :(
Using windex probably didn't help; I imagine it evaporates and cools the hot glass more rapidly. Funnily enough, while I was out of town, one of my drivers had the exact same thing happen.


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What is a disciple? How do we make one? What is the ultimate goal in making disciples? These were just a few of the many questions we explored during the DMM (Disciple Making Movements) conference in Lomé last week. This conference was put on by several American and African disciple makers working in Rwanda, the DRC (Congo), and Benin who desire to see Togolese Christians equipped and encouraged to make disciples of Jesus. There were around 60 people from all over Togo, southern Benin, and even Nigeria who came to take part in this process of discovering what Jesus has to tell us about walking in obedience to his word and about making disciples.
The format of the whole conference was Cephas (a disciple maker from Congo) facilitating Discovery Bible Studies in groups, in which the truths of Scripture are inductively discovered rather than a speaker merely telling us what the passage says. I wish I could explain everything that was discovered, shared, and meditated on from the many passages we studied, but it would easily take me all day to write it and you all day to read it! But to summarize, we discovered that:
- Jesus invites us to be his disciples.
- A disciple is one who abides in and obeys the words of Jesus.
- Jesus showed us a model of how to make disciples.
- Jesus passed on that model to his disciples.
- Jesus commands that his disciples make more obedient disciples who make more obedient disciples, etc.
- Prayer is the greatest work in the process of making disciples.
- The job description of every church leader is to equip other believers to do the work of the ministry (which would include making disciples).
Sometimes in order to learn a new truth, or to put that truth into practice, we must also unlearn things that are hindering us. Believe it or not, some of the greatest hindrances to disciple making are often the very structures and practices we put in place in our churches. Cephas spent a bit of time dealing with this in a straightforward, but uncritical way. We saw how Jesus and the early church followed the pattern of finding a "person of peace" (Luke 10), gathering their "oikos" (close friends, family, neighbors), then discipling the group to faith in Christ while allowing the person of peace to continue to play a major role in the group's functioning. These groups are often the birth of new churches which have a built-in DNA of reproduction, leading to the birth of more groups and churches. However, our modern practice of merely inviting people to attend church services usually inhibits this growth and multiplication. It's an example of something good (addition) being an obstacle to what is best (multiplication). It also pulls individuals out of their oikos, leading to unnecessary rejection and sometimes persecution from the very people that the person of peace is best equipped to reach. We also saw how a participatory, group, inductive study approach like a Discovery Bible Study can be a powerful tool to disciple people rather than simply expecting people to automatically grow into being obedient disciples by listening to sermons.
In many places around the world, putting these truths and principles into practice has led to what some call a "Disciple Making Movement," in which multiple generations of disciples are made and new churches are formed within a very short period of time. In some places—such as India, East Africa, China, and California—groups of disciple makers have seen tens of thousands, and in some cases hundreds of thousands, of people come to faith in Christ, become obedient disciples, and form hundreds or thousands of new, simple churches.
To be quite honest, though, I was a bit leery of inviting some of my friends and coworkers to this conference because of the way that I have heard this kind of disciple making presented in the past. Sometimes it is packaged and presented as a quick way to get lots of results by copying what others have done, which in my opinion is incredibly dangerous. Jesus builds His church and only the Lord of the harvest can create a movement (however we define a movement), and any attempt to force that movement to happen, or any dependence on anything but the Holy Spirit and prayer will lead to man-made results: fruit which will not remain. Cephas, however, was extremely careful to avoid this kind of approach, but rather focused on simple obedience to the word of God, a dependence on prayer, and leaving the results up to the Lord.
Something that Andrew and I have been discussing for quite some time now is creating a nationwide network of those who are involved in this type of disciple making. The main goal in doing this would be to provide encouragement, accountability, and continued training for those involved, while also providing some credibility for those who are rejected by traditional churches because they don't "fit within the box." This conference seemed to be the perfect context in which to launch this network, so during the last session I told everyone about my vision to create a nationwide network that would function weekly in small, local groups; quarterly in region-wide meetings; and yearly in nation-wide meetings of the leaders of local networks.
Since everyone at the conference was on board with the idea, I'll be working in the coming weeks and months to get this network up and running. It appears that the Lord is bringing people together at just the right time and giving them a common vision to form an army of disciple makers who will take Jesus at his word, take great risks for the kingdom of God, and take the gospel of Jesus to every corner of Togo and beyond.


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Computer Science Teacher ( female), Riyadh / Dammam
From £28k - £33k ($36000 - $42000) TAX FREE + housing, transportation, flights, visa, medical
Saudi Arabia
International Schools
m2r Education have Computer Science vacancies to work at these American international schools in Dammam, Riyadh and Jeddah. The schools are part of a well established education and training company with many divisions and over 4500 members of staff.
Roles are for female teachers only.
Minimum requirements:
- Related Bachelor Degree
- Teaching licence / diploma preferred
- Experience of working in the Middle East preferred
- Native speaker of English from one of the following countries: USA, UK, Canada (Visa purposes only)
- Salary starting from 11,250 SAR to 13,125 SAR (£2400/$3000 – £2800/$3500 USD) per month TAX FREE depending on experience
- Health insurance: Class B for Employee only and can be upgraded if you wish
- Accommodation and transportation to school: Provided by the company
- Sick Leave: up to 30 days paid
- Annual Leave: All Official School and National holidays plus 5 days Emergency leave
- Annual Air Ticket: For employee only
- Tuition Fees for children: 50% discount for 2 dependents attending same school as teacher
- Renewal Bonus: If contract is renewed for 2 years
- Contract Duration: 2 Years
Please note all employment offers will be subject to 2 professional references and a current DBS check / police clearance
August 2020 start date
For safeguarding purposes, a valid police clearance certificate / DBS is required, plus 2 professional references.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you have not been contacted within 5 working days of submission then please consider your application to have been unsuccessful.


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St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) September 14, 2015
The FDA issued a new warning statement on the pharmaceutical drug Invokana yesterday.* Attorneys handling Invokana claims for the Onder Law Firm provide the following commentary on the updated warning information:
"The first FDA warning on Invokana focused on the risk of ketoacidosis, a condition where high blood acid levels can result in some serious health conditions, according to the FDA.* FDA's warning on Invokana which was issued yesterday brings forth an entirely different issue with the drug.
