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Band tipped by 'Whispering' Bob Harris, to return to Folk in the Barn
Canterbury music lovers are in for a treat when ahab, a young band tipped for the top by Bob Harris, play for Folk in the Barn at The Chapel, Canterbury Christ Church University on 4th February 2012
This is their second visit to Folk in the Barn, after selling out the Barn last March they are back by popular demand to a bigger venue with room to dance.
The London-based group's uniquely British take on country rock is based around stunning four-part vocal harmony. The members are also talented songwriters and the Canterbury concert will feature their original compositions.
Harris is a big fan of the band having seen them in 2010 at Fairport Convention's annual music festival in Cropredy, Oxfordshire. "I thought their live set was blistering," he says. "They showed real class and I love their alt-country edge." He is not the only BBC presenter to sing ahab's praises; Radio 2's Simon Mayo says: "This band's top-notch British Americana is the real deal."
ahab features Callum Adamson – son of Big Country's Stuart Adamson on 12-string guitar and vocals, Luke Price on mandolin and vocals, Dave Burn on guitar and vocals and Steve Llewellyn on bass and vocals.
As well as their concert and radio appearances the band is becoming a firm favourite on the festival circuit. They have played major events such as the Fanfare Festival in Nashville, Tennessee, and played over 20 festivals at home and abroad last summer, the highlight of the year being supporting Bellowhead on tour this November to great acclaim.
And what's more girls - it has to be said - they are all totally gorgeous - do not miss this gig! (am I allowed to say that?? Debs ;o) )
ahab will be supported by the excellent Ben Folke Thomas
Starting his musical career as a drummer in a grunge band his life was transformed when he heard Kurt Cobain singing 'In The Pines' on the Unplugged record. Steeping himself in Leadbelly, Bob Dylan, and Leonard Cohen, by the age of 20 he was an excellent finger-picker, confident performer, and mature songwriter.
Jaded Londoners didn't know what had hit them when they first heard songs like 'Paradise Lost (Heaven Found)' or 'Only Got Blues For You', and saw this robust performer with a stage presence recalling the Bob Dylan of two decades ago.
"Captures the spirit of Greenwich Village Circa 1965…a convincing calling card." – The Sunday Times
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Summer can be a time of great fun; it also can be a time of many a broken bone, especially for kids who are in the kindergarten and early elementary school age group.
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Summer can be a time of great fun; it also can be a time of many a broken bone, especially for kids who are in the kindergarten and early elementary school age group.
For older kids, summer sports also can make a trip to orthopedics part of the "What I did last summer" essay.
Kids can be a challenge for orthopedists because sometimes a broken bone won't be obvious. There might not be visible swelling or a deformity like you would find in an adult because kids' bones are softer than adult bones.
"If I broke my arm, it would be swelling up," says Dr. J.P. Rodriguez, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at Texas Orthopedics Sports & Rehabilitation Associates in Austin. "They can break them and it won't swell as much ... it won't look as crooked."
A good test, Rodriguez says, is to compare the two sides of the body: the wrist you suspect might be broken versus the wrist you think is normal.
That's the test Rodriguez asked his daughter's school nurse to use when his daughter fell off a slide. Her wrist didn't look broken until you compared it to the other wrist. Then the nurse could see that the bad wrist didn't curve inward like the other one did. "Well, that's broken," he says.
Kids often don't feel as much pain as adults do, too, but if a kid is complaining of pain an hour later, that's usually an indication that something is wrong and he should be seen by a doctor.
Rodriguez recommends going to either the emergency room or an urgent care clinic at an orthopedics office. The reason is that those places will have a radiologist who specializes in reading fractures on X-rays and a pediatric orthopedist on call.
It depends on where the break is as far as how fast you need to get there, Rodriguez says. An elbow is something that needs to be fixed within 24 hours, whereas a wrist can wait a while. You're not expected to know which bones need that immediate attention. When in doubt, try to get there within a day, certainly within that first week.
The big reason is the growth plate. Fractures in which the growth plate has been displaced need to be corrected within the first two weeks or risk causing further damage, Rodriguez says.
If you don't happen to go to a children's hospital or orthopedics urgent care clinic, make sure you get a copy of the X-rays, not just the report, and see a specialist within that first week to make sure nothing was missed.
You can't entirely protect your child from broken bones, Rodriguez says. The worst break he's seen recently was a girl who was just running across her yard and tripped.
"You want your kid to be able to play," Rodriguez says. "You can't protect them from everything."
However, there are some things he calls "no-brainers."
º Wear bike helmets when riding bikes or scooters, and make sure those helmets fit. He often sees kids wearing ones that are too big. Look for an extra small size if your kid is young.
º Supervise play on the playground. Make sure kids are using the equipment correctly. Even if you think your kid is big enough to jump off the slide, your big kid is modeling behavior for little kids who are not big enough to jump off a slide. Those little kids can get hurt.
º Don't slide with your child in your lap. There's something called a toddler's fracture, which happens when a child is in your lap and his leg catches on the edge of the slide, and your adult-size momentum keeps going in the opposite direction. The force of your momentum can break the child's leg. Instead, stand at the edge of the slide and guide the child down or be ready to catch him at the bottom.
The good thing is, kids heal quickly. Often it's about four weeks in a cast and they are back to normal. If they are put in a cast, watch out for numbness or color changes to the skin in that area. That warrants another trip to the ER.

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On November 6th, I walked into my science class and the first question my Spanish-American professor asked me was: "did you vote?" She proceeded to ask each American citizen that same question as they shuffled in. And, to her delight, most students proudly shook their heads yes.
My university is an American university in Spain, meaning I get to enjoy the Spanish culture and language while also studying in English for an American degree (which is apparently one of the more flexible degrees to have for opportunities to work abroad).
My university is filled with permanent and study abroad students from all over the world. The diversity is truly incredible, but the vast majority of students are American. So, on November 6th, there was mumbling in the student lounge about what was going to happen with midterm elections. Will the Democrats take over? Are you going to stay up late in order to see the results? Did you send in your absentee ballot? One of my friends and I spent a good portion of our history class scanning news websites for any updates. I mean, elections are historical, and also a little bit more interesting to me right now than the differences between Sparta and Athens.
I'm usually surrounded by Americans when I'm in class, yet I sometimes feel out of the loop with American news and culture; it takes a few days for any big news to head my way. And music. And TV. And movies. But that's another article for another day.
Most of my news comes from a foreign source, like The Telegraph or El País. For example, when I typed in "elections" into Google, the options available to me were from The Guardian and BBC, which are British news sources. And CNN snuck in there, too.
Getting my American news from a European source gives me a different view on what's happening, which is a blessing and a curse. I like having the opportunity to see how Europe views Americans and American news, but at the same time, sometimes I'd rather have the American angle of the story.