"This new warning from the FDA states that patients taking Invokana face a risk of bone fracture and decreased bone mineral density. The FDA warning states that patients taking Invokana may experience fracture in just 12 weeks after starting to take the drug. The drug's warning label and adverse reaction list have been adjusted to reflect the new information, according to the FDA.
"When the first FDA warning on Invokana was issued in May of this year, the public had its first indication that taking Invokana for type II diabetes was not without risks. The first Invokana lawsuits were filed soon after. This is a typical pattern when an FDA alert goes public. People who experienced one isolated event begin to realize their situation was part of a larger pattern. And that is when people begin to step forward.
"Having represented American individuals and families in the aftermath of countless drug recalls and safety warnings, our firm is aware of the very serious nature of dangerous drug claims. We have committed our firm's extensive resources to offering the best legal representation available to persons who believe they may have grounds for an Invokana lawsuit."
Nationally-renowned attorneys in the realm of family and product liability law, these attorneys provide information and free case reviews for persons wishing to learn more about Invokana lawsuits for kidney problems, ketoacidosis, heart attack, and wrongful death allegations.
The first FDA Safety Announcement, entitled, "FDA warns that SGLT2 inhibitors for diabetes may result in a serious condition of too much acid in the blood", was released on May 15, 2015.** In it, the FDA cautioned that Invokana and other sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibiting drugs can result in an unsafe buildup of ketones, or acids, in the blood. The safety communication referred to ketoacidosis as "a serious condition" that "may require hospitalization".* The symptoms of ketoacidosis include difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, confusion, and unusual fatigue or sleepiness.* According to the FDA, Invokana and other drugs in the SGLT2 class are approved for use to treat type 2 diabetes in adults.
Bone safety and the risk of bone fracture from Invokana was been a subject of FDA concern and investigation since March of 2013, when Invokana was first approved for sale in the U.S., according to an FDA press release from the time.*** The safety report issued yesterday is the outcome of more than two years of investigation.
These Invokana attorneys are currently reviewing claims for kidney problems, ketoacidosis, and other serious health problems connected with Invokana. Invokana lawyers will provide a confidential case evaluation at no charge for persons who suffered kidney failure, blood acid problems, or another side effects while taking Invokana. Individuals who fit this description may contact a lawyer through the firm's website for a no-obligation consultation on whether they have grounds for an Invokana lawsuit. The firm's Invokana lawyers believe persons and the family members of persons who meet this description may be entitled to real compensation for the harm and damages they sustained while the makers and manufacturers of Invokana benefited from their business.
The Onder Law Firm welcomes Invokana lawsuit inquiries from law firms in regards to handling them or working as co-counsel.
About The Onder Law Firm
Onder, Shelton, O'Leary & Peterson, LLC is a St. Louis based personal injury law firm handling serious injury and death claims across the country. Its mission is the pursuit of justice, no matter how complex the case or strenuous the effort. The pharmaceutical and medical device litigators at The Onder Law Firm have represented thousands of Americans in lawsuits against multinational conglomerates from products liability for manufacture of defective or dangerous products to deceptive advertising practices. Other firms throughout the nation often seek its experience and expertise on complex litigation. It is also a recognized leader in products liability cases such as window blind cord strangulation. The Onder Law Firm offers information from Invokana attorneys at http://www.InvokanaKetoacidosisLawsuitCenter.com.
*fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm461876.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery, "Invokana and Invokamet (canagliflozin): Drug Safety Communication - New Information on Bone Fracture Risk and Decreased Bone Mineral Density", 9/10/15
** fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/UCM446954.pdf 5/15/15
***http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm345848.htm "FDA approves Invokana to treat type 2 diabetes" 3/29/13


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360FM Mobile App
360FM is an Application Get closer view (360 view) to calculate Financial Ratio such as Profitability, Efficiency, Liquidity and Leverage. The application is connected to ALBURHAN ERP, product of WEBWARE LLC, Sultanate of Oman (www.webware.om). It helps financial department and COs see Ratio Easily.
General Information for Each Ratio's Category:
- Profitability Ratios- Benefits
- Indicates the success in cresting wealth for owners
- Helps in gauging business performance
- Helps in making business decisions related to expansion
- Helps in taking better corrective decisions
- These rations measuring a company's ability to generate sales and to control its expenses
- Efficiency Ratios- Benefits
- Indicates the efficiency in managing the resources of the business
- Indicates how a company uses its assets and liabilities internally
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Amsterdam in Bloom
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Fed Holds Overnight Rates, Acknowledges Economic Pickup (full statement & analysis)
The Fed kept the overnight bank-to-bank Fed Funds Rate target at 0-.25% and Fed-to-bank Discount Rate at .5%. They changed their language ever so slightly about the economy from "likely to remain weak for some time" to "likely to remain weak for a time" and following that by saying they expect fiscal and monetary stimulus to eventually strengthen the economy and they'd adapt "in a context of price stability" meaning that they'd raise rates to avoid inflation as necessary. But they did keep their language that they expect inflation "will remain subdued for some time."
The Fed mortgage bond purchase program will continue through March 31. This is the most important factor in keeping mortgage rates low because buying drives bond prices up and yields (or rates) down. For the latest on this mortgage bond buying program and what it's doing for rates now and during early-2010, click here. And the Fed's full statement is below.
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Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November suggests that economic activity has continued to pick up and that the deterioration in the labor market is abating. The housing sector has shown some signs of improvement over recent months. Household spending appears to be expanding at a moderate rate, though it remains constrained by a weak labor market, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit. Businesses are still cutting back on fixed investment, though at a slower pace, and remain reluctant to add to payrolls; they continue to make progress in bringing inventory stocks into better alignment with sales. Financial market conditions have become more supportive of economic growth. Although economic activity is likely to remain weak for a time, the Committee anticipates that policy actions to stabilize financial markets and institutions, fiscal and monetary stimulus, and market forces will contribute to a strengthening of economic growth and a gradual return to higher levels of resource utilization in a context of price stability.
With substantial resource slack likely to continue to dampen cost pressures and with longer-term inflation expectations stable, the Committee expects that inflation will remain subdued for some time.
The Committee will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and continues to anticipate that economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends, and stable inflation expectations, are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period. To provide support to mortgage lending and housing markets and to improve overall conditions in private credit markets, the Federal Reserve is in the process of purchasing $1.25 trillion of agency mortgage-backed securities and about $175 billion of agency debt. In order to promote a smooth transition in markets, the Committee is gradually slowing the pace of these purchases, and it anticipates that these transactions will be executed by the end of the first quarter of 2010. The Committee will continue to evaluate the timing and overall amounts of its purchases of securities in light of the evolving economic outlook and conditions in financial markets.
In light of ongoing improvements in the functioning of financial markets, the Committee and the Board of Governors anticipate that most of the Federal Reserve's special liquidity facilities will expire on February 1, 2010, consistent with the Federal Reserve's announcement of June 25, 2009. These facilities include the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility, the Commercial Paper Funding Facility, the Primary Dealer Credit Facility, and the Term Securities Lending Facility. The Federal Reserve will also be working with its central bank counterparties to close its temporary liquidity swap arrangements by February 1. The Federal Reserve expects that amounts provided under the Term Auction Facility will continue to be scaled back in early 2010. The anticipated expiration dates for the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility remain set at June 30, 2010, for loans backed by new-issue commercial mortgage-backed securities and March 31, 2010, for loans backed by all other types of collateral. The Federal Reserve is prepared to modify these plans if necessary to support financial stability and economic growth.


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Another fine and sunny day (up to 26 degC) – with lots to do – and I got some of them done! I also had quite a productive day yesterday, which was fine and sunny as well. I got the canes and mesh support for the runner and climbing French beans in place and also the anti-bird CD scarers and mesh surround for section C which had been suffering from pigeon damage to the salad rows. The runner beans in the greenhouse were clearly big enough for plntig out so I put them outside the greenhosue ready. I also managed to mow the lawn – amazing!.
CD bird scarers and netting (to stop pigeons walking in….)
Today, first of all I planted the runner beans (Scarlet Emperor) I put outside the greenhouse yesterday – 6 altogether, and I have a couple of small ones left over just in case. I've put the French beans (standard and climbing) outside the greenhouse ready for planting as well.
I had been given a couple of strwaberry plants by my neighbour a while ago and I finally managed to plant them alongside the hedge to the side of section A – there were lots of 'alpine' style strawberries there before but they had lost out to weeds gradually, so I cleared it all out a week or so ago ready.
I also planted some more salad crops in section B – where I notice a potato plant had appeared. Somehow if potatoes are gronw in part of the garden you never manage to find all of them – had found half a dozen when I dug the plot over but clearly I had still managed to miss one. Anyway, there are now short rows of rocket, carotts, mixed salad leaves and spinach beet planted in that section. The original rows still have the odd seedling left so we'll see if any of them grow into anything.
I put some 'growmore' fertiliser into he area that will take the French beans in the next couple of days as well. Also, I prepared two growbags ready for the tomatoes – one at the side of the greenhosue and one under the kichen window.
On top of all that I managed to do a bit more painting of preservative onto the greenhouse so about a quarter is now done.
One row of broad beans are now flowering (see proof below), but the weather now means all the rows need watering each evening and the prediction is that the dry spell will carry on into the weekend.
On the wildlife front – the summery weather has brought the butterflies out – I've seen orange tip, snmall blue, cabbage wite and brown ones that didn't hang around long enough for me to identify them. There are loads of 'bee-flies' hovering around the garden as well, plus I disturbed a few frogs while I've been gardening. The blackbirds are still busy – they come down to the bird-table and under fairly frequently so they may be feeding young. I can hear the sound of what I suspect are blue or great tit chicks somewhwer around the bottom of the garden as well.
Meanwhile – rather ominously the hedge at the front is getting close to requiring a trim -still I bought a new pair of shears the other day, which I tried out on bits of the lawn today, so cutting the hedge might be sligthly easier….


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United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Western Division
February 26, 2018
MARTY NOBLE and HOLLI TELFORD, Plaintiffs,v.AMERICAN NATIONAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO; BOARDWALK PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO.; KEVIN WEST; LEHI OASIS, LLC; DAVID L PARKER; AUSTIN B. CALES; JARED ELDRIGE in his official capacity; LARRY DEITER in his official capacity as Director for the Division of Insurance for the state of South Dakota; ROBERT J. POULSEN and POULSEN & SKOUSEN, Defendants.
Holli Telford and Marty Noble, appearing pro se, filed this
action against the defendants. (Docket 8). The verified
amended complaint includes wide-ranging allegations, and
plaintiffs contend a variety of federal and state laws
support their case. Id. All defendants filed motions
to dismiss. Defendant Jared Eldridge ("Judge
Eldridge"), a Utah state court judge, submitted a
motion to dismiss based on Rules 12(b)(1), (4) & (6) of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Docket 39). Defendant
American National Property & Casualty Insurance Co.
("ANPC") moved to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6).
(Docket 41). Defendants Boardwalk Property Management
Company, Kevin West, Austin Cales, David Park, Lehi Oassi
LLC, Robert J. Poulsen and Poulsen & Skousen
("Boardwalk defendants") filed a motion to
dismiss based on Rules 12(b)(2) & (6). (Docket 43).
Defendant Larry Deiter, Director for the South Dakota
Division of Insurance, ("Director Deiter"), moved
to dismiss the claims against him via Rules 12(b)(1) &
(6). (Docket 72). Several filings from plaintiffs and
defendants relate to service and entries of default. See,
e.g., Dockets 31, 37 & 53. Plaintiffs filed various
motions in response to defendants' filings. (Dockets 37,
48, 62 & 67). The court evaluates each pending matter in
turn before addressing other issues.
order to properly dismiss for lack of subject matter
jurisdiction under Rule 12(b)(1), the complaint must be
successfully challenged on its face or on the factual
truthfulness of its averments." Titus v.
Sullivan, 4 F.3d 590, 593 (8th Cir. 1993) (internal
citation omitted). "In a facial challenge to
jurisdiction, all of the factual allegations concerning
jurisdiction are presumed to be true and the motion [to
dismiss] is successful if the plaintiff fails to allege an
element necessary for subject matter jurisdiction."
Id. (internal citation omitted).