There's no doubt that there has been and will be plenty of coverage on US politics in the next few days, which in my opinion, is great. The United States is a world powerhouse and other countries care about what we do politically because it affects our economy, our environment, our culture. I think everyone should be educated, either in class or through media campaigns or through self-discovery, on the importance of voting. It was exciting to see people on social media getting fired up about elections, offering resources to people on how to register to vote. It was exciting to see citizens getting excited about our right in our democracy.
The antidote to government by a powerful few is government by the organized, energized many. This National Voter Registration Day, make sure you're registered, vote early if you can, or show up on November 6. This moment is too important to sit out.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 25, 2018
Voting is a right we have as Americans. It hurts me to see people who aren't taking advantage of this right, at home or abroad. There are plenty of US citizens in other countries who have requested, filled out, and returned absentee ballots. If they can do it, so can you.
I was truly glad to see that American citizens, students and workers alike, who are abroad during an important day for the American political system, care about what happens. Yeah, we're abroad, but we still care about what happens to our home country, so that's why we vote and stay up to date on the news any way we can.
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Suzhou is located in the centre of the Yangtze Delta in the South of Jiangsu Province. The city has Shanghai to the East, Zhejiang Province to the South, Wuxi City to the West and the Yangtze River to the North. Within Suzhou is Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). This area also contains the Higher Education Town.
Dushu Lake High Education Town has so much to offer
The city is famous for the distinctive architecture of the Chinese ancient gardens, nine of which are listed as World Cultural Heritage sites. Suzhou is rich in canals and has been called "the World's Oriental Venice". It is also one of the most economically dynamic cities in China.
XJTLU is located in the Dushu Lake High Education Town, which forms part of the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). SIP is a cooperative project between the Chinese and Singaporean governments and is the most competitive industrial development zone in China, hosting a large number of national and international companies. Consequently, XJTLU has been able to offer students several global internship and employment opportunities.
Things to do and see in the Suzhou
- Visit some of Suzhou's famous classic gardens, such as the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lingering Garden.
- A motorboat cruise on the Grand Canal, or a rickshaw to the hutongs in the old city area.
- See the weekend water and laser display at Jinji Lake.
- The many Water Towns are a must see in Suzhou, including Zhouzhuang Water Town.
- Students wanting to explore the cultural side of Suzhous can drop by Suzhou Museum, featuring over 30,000 Chinese cultural relics.
- Walk along the historic Pingjiang Road, Shantang Street or Tiger Hill.
- Get a taste of Suzhou's cuisine, with specialities like the Hairy Crab and "Squirrel" Fish.
- Enjoy a night out at one of Suzhou's many pubs and bars. Popular bars in Suzhou Industrial Park include Ollie's, Tunnel bar, Jenny's, Goodfellas and The Blue Marlin.
- Students can also spend an evening at one of the popular Karaoke TV venues spread across Suzhou, a perfect place to sing, eat, drink and get to know fellow international and Chinese students.
Suzhou's climate is mild and moist with four distinctive seasons. The city has hot and humid summers, with temperatures reaching over 35°C and cold winters, where temperatures drop below 0°C.


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Month: February 2011
Edible Valentine
I decided to do something different this year and send out edible Valentines rather than my usual homemade cards. The Valentines were little heart sugar cookies packaged in cutely decorated boxes. I thought, what a treat to get a box of cute cookies in the mail for Valentine's Day!
For the packaging I went to A.C. Moore and found these great, sturdy, white cardboard pencil boxes. I decorated with a heart and a handwritten message. Then, I put shredded red paper inside to protect the cookies. I decided to hand shred the red paper myself so everything would match – I just put red paper through our home shredder, so easy!
I got the idea for the cookies from my friend Martha Stewart and used her recipe for sugar cookies and royal icing.
I got the idea from the Valentine's Day episode of Martha's show to use a squeeze bottle to apply the royal icing to each cookie. This eliminates the need for a pastry bag and makes outlining each cookies easier to ensure you get a sharp edge of icing all the way around to cookie.
Step 1 – outline the cookies with royal icing
Step 2 – fill in with icing
Step 3 – spread frosting out and smooth over
Step 4 – Decorate! Then I just wrapped each cookie in plastic wrap to help stay fresh, placed in the boxes, wrapped the boxes in brown paper, and mailed.
Happy Valentine's Day!
In honor of the first day of New York Fashion Week I thought I'd share the official Pantone colors of Spring, 2011.
I can't wait to incorporate these colors into my spring wardrobe. I particularly like honeysuckle, peapod, and regatta! I am thinking about outfits with both beeswax and lavendar, too – that would be intersting. Which colors will you incorporate?
For complete coverage of NYFW click here. This site is great because they stream some of the shows live, which are always fun to watch.
Happy Fashion Week!
Ode to My Sparkle Purse
I was pulling together the accessories for an upcoming winter wedding I'm attending, when I fell in love with my Sparkle Purse all over again…
Buffalo Chicken Dip
We decided to make this delicious Buffalo Chicken Dip for the Superbowl tonight. This dip is so amazing, it tastes like you're eating buffalo chicken wings. Whenever we serve it at a party, it's the first thing to go. Whenever we bring it to a party, everyone asks for the recipe. We serve it hot out of the oven with tortilla chips for dipping.
And yes, I baked the dip in an oval dish and used a little garnish to make it look like a football.
Buffalo Chicken Dip
from http://www.allrecipes.com/
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2C Ranch salad dressing
1/2C Frank's RedHot Sauce
3/4C shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 lb shredded or chopped cooked chicken
Heat oven to 350°F. Place cream cheese into deep baking dish. Stir until smooth. Mix in salad dressing, Frank's RedHot Sauce and cheese. Stir in chicken. Bake 20 min. or until mixture is heated through; stir. Serve with crackers or vegetables for dipping.
To balance out our Superbowl "meal" this evening, we had veggies and dip too.
And I have to recommend this Greek Yogurt veggie dip:
It's just 60 calories/serving and has a great tanginess from the Greek yogurt! Yeah Football!
Anatomy of a Card
I decided to share step-by-step instructions on how I put together a basic homemade thank you card. With the right tools, high-quality paper, and creativity you can easily start making cards too!
Heat embossing tool
Paint the cover of the card with a glitter paint pen. This gives an added touch to a plain white card.
Place stamped piece, centered onto the puffy tape to finish the card.
Snow Day Cookies
In celebration of being stuck in our house for almost 36 hours with this snow, freezing rain, slush storm, we decided to bake a 1/2-batch of cookies.
We used the traditional Nestle Toll House Cookies recipe on the back of the chocolate chip bag, also found here. Since chocolate isn't my favorite, we split the dough in half and made half chocolate chip cookies for my husband and half cranberry/white chocolate chip cookies for me. We used 1/2 a cup each of dried cranberries and white chocolate chips for this size batch.
This 1/4-size recipe of each flavor yielded about 7 cookies each. They came out delicious!