"Jurisdictional issues, whether they involve questions
of law or of fact, are for the court to decide."
Osborn v. United States, 918 F.2d 724, 729 (8th Cir.
1990). "A plaintiff has the burden of establishing
subject matter jurisdiction." Jones v. Gable,
470 F.3d 1262, 1265 (8th Cir. 2006).
Rule 12(b)(6), a plaintiff must plead "enough facts to
state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face."
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544,
570 (2007). Two "working principles" underlie
Rule 12(b)(6) analysis. See Ashcroft v.
Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009). First, courts are
not required to accept as true legal conclusions
"couched as . . . factual allegation[s]" in the
complaint. See Id. "[A] complaint must allege
'more than labels and conclusions, and a formulaic
recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not
do.' " Torti v. Hoag, 868 F.3d 666, 671
(8th Cir. 2017) (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555). The court
does, however, "take the plaintiff's factual
allegations as true." Braden v. Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc., 588 F.3d 585, 594 (8th Cir. 2009). Second, the
plausibility standard is a "context-specific task that
requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial
experience and common sense." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678
(citation omitted). The complaint is analyzed "as a
whole, not parsed piece by piece to determine whether each
allegation, in isolation, is plausible." Braden, 588
F.3d at 594. The court "will not mine a lengthy
complaint searching for nuggets that might refute obvious
pleading deficiencies." Neubauer v. FedEx
Corp., 849 F.3d 400, 404 (8th Cir. 2017) (internal
alterations and quotation marks omitted).
applying these principles, the court must construe
plaintiff's pro se complaint liberally. See Stone v.
Harry, 364 F.3d 912, 914 (8th Cir. 2004). This means
"that if the essence of an allegation is discernible,
even though it is not pleaded with legal nicety, then the
district court should construe the complaint in a way that
permits the layperson's claim to be considered within the
proper legal framework." Jackson v. Nixon, 747
F.3d 537, 544 (8th Cir. 2014) (internal quotation marks
omitted). The complaint "still must allege sufficient
facts to support the claims advanced." Stone, 364 F.3d
at 914.
amended complaint provides an array of legal foundations.
(Docket 8 at pp. 17-36). Those include:
• Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
• Fair Housing Act ("FHA");
• Electronic Funds Transfers Act ("EFTA");
• Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA");
• Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908);
• conspiracy to violate 42 U.S.C. § 1983;
• covenant of good faith and fair dealing;
• covenant of quiet enjoyment;
• deceit;
• conversion;
• trespass;
• abuse of process; and
• unjust enrichment.
first half of the amended complaint features the majority of
plaintiffs' factual assertions. Id. at pp. 1-17.
There are also legal conclusions throughout the first half.
Id. The following recitation is not the court's
findings; it is an account of most of the factual assertions
in the amended complaint set forth here for the purpose of
ruling on defendants' motions. Quoted portions of the
amended complaint are included where helpful for capturing
plaintiffs' allegations.
court notes the facts of this case share many similarities
with an action Ms. Telford brought in the Central Division of
the United States District Court for the District of South
Dakota. See Telford v. Dep't of Hous. & Urban
Dev., No. 3:16-CV-03033, 2017 WL 1653305, at *1-4
(D.S.D. May 1, 2017). The Central Division case made
"various claims against multiple defendants relating to
eviction from a trailer home park in Green River, Wyoming;
relating to litigation concerning the eviction in Wyoming
state and federal court; relating to alleged deprivation of
certain telecommunication services in Wyoming; and relating
to communication with the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) and at least one of its employees
regarding their Wyoming housing situation."
to this case, plaintiff Telford entered into a rental
contract with plaintiff Noble for Noble to reside in a mobile
home located in Utah. (Docket 8 at p. 3). Noble is allegedly
disabled. Id. The plaintiffs also entered into a
rental contract with the owner of the mobile home park.
Id. at p. 4. Part of the contract between plaintiffs
and the park owner made the owner "responsible for yard
care and outside maintenance activities given the tenants
[sic] disabilities of brain injury, attendant seizures, and
because the tenant was crippled and therefore mobility
challenged." Id. A "weed tree
problem" within the mobile home park developed.
this problem made it difficult for Noble to access the mobile
home. Id. at p. 5. Telford sought payment from the
park owner based on the tree problem. Id. at pp.
5-6. The park owner refused to pay Telford or fix the tree
problem as she requested. Id. at p. 6. Plaintiffs
unsuccessfully sought payment and solutions to the tree
problem from parties the amended complaint refers to as
"the OASIS defendants[.]" Id. at pp.
owners" then made Noble's lease a month-to-month
arrangement and posted an eviction notice on the mobile home.
Id. at pp. 7-8. Defendant Boardwalk Property
Management Co. notified Telford "by text" of the
forthcoming eviction action. Id. at p. 8. Plaintiffs
allege the eviction notice failed to meet certain legal
requirements. Id. Defendants Mr. Poulsen and Poulsen
& Skousen were part of the legal team representing the
parties evicting plaintiffs. Id. at pp. 9-10.
eviction action proceeded in Utah state court before Judge
Eldridge. Id. at p. 10. Plaintiffs claim the
opposing legal representatives lied about Telford's
history of rent payments and failed to serve plaintiffs with
summary judgment filings. Id. at pp. 10-11.
According to plaintiffs, Judge Eldridge conspired against
them and granted summary judgment for the opposing side.
Id. at pp. 11-12.
amended complaint then switches gears and begins discussing
interactions between Telford and ANPC. Id. at p. 13.
In March and April of 2017, Telford obtained home and auto
insurance from ANPC. Id. Telford set up her policy
with ANPC so it automatically withdrew payments from her bank
account. Id. at p. 14. Telford alleges ANPC
overcharged her in violation of the EFTA. Id. at pp.
In July
2017, Telford visited Noble's home in Utah and learned
the tree problem had progressed, causing water line issues,
damage to the home's interior and black mold.
Id. at p. 15. Telford "alleges that at some
time between [her] visit to the OASIS' property in July
of 2017 and when OASIS posted their lease termination notice
on [Noble's] dwelling's door, that OASIS and her
agents conspired with [ANPC] and her agents, to fraudulently
strip [Telford] of insurance coverage to properties the
OASIS' [sic] defendants planned on converting under the
abandonment laws." Id. at p. 16. According to
Telford, ANPC canceled her auto insurance policy in violation
of EFTA and engaged in fraudulent actions with respect to her
insurance for her home. Id. Telford asserts she
attempted to contact Director Deiter about investigating
ANPC's fraud, but no investigation has occurred.