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Siemens Office Building is a single story office building occupied by Siemens with three open bays available. The individual bays and Siemens large open office area are served by individual roof top units. There are two roof top units which serve small offices using Trane's VVT technology. VVT uses variable air volume roof top units to provide zone control for each individual office. RDH Engineering provided a complete mechanical design including HVAC, Plumbing, and Fire Protection


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Kaven Benoit announced is retirement from Pro Motocross racing
After 15 professional seasons and two-time MX2 Canadian Motocross Champion Kaven Benoit announced his retirement from racing today.
Won his first MX2 championship for KTM in 2014 and a second one in 2015. He was also a member of the MXON team Canada at the Motocross of Nations 3 times. Kaven was injured at Montreal Supercross last september and had to be replaced for this year MXON at Redbud.
Kaven was one of the most generous rider on the canadian circuit. And will sure be miss.
Benoit: "I feel it's time for me to move on to some other challenges in life. Racing has brought so many good memories and positive things to my life that I will forever be grateful. I want to give a special thanks to KTM Canada, the many sponsors that supported me through my professional racing career, and to all the competitors that I've raced beside, Thank you!"
Jean-Sebastien Roy (KTM Red Bull Thor Team Manager): "Since I first saw the Benoit brothers in action at the Provincials, I knew they had the talent to become champions. Kaven adopted a training program, learning how to race harder at a young age. The end result was faster speeds and better starts. His partnership with KTM in 2010 was a great fit for both the Company and him. With the right support from KTM, Kaven has been able to perform at the highest level on the best equipment. His hard work and grateful attitude towards KTM staff, sponsors, fans, teammates and competitors made him a highly respected athlete. KTM Canada has always been proud to be associated with Kaven. He's been an amazing role model for the young, up and coming racers."


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On 7 and 8 November 2019, the 'Judges in Utopia' project's final conference will take place. The aim of this conference is to present the project's results to an audience of legal scholars and practitioners and to engage in a critical debate about the role of civil courts as European courts.
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The conference deals with fundamental rights' potential to serve as enabling tools for courts to open up space in deliberative processes regarding concepts of (transnational) justice in European private law. This phenomenon requires a reconceptualization of the judiciary's role along three interlinked dimensions: an institutional, a procedural and a substantive dimension. The institutional dimension pertains to the question how to situate courts in relation to other branches of government in the European multi-level legal order. The procedural dimension is pronounced in the position of courts vis-à-vis the litigating parties and how their powers and duties are influenced by European and international law. The substantive dimension concerns the question whether and to what extent fundamental rights are able to reconcile different conceptions of justice.
Invited speakers have been asked to engage with the theme of this conference and reflect on the 'Judges in Utopia' project from the perspective of their own research. An expert panel has been composed for the specific purpose of providing feedback on the project's results.
For more information on the 'Judges in Utopia' project, please visit our website: https://judgesinutopia.eu/
Keynote speech
Hans-W. Micklitz (EUI)
Laura Burgers (UvA)
Fabrizio Cafaggi (Judge, Italian Council of State)
Michael Dowdle (National University of Singapore)
Anna van Duin (UvA)
Franscesca Episcopo (Scuola Superiore S. Anna)
Giulia Gentile (King's College London)
Mateusz Grochowski (Polish Academy of Sciences & EUI)
Monika Hinteregger (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz)
Betül Kas (UvA)
Chantal Mak (UvA)
Luca E. Perriello (Università degli Studi di Salerno)
Loes Salomez (Belgian Commission of Psychologists)
Expert Panel
Sandra Lange (Judge, Dutch Council of State)
Špelca Mežnar (Judge, Constitutional Court of Slovenia)
Jaap Spier (Former Advocate General, Supreme Court of the Netherlands)
Volkshotel (Meeting Room: Truus + Fransje), Wibautstraat 150, 1091 GR Amsterdam.
By public transport:
Metro line 51, 53 or 54, stop at "Wibautstraat" (exit "Graaf Florisstraat")
Participation in the conference is free, but there are limited seats available. If you would like to attend the conference, please send an email to Pinar Palabiyik at firstname.lastname@example.com before 18 October.


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Dor Cohen
Graduated architect from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel. Currently persuing a master's degree in urbanism at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
In addition to his academic studies, Dor has previously worked with Gil Krivine Architects firm in Jerusalem, where he took part in several affordable housing projects in Israel.
Dor is passionate about the relations between architecture and the urban scale – as well as urban regeneration, sustainability, and climate resilience in architecture and urban design.


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text: So despite being assured by the neighbour's decorator my car was far enough away it now resembles a Jackson Pollock. How they managed to get paint a good 4m away from the wall they were working on is completely beyond me but they did. Thankfully I managed to get most of it off with a jet wash but there are still some spots remaining. Is it safe to use white spirit? Would a clay bar get it up? Is the same method for getting it off paint going to work on the glass, plastic and rubber? I'm hesitant to go in too aggressive incase it causes more damage. Some tiny spots come up after being scratched with a finger nail. Before and after washing pictures below


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To all SoMMME Students,
The examinations attendance list for Nov/Dec 2016 Examinations has been forwarded to the respective Departments. This is therefore to ask all students to check their fees status and ensure that they have paid full fees as per the fee policy.
Those with issues to report to students finance office urgently.


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This part might be the most interesting though for certain old(ish)-school fans.
A much less substantial rumor, claiming to be footage of JR and King capturing audio, seems to point towards Austin's match with Shawn Michaels at the 1997 King of the Ring, and his tag team match alongside Michaels, against the Legion of Doom, being in the game. Some are speculating that one of this year's stories will be centered on the Attitude Era rivalry of Austin vs. Michaels, and that like WWE 2K15, it will be accompanied by a second more modern feud as well.The article also notes that WWE 2K16 has been confirmed for what I consider the three major platforms: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One.
As for me, all I require is an updated roster, some quality WWE Legends, and the return of CUSTOM SOUNDTRACKS!


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This week Jordan and Jeremy discuss Westworld S2E9, The Passenger. In recapping this bonus-sized episode of westworld, we actually decided we'll be splitting it into a 2-parter. This is the first Wild Speculation Corner-free episode of Analysis.
We discuss people as books, the Forge, hints of The Matrix, bad special effects, Bernard's weird brain, Hale 2's ball bag, and The Passenger's post-credits BONUS SCENE (That Jeremy totally forgot to watch).
Apologies for some sound quality issues. Jordan needs a screen for his mic and hits his Ps pretty hard through the whole episode (Which I did not try to edit out because it would take forever).
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Column: Career Corner: Six Lessons Can Steer Your Career Path
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ZC-2 setting accelerator is an additive used to speed the setting and hardening of cement, mortar and concrete, especially shortcrete. It is used for road tunnels, rail tunnel, shafts/drifts and excavations in all mines and other underground engineering such as hydroelectricity, military industry and civil air defense etc, also suitable for civil construction projects which are required to commission as early as possible and to quicken the solidifying and hardening of ground surface.
It is gray powder, dissolved in water partially, non-toxic and no caustic to person, non-chloride and no rusty damage to steel, and good adaptability to all types of cement.
Technical Specifications
1. Setting Time: At 20±3℃, the initial time of setting is 1~3min and the final time is 3~6min when the adding quantity is 3~4% of cement weight and the water-cement ratio is 0.4.
2. Compressive Strength: When the adding quantity is 3~4% of cement weight, compressive strength of concrete of one day is not less than 8Mpa and compressive strength of 28 days is not less than 90% of mortar without cement accelerator.
3. Fineness: Oversize≤12% (by 0.08mm standard screen)
4. Moisture: ≤1.5%
5. Dust concentration: 28.1mg/m3 (near sprayer)
27.2mg/m3 (at spraying head)
6. Rebound rate: 15.2% when the adding rate of cement accelerator is 4%.
Model ZC-2 setting accelerator package is a double layer bag, i.e. the outer layer is the weaving plastic and the inner is the film. Net weight per bag is 25kg±0.5kg.
Storage and Transport
This product has a high hygroscopicity, so it must be stored in the dry environment. The storage time is over 8 months. Damage to the package is prohibited in the process of handing.
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Worried About the Equifax Breach? Here Are Some Tips
After the massive Equifax data breach, you might want to take proactive measures to check your credit history and prevent your identity from being stolen. Equifax's measures to protect consumers in the aftermath of the breach have rightly been criticized, from setting up a site that asked for even more sensitive personal information, to sending consumers to an erroneous website, to charging them money to put a credit freeze on their accounts.
Given the enormous size of the theft, many people will not be affected. But for those who are affected, the consequences could be severe. While it is unlikely that your data has already been used, it is still possible. Now that Equifax has agreed to waive the usual fee it charges for credit freezes, it might be a good idea to look into it, assuming that some of Equifax's early stumbles have been overcome.
There's no worse feeling than finding out that your identity has been stolen and that someone has been using your good credit to take out thousands of dollars in loans that they never intend to pay back. For many victims of identity theft, it can take years of effort to finally clear their names. That's why it's well worth being proactive in protecting your credit. It's not just a one-time effort either, it may be months before criminals decide to take advantage of your data, so you need to remain alert. If you notice a sudden drop in your credit score or see new accounts opened in your name, then it's definitely time to take action.
The Equifax breach is also a reason to file your taxes early next year. The incidences of scammers filing fraudulent tax returns in other people's names in order to claim their returns have been increasing in recent years, and now all this personal data flooding illicit markets makes fraudulent returns that much easier. If you expect to get a refund next year, make sure that you get it, not some criminal.


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Becoming a member of KOZ is really quite simple. Because KOZ is an affiliate chapter of OAKE, the Organization of American Kodály Educators, membership in one actually becomes a membership in the other by default. One of the best parts of KOZ membership is that there are no local fees or dues - you simply pay the fee for OAKE membership and you are done!
Of course, when submitting your membership to OAKE, you must indicate that you wish for your chapter affiliation to be with KOZ. It is very easy to do this whether you are submitting your membership application online or through the postal service. The handy link listed below will help you through whichever method you choose.
There are several types of membership. Practicing music educators will likely become Active members with a fee of $75 per year. An attractive option for full-time college students is the $20 per year Student membership. Retirees who are at least 55 years old may pay a discounted membership fee of $40 per year.
The benefits of membership include the quarterly periodical, The Kodály Envoy; divisional newletters; discounted workshop and conference fees; and - except for Student members - voting privileges.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact a current KOZ officer. Emails can be found on the Home page of this site.
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text: Stepping Up Our Support for Diabetes August 29, 2018 VSA is pleased to announce a new partnership with the American Diabetes Association to raise research funds for the prevention and cure of this challenging disease. This partnership is especially meaningful for us due to the profound link between diabetes and vascular disease. The majority of adults with diabetes die from vascular disease. In fact, diabetics are 2-4 times more likely to die from vascular disease than adults without it. Most common complications include kidney failure, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and loss of limb (amputation). Through this partnership, we will have office events to provide staff and patient education about the role of diet in diabetes prevention and management, as well as to participate in the Tour de Cure and other fundraising activities. Please consider joining us in support of the diabetes association! The simplest way to help is to donate on-line: Go to diabetes.org/rvatour Choose the Donate button under the Tour de Cure Central Virginia Search for a team – Vascular Surgery Associates Follow through in completing your donation If you are interested, we are also selling VSA logo hats and diabetes awareness pins to assist with this important cause.Back to News


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House panel OKs digital licensing bill
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This week in tech news Android P Beta 3 is now available, UK and France are set to sign AI and Data partnership, Sillicon Valley insiders reveal that social media apps are deliberately addictive to users and Instagram introduces new features to stop users 'overgramming'.
We'd love to take our news round-up to the next level this year and provide something for the whole of the technology industry, as well as throwing some of our own insight and expert advice. Do let us know your comments on the news round-ups and anything you'd like to read in the coming weeks.
Android P Beta 3 is now available
The Android Development Team has begun rolling out Android P Beta 3, which will feature the latest bug fixes and optimisations for stability and polish. Google has said that with this beta, developers should have everything needed to test apps or extend them with Android P features such as multi camera support, display cutout, enhanced notifications, ImageDecoder, TextCassifier and many others.
Click here to read more about the third release of Android P Beta 3
(SD Times) 03/07/2018
UK and France to sign AI and data partnership
A data partnership between UK and France will see the Alan Turing Institute sign an agreement with the French Institute DATAIA to pursue collaborative research in areas of mutual interest, including transparency, fairness and the design and implementation of algorithms. Alan Wilson CEO of Alan Turing Institute declared the main goal behind the research "is to build a data and AI enriched world for the benefit of all."
Click here to read more about the UK and France AI data partnership
Social media apps are 'deliberately' addictive to users
We've all known that we are to some extent addicted to our smart phones, but according to Silicon Valley insiders, social media companies are not helping with these addictions by deliberately addicting users to their products for financial gain. On the BBC's Panorama programme, Silicon Valley insiders revealed how the major social media companies were 'addicting' users with designers driven to creating addictive app features by business models of the big businesses that employed them.
Click here to read more about how Social Media apps are deliberately addictive to users
(BBC Technology) 04/07/2018
Instagram introduces new features to stop 'overgramming'
Instagram is deterring users from endless scrolling and distraction by notifications by rolling out it's "You're all caught up – You've seen all new posts from the past 2 days" warning in the feed. Past that notice will only be posts that iOS and Android users have already seen or posted more than 48 hours ago. The aim of this new feature is to help with addictive scrolling in search of new posts scattered by the algorithm.