Id. at p. 17.
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(Pocket-lint) - Nike could soon release a pair of real-life, self-lacing trainers that are sporty and won't break the bank.
In 2015, Nike lit the internet on fire when it paired up with actor Michael J. Fox to launch the Nike Mags, a limited-edition, self-lacing shoe inspired by the trainers that the character Marty McFly wore in Back to the Future. A year later, the company implemented that shoe's "HyperAdapt" self-powered technology into new pair of footwear: a $720 low-cut sneaker you could buy.
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Nike's Andy Campion later said during the earnings call that this new shoe would launch in spring 2019. The executives didn't describe the upcoming kicks as self-lacing, nor did it make any reference to Back to the Future, but sneaker geeks suggest these could indeed be a basketball version of the Nike Mags. It'll be interesting to see how they look and function, to say the least.
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Tom's Take: Super Bowl LII Ads
By: Tom Merrick – CCO
Three Things I Learned from Last Night's Super Bowl Ads
When you make ads for a living, watching the Super Bowl is not the same fun event as it is for most people. True, you get to over-indulge on chips and greasy finger foods. But you never really get to enjoy the game. That's because you're always working – watching the ads, judging them, explaining to your friends and family why the Jeep Ad with the river is good and the Jeep ad with Jeff Goldblum isn't.
In the end, however, it doesn't really matter what YOU the advertising expert thinks. All that matters is what America thinks, and USA Today is there to take their temperature with their handy-dandy Ad Meter. (Congrats, Amazon!)
Still, there are a few things you can learn from someone who makes ads for a living. So instead of sharing my thoughts on which ads I liked best, I thought I'd share three key takeaways from last night's Ad Battle.
The Bigger the Budget, the Better
Creative directors like myself are fond of saying stuff like: "It doesn't matter how much money you spend. It's all about the idea." And for the most part that's true – unless you're making a Super Bowl spot. Peter Dinklage and Morgan Freeman don't rhyme for nothing, you know. Steven Tyler doesn't get younger without some serious coin to make it happen. And Alexa doesn't get you to remember her name without tapping four HUGE names to do it. But you know what? It's all good. Because I for one prefer living in a world with an advertiser who ponied up big bucks to bring us some remixed Queen.
Tug a Heartstring, Get Some Luv
Four of the top 10 commercials on USA Today's Ad Meter were from advertisers who wanted to tell us about all the good things they were doing as a company, as opposed to the goodness of their company's products or services. Toyota showed us what they're doing to improve mobility for humankind. Verizon reminded us they're the link between an emergency and first responders. Hyundai told us the stylized "H" on every one of their cars stood for Hope. And Budweiser wanted us to know that they weren't above helping disaster victims by canning plain water instead of watery beer. I for one take issue with easy-win ads like these, since I believe the point of helping people is TO HELP PEOPLE – not get credit for helping people. But like Kevin, nobody asked me. So I'll just shut up now.
Check Your USP at the Door
Some of us old-skool ad guys remember a little something called the USP – the "Unique Selling Proposition." The USP was (and is) believed to differentiate your product from the competition, and give the consumer a reason to choose you. Unfortunately, the brands that tried this tried and true approach on Super Bowl Sunday were immediately forgotten. Skechers makes shoes with a WIDE FIT??? Yawn. Persil cleans clothes? There's a shocker I forget by the next Tide commercial. Which, by the way, took the same USP and actually made it interesting – ABOUT NINE THOUSAND DIFFERENT TIMES THAT NIGHT. Sorry, USP. When it comes to Super Bowl ads, you stand for "Unbelievably Stinky Piles of Poo." I realize that adds a superfluous P, but cut me some slack.
I was up very late celebrating the first Super Bowl victory for the city of my birth. FLY, EAGLES, FLY!
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synchro 19-20 brochure
Our Philosophy is Simple
At the Lou & Gib Reese Ice Arena, we strive to encourage participation in all aspects of ice skating. We want to provide a fun, affordable, and memorable experience while participating in programs at our arena. While participating in the Arctic Snowflakes Synchronized Skating Team, your skater will make new friends, build their skating skills, and learn the importance of good sportsmanship, and teamwork.
2019-2020 Synchronized Skate Teams
Come Join our Circle of Friends!
Synchronized Skating is the newest team sport on the ice! Teams consist of 8 – 24 skaters of similar age and skating ability. Synchronized skating combines all aspects of figure skating while performing formations in an exciting program to music.
The Arctic Snowflakes Synchronized Skating teams are now being formed for the 2018~2019 Skating Season at the Lou & Gib Reese Ice Arena. We encourage everyone interested to come to this informative, fun event!
- Registration form 2019-2020 -Synchro team (Synchro brochure 2019)
- RSVP or for questions, contact Coach Amber at email@example.com
- Coach Kristan at firstname.lastname@example.com
Who? Skaters ages 5-18 (as of July 1, 2019) who have passed the ISI Alpha test or equivalent. Skaters will be divided up into teams based on skating ability and age.
What? Synchronized Skating is a team sport for figure skating. It combines figure skating fundamentals and advanced skills into a group program to music that the team exhibits / competes against other teams of similar ages and ability levels.
When? Practice will be held Saturday mornings September thru May. Competitions are held throughout the season, dates to be announced during a parent meeting.
Why? Synchronized Skating develops skating skills, performance skills, team work, camaraderie, and lifelong friendships. Also, Travel to exciting competitions, including a National event.
- Cost? Varies per team depending on performances, with fundraising opportunities available.
Down payment of $150.00 is due by September14, 2019. Remaining balance is due on Saturday,
September 28th, unless you set up monthly payment arrangements with
GM – Jordan McWayne.
- Sapphire Team $578.00 ( Girls) $561.00 (Boys) Diamond Plus $ 1089.00 (Girls)
- Diamond Team $628.00 (Girls) $628.00 (Boys) $1072.00 (Boys)
- Platinum Team $964.00 ( Girls) $ 947.00 (Boys)
For additional information, contact Coach Amber Engert at firstname.lastname@example.com; or Skating Director Kristan Hausman at email@example.com
Three Teams will be formed for the 2018-2019 Season !!!