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Bid History for 1994 Harley-Davidson FXDWG, Wide Glide
Auction Start Date: 04/24/19 1:37 PM ET
Auction End Date: 05/01/19 7:00 PM ET
Asset ID: 739 Number of Bids: 9
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|1994 Harley-Davidson FXDWG, Wide Glide
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This motorcycle was a confiscation by our police department. The history and true condition is unknown, and the motorcycle is sold as is. Title is clean, and made out to the City of Council Bluffs.
1994 Harley-Davidson FXDWG, 1340CC.
Starts and runs fine. HSR 42 Mikuni carburetor, Kuryakyn air cleaner, Vance & Hines exhaust. Light primary leak, possibly gasket. Crack on lifter cover, and o- ring leaks on front exhaust push rod. We do not have any keys for this motorcycle, but nothing is locked.
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|Most items offered for sale are used and may contain defects not immediately detectable. Bidders may inspect the property prior to bidding. Inspection is by appointment only. Please see the contact above to schedule an inspection.
The Buyer's Certificate will contain information to schedule payment & removal.
Payment in full is due not later than five (5) business days from the time and date of the Buyer's Certificate. Acceptable forms of payment are: U. S. Currency, Certified Cashiers Check, or Money Order.
Checks shall be made payable to: City of Council Bluffs, IA
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Property may be removed by appointment only and appointments must be made at least 24 hours in advance. Items are available for pickup Monday-Friday from 7 am - 3 pm. All items must be removed within ten (10) business days from the time and date of issuance of the Buyer's Certificate.
Auction is for local pickup only, we are not shipping. The Buyer will make all arrangements and perform all work necessary, including packing, loading and transportation of the property. No Assistance will be provided. A daily storage fee of $10.00 may be charged for any item not removed within the 10 business days allowed and stated on the Buyer's Certificate.
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With this award, SIA honors Marcella for his work in strengthening education programming for the security industry through SIA Education.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has selected James Marcella, Director, Technical Services, Axis Communications Inc., as 2017 SIA Committee Chair of the Year for his work with the SIA Education Committee.
With this award, SIA honors Marcella for his work in strengthening education programming for the security industry through SIA Education. SIA Chairman Denis Hébert will present the 2017 Committee Chair of the Year Award to Marcella at The Advance, SIA's annual membership meeting, scheduled to occur on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, during ISC West in Las Vegas.
"I am humbled and honored to be recognized for my work with SIA," said Marcella. "SIA serves as a keystone for the security industry, connecting many different companies together in a common cause. It serves as a powerful platform for promulgating the latest industry education, whether to share news of regulations and best practices or to update professionals on the latest developments in state of the art technology. I look forward to continuing to guide SIA course offerings as the association's Education Committee Chair."
Scott Dunn, Senior Director, Business Development Solutions & Services, Axis Communications, said, "James takes every opportunity to educate our current and new team members on the mission and values of SIA and the importance of being involved in moving our industry forward to meet the challenges we face. He is a great internal teacher as well. He instructs us on our work with SIA and how to maximize the efforts with various other committees to bring value to SIA and its members. He has made us all better in that work."
SIA CEO Don Erickson said, "I very much appreciate the time James has put into leading the Education Committee and working with SIA. I recognize there are many different places he could spend his time with associations and the fact that he has made so many important contributions to help educate the industry in this role is greatly appreciated!"
The contributions Marcella has made as SIA Education Committee Chair include:
Hébert will present SIA award recipients, including the SIA Committee Chair of the Year Award, Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award and SIA Chairman's Award, at The Advance, held during ISC West in Rooms 505/506 of the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday, April 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Find more info and register at http://www.securityindustry.org/advance.
The Advance is co-located with ISC West, produced by ISC Security Events. Security professionals can register to attend the ISC West trade show and conference, which runs April 10-13, at http://www.iscwest.com.
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Ah the wonderful world of metal - ask the kids to pick a CD each for the car tonight and you get the whole bloody scope - One picks Aerosmith's Get a Grip, the other Slayer's Live Undead, including the Haunting the Chapel EP - All's right with the world when such delights grace the speakers!
Oh and a special shout out to Aoife - the Beastie Boys are so '80s, even if they did once have Slayer's Kerry King play on a song!
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Ah the wonderful world of metal
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- mr bond said...
hello mr traynor it is mr bond or so it would seem unfortunately u hav sum unreliable source that told u that the beastie boys r so 80s WRONG! in fact, their albums from the 80s (most of them) r so awful! to the 5 buroughs rules! HAHA i win
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- Jonny said...
As Kerry King said of the Beastie Boys: "They weren't very beastly; in fact they seemed linke very nice middle class children. I only did the guitar solo because Rick Rubin asked me. I prefer Run DMC anyway when it comes to that rather sad genre of music!"
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Complete OAC Coaches Preseason Poll (.pdf)
BEREA, Ohio – The two-time defending Ohio Athletic Conference Champion Baldwin Wallace University wrestling team has been picked to finish first in the OAC Coaches Preseason Poll.
BW, who was picked first for the third consecutive season, received 36 points and six first place votes. Ohio Northern University finished second in the poll with 31 points and one first place vote. Otterbein University barely edged out John Carroll University as the Cardinals finished third in the polling with 22 points while the Blue Streaks had 21 points. Rounding out the top five just one point behind JCU was the University of Mount Union with 20 points.
Seventh-year head coach Jamie Gibbs, who is the reigning two-time OAC Coach of the Year and has a career 70-29 dual match record at BW, returns 12 letterwinners, three national qualifiers and one All-American from last year's team that won its second straight OAC Championship. The Yellow Jackets finished second at the NCAA Mideast Regional and had four wrestlers qualify for the NCAA National Tournament a season ago.
BW opens up the 2017-18 campaign in grand fashion when the Yellow Jackets host OAC and crosstown rival John Carroll University on Friday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Ursprung Gymnasium.


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Hello and welcome to my website! I'm very excited to have you here x
I'm a huge believer that you really can get ANYTHING your heart desires as long as you are ready mentally, emotionally, spiritually (and of course vocally if you are invested in the performance arena!!)
My life successes have been immeasurable... as the lead singer of Urban Cookie Collective I have performed all over the world to hundreds of thousands of people! And I continue to do so to this day - I saw it, I believed it and I am achieving every dream I have had... and there's so much more in the pipeline I am visualising too!!
As a speaker, I am grateful to be cruising the world, experiencing new destinations and meeting people from every walk of life!! There really are so many wonderful people in this world and I continue to learn and get inspired from this every day!! Xx
I have been on a winding road to get to this destination, but it has been an invaluable journey of learning and belief in myself to get here 🙂
As a band manager I had a clear vision - I saw the bands that I managed in the charts, performing at Wembley and touring to massive crowds - and Yes!! Together we succeeded... 3 top 10 UK chart hits and a number 1 album in Asia, an advert with Brad Pitt starring in it (the royalties of which I bought my house!) and so many great memories! Of course it was a period of intense learning, but I never gave up on my vision and it was strong all the way throughout the years!!