- The Sapphire Team: This team will be our introductory team and will consist of skaters ages five years and older who have passed the ISI Alpha test or with permission of the coaching staff. They will perform at the Holiday Show and Spring Show to showcase all they have learned. They will also have the opportunity to skate at the Newark ISI competition. Cost includes 29 practice dates; 1 team tee shirt, 1 Costume, 1 pair-tights(girls), competition entry fees and coaches fees, plus ISI membership fee.
- The Diamond Team: This team will be formed of skaters invited by audition and / or the coaching staff. This skater will have passed the ISI Freestyle 2 test and demonstrated strong figure skating basics and Synchro basics. Cost includes 29 practices, 1 team tee shirt, 1 costume, 1 pair of tights, competition entry fees and coaches fees, plus ISI membership fee.
- The Platinum Team: Will be formed of skaters invited by audition and/or the coaching staff. Skaters who are considered will have minimally passed the ISI Freestyle 4 test and demonstrated strong synchro basics and skills.
- The Diamond Plus Team : Will be made up of Diamond Skaters who choose to skate more and with the Sapphire group.
Synchro Basics and Program Choreography will be covered for the 2019 ~ 2020 Season in this class
On Ice practice begins: September 7th,
- Diamond Team : 9:30am ~ 10:00am
- Off ice Diamond team: TBD
- Sapphire Team: 10:00am ~ 10:30am
Off ice Sapphire Team: TBD
- Platinum Team : 9:30am ~ 10:30am
- Diamond Plus Team : 9:30am ~10:30am
Additional Off-Ice practices will be scheduled as necessary before performances, most likely on Saturday's.
Competition / Performances: See Ice Show / Competition tab
Synchro On – Ice Practices for ALL teams — Please follow your team schedule dates are provided.
D= Diamond, DP = Diamond Plus, S= Sapphire, P= Platinum
|Teams at Competitions
|Holiday Ice Show- D , S, P, DP
|ISI TBD–All
|– All
|Spring Ice Show – All
Meet Our coaches:
Kristan Hausman: Skating Director
Graduate of the Ohio State University, 14 years teaching experience, including 17 years synchronized skating, skated at the collegiate level as an individual competitor and in synchronized
years synchronized skating,
ISI Gold Certified Judge and Synchro Certified Judge
Synchro Director & Coach: Amber Engert:
Graduate of the Ohio State University, 16 years Synchronized Skating experience, skated at the
collegiate level in synchronized skating.
ISI Gold Certified Judge and Synchro Certified judge
Ashley Engert:
Ashley has 12 years of synchronized skating experience, and was even a snowflake herself!
Parent volunteers ~ Off- Ice Coordinators
Parent / volunteers needed:
Please indicate your interest in these positions on your childs registration form.
Team Managers: (1) One for each team is needed. This person will be the liaison between parents and coaches. This person will also distribute all communications between coaches and parents.
Travel coordinator: This person will work with the Director (Kristan) to secure hotel reservations for all teams. This person shall distribute maps and directions to all.
Public Relations: This person will work with the Arena Manager ( Jordan M. ) to generate publicity for the teams. This person will work with the coaches to schedule a team photo day. This person will also send photos of participating teams to ISI for the Winter Classic and Synchro Nationals Program book.
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The Los Angeles Clippers ran their winning streak to seven on Saturday night, continuing to be one of the hottest teams in the NBA. The Clippers, who lead the Pacific division with a 44-20 record overall, improved to an outstanding 26-5 record at home.
L.A.'s new championship contender is currently playing some of their best basketball of the season. Doc Rivers has pulled the right strings all season long, even when battling debilitating injuries to key players. His tough, defensive minded approach has helped the offensive juggernaut Clips become more well-rounded. Doc has most definitely brought a new dimension to the ball club.
A healthy Chris Paul has also done wonders for the team. Paul, who missed 19 games due to a shoulder injury, is getting back up to speed and is once again running the offense with ease. He's averaging 18.6 points, 11 assists and 4.4 rebounds this season.
But Saturday night was all about the Blake Griffin show. He scored 27 points to go along with eight rebounds and five assists, helping the Clips run their winning streak to seven. Griffin, who is a four-time All-Star, has had a break out year this season. His game has elevated from All-Star level to Superstar level. He's averaging 24.2 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists. During the 19 game absence of Paul, Griffin carried the Clippers and kept them more than afloat in a stingy Western Conference.
L.A. is attempting to beat out the Golden State Warriors for the Pacific Division title. It's not going to be easy, as the Warriors are on a hot streak of their own. But with a coach with a championship pedigree like Doc Rivers, the Clippers have a new-found confidence. But can they really reach the Western Conference Finals?
Los Angeles has an extremely talented team, but they still lack some of the toughness and execution that Doc Rivers has tried to preach to them all season. It's difficult to see them knocking off a team like the Oklahoma City Thunder or the San Antonio Spurs. While it's not unfathomable, it will be no easy task.
But all hope is not lost. There is still about a month remaining in the regular season to prove their toughness. They better hurry considering their franchise's history, or lack thereof.
It will be interesting to see what kind of team the Clippers decide to be as they head down the home stretch of the regular season. They have been one of the best teams in the league all season, but that has also been the case in years past and they had trouble even reaching the second round of the playoffs. Their star players lack toughness. Maybe Griffin and Paul should focus less on commercials and more on their team. But that's L.A. for you.
But with Saturday's 109-108 win over the Atlanta Hawks, the Clippers ran their winning streak to seven and there's nothing anyone can do to take that away from them. Until they prove otherwise, they still have to be considered as a front-runner for the Western Conference title.
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This group, called "Nones," is now the nation's second-largest category only to Catholics, and outnumbers the top Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptists. The shift is a significant cultural, religious and even political change.read more... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wayne-besen/gay-bashing-by-churches-is-why-a-new-pew-poll-shows-america-losing-its-religion_b_1951650.html
Today ... the Nones have leapt from 15.3% of U.S. adults in 2007, according to Pew studies.