As a vocal coach I have had wonderful success, not only with my bands, but one of my pupils, Molly Rainford, came 3rd In Britain's Got Talent in 2012 - I have had other pupils continue on to west end theatre, be successful on other TV shows and together we have been able to achieve their dreams ... with the right state of mind and determination the dream becomes a reality!
As an entrepreneur, I had a dream - the product we invented was a solution to bad guitar cable transmission and interference - we invented the worlds first analog optical guitar cable and we called it the LightLead. Myself and my partner David Holmes created a perfect guitar transmission which was used to record Coldplay's last album, and we achieved 2 granted patents and a trademark. We also were successful on the TV show Dragon's Den which we appeared on in 2016, to an audience of over 3 million people worldwide. My crystal clear vision once again became triumphant.
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As part of the creation of the AIRLAB, Citelum a subsidiary of EDF Group, will be testing a connected urban street furniture prototype that measures mobility in real time.
An active player in the creation of a more sustainable city, Citelum is putting all of its expertise in smart lighting and connected services to work to support Airparif's policy to improve air quality in the Île-de-France region.
The innovative system draws on urban infrastructure (lighting, traffic lights, cameras, etc.) fitted with next generation image sensors to measure the circulation of the city's different forms of traffic (vehicles, bikes, pedestrians, etc.). The data collected is then combined with data from the Airparif air quality surveillance system and processed via the public space management platform MUSE®, developed by Citelum. These results will help decision-makers and urban planners to identify corrective actions and to adapt and develop new infrastructure and behavior.
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The Ballycroy National Park was closed to visitors yesterday evening, following a ventilation problem at the Visitors Centre.
Initially, it was thought a small fire had broken out in the plant room, but following assessment, it emerged that a ventilation problem had caused a lot of steam to be released.
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In the latest of an occasional series where we take prize promotion operators to task for failure to comply with current UK laws, we look at a crossword competition offering an attractive prize. What could possibly be wrong when such a major financial services brand was responsible?
Topic: Games of chance and skill
Who: A well known financial services provider
Where: England
When: May 2005
What happened:
A prize promotion was operated by a household name in consumer financial services. Unfortunately, and surprisingly given the prominence and repute of the brand and the size of its business, the promotion was not necessarily up to scratch legally.
The prize was worth entering for. The challenge was to show your knowledge of a subject in a "fun crossword competition".
The crossword was not over-taxing. There were four clues across and five clues down. Entry into the competition was open to all holders of a particular account with the financial services provider.
This appeared to leave open the possibility that one might have to pay to enter through opening an account, assuming a balance had to be put into the account in order to open it.
On the other hand, this was irrelevant. Section 14 of the 1976 Lotteries and Amusements Act, which lays down the rules as to the levels of skill required in a prize competition, applies regardless of whether the event is pay to enter.
But there was still another legal requirement to be wary of: free to enter or not, any prize promotion in which some effort or skill is required in order to win, runs a risk of being illegal. Illegality will strike if success does not depend to a substantial degree on the exercise of skill.
So what was the problem with this promotion?
The total number of prizes to be awarded was not crystal clear from the competition rules, but it looked like there were 11 prizes in all and that these would be won by 'the first correct entries drawn on a specified date.'
Given that there were inevitably going to be many more correct entries than the number of prizes available, this was certainly one way of selecting the winners, but did it meet the 'substantial degree of skill' requirement?
We have serious doubts. Selecting the winners by a random draw from what could be substantial numbers of correct entries received by a certain date introduces a level of chance into the equation which erodes the relevance of skill to a degree which might well not pass the 'substantial degree' test. It also creates the possibility that the second stage of the event, given the lack of clarity as to whether there was a genuine, realistic and unlimited alternative free entry route, might classify as an illegal lottery as well.
Why this matters:
We have no reports that this promotion was the subject of any regulatory, action and given that the laws in this area are to be reformed within the next two years, there may well be less of an appetite for enforcement of the rules in the UK.
There can be no guarantees of this, however, and the case shows that where a mix of luck and skill is involved in winning a prize promotion, the compliance alarm bells should ring.


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The name SabiBoi is far fetched removed from the conventional and common stage names upcoming music acts stamp on themselves but creativity has a lot to do with it most of the time, the stage name, the appeal, the charisma, attitude, the talent, all these are usually the packaging and credibility a star must imbibe to prepare him or her for the spotlight.
Nigerian music industry is a billion yards away from what it used to be and portray, it has gone through rough patches, tough years and resilience but all these has paved way to what it is now, what it has become, the glowing beacon in the center of African continent and meteorite heading straight for the international chart, the glamorous and the witty-gritty stage every kids on the street want to be part of. Music in Nigeria is a thing of the street, street credibility and street poetry, tears-dreamy youths on the street who have spill a web of their hard knock life into poetry and melody rush to the near-by studio to record every strand of lyrics they have seen or experienced and this is what some or most musical tunes in Nigerian is all about. From the life of Olamide Badosneh of Bariga slum to Wizkid Starboy of street of Surulere, all these stars who are leaving footprint in the sand all started from the gutter, a diamond in the rough and look at them today, all gleaming and glamorous on the runway of music, this is what music does to your soul, this is what music gives you, a life.
Today haderotakisblog.com caught up with our Street & Music star of the week, Emmanuel Omoniyi Akinwe aka SabiBoy. This 27 year old Ondo born Lagos resident is your classical quintessential of what Nigerian street & music is all about, you don't get them rougher and talented than this. SabiBoy is a rising star and this young lad is not letting anything get in his way, his tenacity, his raw talent and the humility he shows anywhere or anybody he comes in contact with is one character that will shoot him to the top of his career.
SabiBoi who started his music path professionally in 2017 spoke to haderotakisblog about the journey so far in the Nigerian music entertainment and how he want to break the barrier of mainstream music in the country. He recently released his new single titled "ORILOMO" and this young lad got a lot of talent in his bucket of dreams. Orilomo has been aired in some reputation radio stations and it is enjoying some good reviews. Sabiboi genre of music is hard to dictate but you can hear a mixture of hip-hop, afrobeat and a mild reggae sensation in the beat. When SabiBoy hooked up with Ice Beats, the producer with the Midas touch everything else just clicked into the right keys and the song they worked on together came out like a brand new day.
They say music is the food to soul but that depends on the type of music that makes your heart beat, what's your boombox? In a world of different genre of music and some are even not yet classified but music has really be a part of our civilization for as long as human has been in existence. SabiBoi is music tells us the story of the struggle, the tenacity of the Nigerian youth, the bucket of dreams they all have, the poetry in their music and the future they all hoping for, this is what SabiBoi music is preaching and that's the reality of the moment.