One in three (32%) are under age 30 and unlikely to age into claiming a religion, says Pew Forum senior researcher Greg Smith. The new study points out that today's Millennials are more unaffiliated than any young generation ever has been when they were younger.
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Gay Bashing a Turn-Off for Church Shoppers?
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I think bashing ANY group is a turn off. These stats don't surprise me. Historically so many groups have had their day to be the ones bashed and it's hard NOT to notice that many who belong to those very groups who were the judged and bashed yesterday are making the judgments today. Who will be next? Does it even matter? When will we truly reflect Christ? When we do, we'll see with His eyes . . .ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 3, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Salvation is for everyone with the exception of.... wait that's not at all what jesus said. LOVE! That's what we are told to do. That's it there are no exception and we should not judge any human for any action because its not our place.ReplyDelete


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In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," when in the story did you realise that Peyton was hallucinating?
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This is a rather strange question to ask somebody else to answer for you, because really it depends so much on what you think as you read the story. All I can do is provide you with my answer, but you will have to read the story yourself to come up with your own personal answer to this question.
When I first read the story, I wasn't too sure what was going on, especially towards the end. I did believe he had escaped, but then the descriptions we were provided with became increasingly bizarre and somewhat surreal. Consider this description in the last few paragraphs, once Peyton has supposedly "escaped":
At last he found a road which led him in what he knew to be the right direction. It was as wide and straight as a city street, yet it seemed untravelled. No fields bordered it, no dwelling anywhere. Not so much as the barking of a dog suggested human habitation. The black bodies of the trees formed a straight wall on both sides, termination on the horizon in a point, like a diagram in a lesson in perspective. Overhead, as he looked up through this rift in the wood, shone great golden stars looking unfamiliar and grouped in strange constellations.
Because we see what is happening through the eyes of Farquhar, we would expect the landscape to be familiar, especially because he is not far from home and he knows this road. Instead, note how words like "rift," "unfamiliar," "strange" and "black bodies" possess a nightmarish, surreal quality. These kind of details made me suspect that something was going on, though I hadn't actually guessed he was hallucinating until I reached the final paragraph.
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U of M responds to MN House press conference on higher education budget
Today, University of Minnesota Vice President for University and Government Relations Matt Kramer responded to a press conference held by Minnesota House Higher Education Committee Chair Bud Nornes and Majority Leader Joyce Peppin:
Today, Chair Nornes and Majority Leader Peppin held a press conference to discuss the higher education budget bill to be heard on the House floor this afternoon. Representative Nornes asserted that the University "said they would increase tuition" and Majority Leader Peppin made a comment to the effect that "Even if we funded their entire request, the University was going to increase tuition." These statements are inaccurate.
The University of Minnesota works tirelessly to make a world-class education as affordable as possible for our students. From scholarships to financial assistance, we use each and every tool to maximize the resource dollars available for our students.
It was asserted in the press conference that we have not accomplished a tuition freeze. This is untrue. With state investment, the University implemented a system-wide tuition freeze in 2013 and 2014. Moreover, the University has limited tuition increases to an average annual increase of 1 percent over the last four years for resident undergraduate students on the Twin Cities campus. Campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris and Rochester have experienced an average annual increase of only 0.4 percent for the same time period.
We have provided Chair Nornes with a specific budget number that pares our request down to just our operating expenses, initiatives to enhance student success, and a 2 percent inflationary cost increase. That amount would freeze tuition across the entire system. We are unsure why this number is not being used, while Minnesota State is receiving exactly what they need to accomplish a tuition freeze.
We are committed to advancing our shared economic success as Minnesota's only research university. Our work benefits all citizens across this state, from farmers to doctors to business leaders. We look forward to working with the Legislature to fund our request so that we can maximize success for all Minnesotans.


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Glad I was not sanctioned alone! Got the same message and responded that I'd bought the darned stuff on Etsy! Wondering if I have to feel guilty about the Burmese things (artworks) I have in my house..... Probably not since it was actually bought in Burma. ;) (Etsy's just trying to be on their best behavior for their IPO; at least they didn't shut us down.)ReplyDelete
That's interesting about the listing. Your necklace is gorgeous, sanctioned jade and all! Thank you for the tutorial on LMAJ!ReplyDelete
Wow - that's a new one on me but it's useful to know these things. At least they refunded you! Small mercies! I like the look of that wire wrap technique - I've been wanting to experiment more with wire work so I'll be heading over to your tutorial, wire in hand! No matter what Etsy say, that's a gorgeous necklace! Sending hugs from Shroo:)xxReplyDelete
I love these links! I'm going to have to try them. And, the information on the Etsy listing is interesting. It's hard to keep up with all the rules and regulations now so it's good that Etsy does it for you.ReplyDelete
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Congratulations to NCCR Robotics Spin Fund SensArs Neuroprosthetics for winning the Venturekick final.
PhD defense Volker Bartenbach
Congratulations to Volker Bartenbach from Riener Lab who successfully defended his PhD thesis on the design and control of robotic exoskeletons last December.The title was: Constraints Caused by Lower Extremity Exoskeletons.
TWIICE finalists in Robotics for Good
20.02.17 – The TWIICE exoskeleton (Bleuler Lab) has been selected as one of 10 finalists in the UAE Robotics for Good competition.
Teleoperation of robotic hand
Muscular activity contains information on motion intention. By decoding the muscular activity of an arm during reachig-to-grasp motions, Billard Lab were able to detect grasp type in the early stages of a reaching motion which enables fast activation of a robotic hand by teleoperation. Reference: I. Batzianoulis, S. El Khoury, E. Pirondini, M. Coscia and S. Micera …
Cybathlon 2020
The executive board of ETH Zurich has officially announced that Cybathlon will take place 2020 in Zurich! Also, discover the Cybathlon set of stamps issued by Sierra Leone & find out which Cybathlon image was selected as part of the BBC's most striking photos of 2016.
Congratulations to SensArs for winning Venturekick support
Congratulations to NCCR Robotics Spin fund SensArs for winning Venturekick support.