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A man remains in garda custody this morning in connection with an attack at a farmhouse outside Strokestown on Sunday, December 16th, following the eviction of two brothers and a sister from their county Roscommon home on December 12th last.
The 54 year old man was arrested in county Mayo yesterday.
He is being detained at Castlerea Garda station under Section 30 - Offences Against the State Act 1939 as amended.
The Garda investigation into the incident is continuing.
The Garda Ombudsman Commission is investigating an incident in Castlerea in the early hours of Sunday morning in which a Garda was allegedly assaulted.
The incident occurred at about 1am on Sunday morning, when a Garda was allegedly assaulted by two men at Roselawn, Castlerea.
The male Garda and the suspected offenders were taken to hospital.
The matter has now been referred to GSOC, under Section 102 of the Garda Act 2005.
A spokesperson for the Garda Ombudsman has confirmed to Midwest News that the incident has been referred to them, and is being examined to determine if an investigation is warranted into the circumstances involved.
It's expected an announcement will be made today on the future of the Rosalie Unit in Castlerea.
The unit accommodates mostly elderly patients with Alzheimers and dementia, and there have been fears for some time that the HSE may close the facility, as there have been no new admissions since September 2016.
A senior HSE official said last year that the Rosalie unit would close and alternative care would be provided for the patients, but a strong campaign has been underway in Castlerea to keep the unit open, for the current residents and to provide care into the future.
Independent assessments have been carried out recently on the residents, and Midwest News understands that senior management are visiting the unit this morning to announce its future.
Castlerea's Aoife O'Rourke won gold at the Women's European Boxing Championships last night.
She beat Poland's Elzebieta Wojcik to become only the second Irishwomen to win gold at the Elite level.
The Roscommon native won the fight on a unanimous decision.
Castlerea based Fianna Fail Cllr Paschal Fitzmaurice has been elected Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council today.
A grouping of six Fianna Fail, two Fine Gael and two Independents backed Cllr Fitzmaurice in a vote earlier today to be elected Cathaoirleach for the coming year.
Fine Gael's Liam Callaghan is the Leas-Cathaoirleach.
Aoife O'Rourke from Castlerea is guaranteed to win at least a silver medal after her middleweight semi-final against Russian opponent Anastasia Shamonova at the European Women's Elite Championships in Madrid.
The Roscommon native outclassed Shamonova, the current World and Olympic Youth champion, winning on a split decision with one of the five judges awarding the fight to the Russian.
O'Rourke now progresses to this evening's final against Poland's Elzebieta Wojcik.
Castlerea boxer Aoife O'Rourke is in action today at the Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi.
Aoife is in last 16 action against Lauren Price of Wales in the 75kg Category.
Aoife O'Rourke has bowed out of the Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi.
The Roscommon fighter lost her middleweight last 16 encounter with Lauren Price of Wales.
Castlerea's Aoife O'Rourke upgraded her guaranteed bronze medals to at least silver in emphatic style at the European U/22 Championships in Targu Jui, Romania.
Both women produced massive last-four performances to progress to Sunday's finals.
The Roscommon middleweight scored a unanimous decision – with a few 10-8 rounds apiece thrown into the bargain – versus France's Belinda Limuka and Italy's Carlotta Paoletti.
European U/22 Men's and Women's Championships Targu Jiu, Romania March 24/April 2
April 1st
60kg Amy Boadhurst (Ireland) v Francesca Matuschiello (Italy) 75kg Aoife O'Rourke (Ireland) v Busenas Sermeneli (Turkey)
Irish squad
75kg Aoife O'Rourke (Castlerea) (Silver, at least) 60kg Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan) (Silver, at least) 57kg Shauna Blaney (Navan) 51kg Niamh Earley (Ryston) 48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes)
52kg Conor Quinn (Clonard) 56kg Jordan Moore (Glasnevin) 75kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic) 91kg Kevin Sheehy (St Francis)
Olympic Boxing Club's Gabriel Dossen gets his European U22 Boxing Championship campaign underway today in the 75kg category this afternoon when he faces Hambardzum Hakobyan from Armenia in the last sixteen.
Gabriel is expected in the ring at approximately 2pm Irish Time.
Castlerea's Aoife O Rourke is through to the Semi-Final of the Womens U22 75Kg Category.
She fights Carlotta Paoletti of Italy with the fight expected to be held tomorrow but there is still no confirmation on when it will take place.
The Castlerea Festival will get underway later this evening and runs for 10 days. This is the 30th year of the festival.
The opening parade starts at 8.30pm and over the next 10 days there is a variety of events taking place in the town. There will be some traffic restrictions while the parade is making its way through the town tonight.
They include the opening of the new park and playground at the Demense on Sunday afternoon, a food exhibition in the Hub on Monday evening, a walk to Clonalis House on Tuesday, a photo exhibition in the Trinity Arts Centre on Wednesday evening, Michael English live on Thursday night, Pig Racing on Friday, the RSA Safety Shuttle and a Guns N Roses tribute band on Saturday August 4th, the Swimming Gala and Rose of Castlerea on Sunday week and the agricultural show on Bank Holiday Monday.
Gardai in Castlerea are investigating two burglaries in the town overnight.
A business premises at The Square was broken into at about 1am this morning, and a sum of money was taken which was later recovered.
A house on St Patrick Street was also broken into.
Gardai arrested a suspect a short time later, and he's being detained at Castlerea Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
Gardai are asking any witnesses, or anyone who noticed anything suspicious in the town centre between 1am and 3.30 this morning, to contact them at 094 - 96 21630.
Gardai in Castlerea are investigating two separate incidents that took place over the past week.
On Saturday morning last, an aggravated burglary occurred at a house in the Knockroe Park area of Castlerea, shortly before 5.30am.
A man in his 20's was seriously assaulted after confronting two men in his home.
The man was taken to Sligo University Hospital, and Gardai in Castlerea are investigating.
Gardai are also investigating an armed robbery that took place at a service station in Frenchpark last week.
Two men, allegedly armed with a slash hook, entered the business premises at about 9.10 pm last Thursday night and stole a small sum of cash.
No-one was injured in the incident, and investigations are ongoing.
Gardai in Castlerea are asking anyone with information on either incident to contact them at 094 - 96 21630.
Gardai in Castlerea have renewed their appeal for witnesses, following a public order incident which occurred at the Rose Lawn area of the town on the early hours of last Sunday morning.
The incident occurred at about 1am, during which a male Garda and two men received injuries and all three were taken to hospital for treatment.
They have subsequently been discharged from hospital, and the incident has been referred to the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission and is being examined by them.
Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Gardai in Castlerea at 094 - 96 21630 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
Unions representing staff at the Rosalie Unit are meeting this afternoon (Monday), as the HSE is planning to redeploy the staff at the unit to other facilities in Co Roscommon and neighbouring counties.