Cybathlon 2020 announced
09.02.17 – In today's press conference with the executive board of ETH Zurich an official announcement was made: The Cybathlon will take place once again in Zurich in 2020 – organised by ETH ZurichBehind the scenes, planning for the next Cybathlon has been taking place since the successful premiere in October last year. The success …
Stéphanie Lacour appointed Full Professor
12.12.16 – Congratulations to Prof. Stéphanie Lacour who has been appointed Full Professor of Microtechnology and Bioengineering in the School of Engineering (STI), EPFL.Prof. Lacour has recently made news with her work in NCCR Robotics with both the e-dura implant and the stretchable solid-liquid electrical film. Read more.
Open Postdoc positions
07.12.16 – We are looking for two Postdocs in soft wearable robotics.*****Postdoc in Soft Wearable Robotics: Kinetic / Haptic feedback The EPFL Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (Prof. Dario Floreano, http://lis.epfl.ch) and the EPFL Translational Neural Engineering Lab (Prof. Silvestro Micera, http:// tne.epfl.ch) invite applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in wearable technologies for human-robot interaction. The postdoc will work …
Intento win 130k at Venture Kick
30.11.16 – Congratulations to our spin fund winners Intento, who have won 130k CHF at Venture Kick. Read more.
Past Events
23 Nov 2018
All Day
|Neuroprosthetics Annual Research Symposium
|Prof. Stéphanie Lacour, NCCR Robotics PI and Director of the Center for Neuroprosthetics, announces the First Neuroprosthetics Annual Research Symposium to be held on November 23rd, 2018, at Campus Biotech,...
1 Nov 2018
All Day
Swiss Robotics Industry Day 2018
SwissTech Convention Center, Ecublens
|The next Swiss Robotics Industry Day will take place on November 1st, 2018 at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre, in Lausanne. All information on the event can be found here: http://swissroboticsindustry.ch
18 Oct – 19 Oct 2018
All Day
|SNSF Site Visit 2018
|The 2018 SNSF Site Visit will take place in Bern, on October 18 and 19th. More information will be provided closer to the dates.
21 May – 25 May 2018
All Day
ICRA 2018, Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Center, South Brisbane
|Roland Siegward, NCCR Robotics PI, will be a member of the Industry Forum Chairs Committee at ICRA 2018, in Brisbane, Australia. Margarita Chli, NCCR Robotics PI, will give a keynote...
23 Apr – 27 Apr 2018
All Day
Hannover Messe
Deutsche Messe, Hannover
|NCCR Robotics has a booth within the Swiss Innovation Pavillion and will be accompanied by 2 two of our spin-offs: MyoSwiss and Foldaway Haptics and the project "MIRobotics". For more information...
13 Mar – 15 Mar 2018
All Day
European Robotics Forum
Tampere Hall, Tampere
|The European Robotics Forum (ERF) 2018 hosted over 900 participants this year in Tampere, Finland from 13 to 15th March. NCCR Robotics was present with a booth, hosting two of...
8 Mar – 9 Mar 2018
All Day
NCCR Robotics Annual Retreat
Hotel Ambassador, Bern
|The 2018 NCCR Robotics Annual Retreat (Bern, 8-9th March) was very successful, not only in bringing the community together but in achieving its targets in preparation for the next phase...
25 Jul 2017
6:30 pm
|ROBOTIK-LABOR AN DER ETH ZÜRICH - TeleZüri Sendung
|Tune into TeleZüri at 18:30 to hear Robert Riener speaking about all things rehabilitation robotics and Cybathlon. http://www.telezueri.ch/64-show-sommertalk
15 Jun – 16 Jun 2017
All Day
Building Bodies for Brains & Brains for Bodies & 3rd Japan-EU Workshop on Neurorobotics
Geneva, Geneva
|Building Bodies for Brains & Brains for Bodies & 3rd Japan-EU Workshop on Neurorobotics Registration for both events now open.
5 Jun – 10 Jun 2017
All Day
Summer School on Rehabilitation Robotics
Biomedical Engineering School, Shanghai
|Organised by the Riener Lab, ETH Zurich. For more information please see: http://www.sms.hest.ethz.ch/news-and-events/sms-news-channel/2017/01/summer-school-on-rehabilitation-robotics.html
16 May – 18 May 2017
All Day
Paris, Paris
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5 Apr 2017
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Talk: Hearing the light: Optogenetic Sti
Campus Biotech, H8 Auditorium, Geneva
|Hearing the light: Optogenetic Sti by Tobias Moser Institute for Auditory Neuroscience & InnerEarLab, University Medical Center Goettingen, GE. For more information please see the seminar website.
20 Mar 2017
6:15 pm – 7:45 pm
Talk: Roboter als Reha-Helfer im Einsatz by Robert Riener
Universität Zurich Zentrum, Hörsaal KOL-F-101, Zurich
|For more information please see the official flyer.
9 Nov 2016
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Talk: Rehabilitation robotics - Cristina Santos, Universidade do Minho, Portugal; Dealing with uncertainty in robot grasping - Alexandre Bernardino, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal; Locomotion with the Walkman humanoid robot - Nikos Tsagarakis, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.
MED 115 18, EPFL, Lausanne
8 Oct 2016
12:00 am
Cybathlon 2016
SWISS Arena, Kloten
|Please see www.cybathlon.com
6 Oct 2016
All Day
Cybathlon Symposium
SWISS Arena, Kloten
|For further information, please see http://www.cybathlon-symposium.ethz.ch/
30 Sep – 7 Jan 2016
All Day
|The origami robot Tribot from Paik lab is currently at the exhibition in +Ultra Knowledge & Gestaltung in Berlin
A neural implant stays in the long term on the spinal cord to restore walking
Amputee Feels in Real-Time with Bionic Hand
Mit dem Exoskelett raus aus dem Rollstuhl
EPFL perfeziona esoscheletro con l'aiuto di Silke Pan
Pouvoir remarcher, « c'est une sensation phénoménale ! »
EPFL perfeziona esoscheletro con l'aiuto di Silke Pan
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Mit dem Exoskelett raus aus dem Rollstuhl
ETH-Forscher machen Gelähmten mit Exoskelett Beine
Pouvoir remarcher, « c'est une sensation phénoménale ! »
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Phil Cooke, Jonathan Bock, Worthy Publishing
- February 6, 2018
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Uncover the 2,000 year-old secret about how an inconsequential Jewish cult in a remote Roman province utterly transformed the world -- and how Christians can do it again.
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