The HSE has controversially closed the facility that had been caring for elderly residents with dementia.
A number of residents in the Rosalie Unit have already been moved to other care home facilities, and staff are now being asked to apply for transfers to other mental health facilities in counties Roscommon, Galway and Mayo where vacancies currently exist.
The Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council has criticised the move, as he says the HSE had promised to consider the Castlerea facility for other purposes, but now it looks like there is no such plan going forward.
SIPTU, Forsa and the PNA - who represent the staff involved- will be meeting today to consider their options.
Castlerea-based Fianna Fail Councillor Paschal Fitzmaurice told Midwest News today that some staff members who have worked at the Rosalie Unit for years are now faced with applying for jobs in Roscommon Town, Boyle and Ballinasloe.
He's also concerned about what this will mean for the future of the Rosalie Care Home.
An emergency meeting of Roscommon county Council took place this morning to discuss what's termed the "imminent" and "brutal" closure of the Rosalie Unit in Castlerea.
There has been widespread local anger over the confirmation from the HSE earlier this month, that the Rosalie Unit would cease to function as a community psychiatric unit.
Alternative care arrangements, according to the HSE, are being put in place for each of the present residents of the facility.
Up to 70 protesters gathered at the gates of the Rosalie Unit on Thursday last to condemn the HSE's decision.
The Cathaoirleach of Roscommon Municipal District, Independent councillor Nigel Dinneen called for today's emergency session – calling on the HSE to reverse its decision to close the Rosalie Unit as a community psychiatric unit.
He told Midwest News this afternoon that councillors have agreed to write again to Ministers Harris and Daly , asking them to instruct the HSE to reverse the unit's closure.
In addition they have written to the Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin calling on him to have the decision reversed or withdraw from the Confidence and Supply Agreement his party has with the government.
It's expected that a Private Motion debate in the Dail proposed by Fianna Fail's Eugene Murphy on the Rosalie Unit and its future will take place next week.
A new playground and carpark can go ahead at the Demesne in Castlerea, after Roscommon County Councilors passed the part 8 planning permission.
The project will mean a refurbished playground for the town, and a new carpark that can be used by people attending both the playground and the public swimming pool.
Locally-based business Harmac Medical has given a large donation towards new playground equipment.
Castlerea-based Fianna Fail Councillor Paschal Fitzmaurice is hopeful the project can get up and running before the swimming pool opens for the Summer season.
He says the development will greatly enhance amenities in the town.
A decision now needs to be made as to how exactly the HSE run Rosalie Unit in Castlerea is to develop, according to Minister for Communications, local deputy Denis Naughten.
At a meeting yesterday in the unit with the Minister for the Elderly Jim Daly and attended by local public representatives and HSE representatives, seven different options were presented as to how the unit might progress.
At present the Rosalie Unit in Castlerea is a residential home for about 12 residents with dementia.
A local campaign group has worked hard to keep the facility open, after the HSE had stated its intention to close it some months ago.
However that decision was reversed and Minister Naughten received a firm commitment from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that the unit as a residential facility for patients with mental health issues, would remain open. Leo Varadkar had given the same commitment in 2015 when he was Minister for Health and the future of the unit was under threat.
Deliver on your promises to the people of Roscommon and keep the Rosalie Unit open in Castlerea. That's the simple message that a delegation from Castlerea will deliver to Ministers Simon Harris and Jim Brady when they meet in Dublin on Wednesday evening.
The Rosalie unit in Castlerea, is a residential facility for elderly people with psychiatric conditions. The facility had catered for up to 34 residents in recent years, but is now down to 12 people, with no new admissions for some time.
Three years ago, when news of the possible closure of the facility emerged, the people of Castlerea and surrounding areas were given a commitment by the then Minister Kathleen Lynch that the unit would not close.
But according to Liam Walsh, a member of the delegation travelling to Dublin on Wednesday, and whose mother is a resident of the Rosalie Unit, the future of the unit remains in the balance.
He spoke to Midwest News today about why the delegation is travelling to Dublin for the third time this year in an effort to retain the unit.
The N60 road from Castlerea train station to Ballymoe remains closed for another week, as work is continuing on a new overlay on that section of road.
The works are due to be completed next weekend.
However, Castlerea-based Fianna Fail Councillor Paschal Fitzmaurice is calling for emergency funding to be provided to improve sections of the N60 between Harristown and Ballymoe village.
Councillor Fitzmaurice says the Summer drought has caused parts of the road to sink, and will require emergency works.
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I've got a confession to make. Contrary to what I said last year, I did not go back to follow my friend's sister's nem nuong recipe to the tee. I was going to, but then when I picked up the bag of nem nuong curing powder, I was convinced out of it. My partner in crime took one look at the packet's ingredient list (sugar, salt, MSG and potassium nitrate) and vetoed my use of it. In what can only be described as a cunning use of reverse psychology, I was won over with this golden line: "I thought you were a good enough cook not to cheat". Well, to channel Barney Stinson: challenge accepted!
Of course this required further tweaking of the recipe my friend gave me for my initial nem nuong attempt. Firstly, I decided to used deshelled prawns this time. My last attempt using prawns with shells intact didn't deliver fantastic results. Even after processing them in my food processor and pounding in a mortar and pestle, there was still bits of shell in the finished meatballs (not sure if the problem was my food processor or perhaps the curing powder also helps break down the shell?). Further, after realising my last attempt didn't yield sweet enough meatballs, and seeing the amount of sugar in the packet of curing mix, I decided to up the amount of sugar in my meatball mix too, using up to 5 tablespoons in a kilogram of meatball mix. It may seem like quite a bit of sugar to use, but there is a whole kilogram of meat to marinade. I started by using about 3 tablespoons in the mix and added more as needed. The sugar is there to help bring out and enhance the sweet prawn flesh, but you don't actually want to taste it in the finished product.
The result? Well obviously this departs even further from my friend's sister's sweet and bouncy nem nuong, but believe me when I say that this was a resounding success in its own right and I can even boast that only natural ingredients were used! No cheating :). And a lot tastier than my last attempt! These meatballs are juicy, flavoursome and had just the right amount of sugar to bring out the natural sweetness of the prawns without tasting sugary. I made 2kgs worth of these nem nuong for my family's Christmas party, and these were not only the quickest to disappear, but clearly the standout dish of the day. The whole family was asking for more. I think it's now become a requirement for me to make these for any family bbqs!
RECIPE – Vietnamese meatballs aka nem nuong (makes 1kg mix)
- 500g raw headless and deshelled prawns
- 500g pork mince
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 1/2 tablespoon very finely minced lemongrass* (see note below)
- up to 5 tablespoons sugar (start with 3 tablespoons first and adjust to taste)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- oil for cooking
- In a food processor, process headless and shelled prawns until it resembles a thick paste.
- Remove prawn paste from processor and place into a large mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon, vigorously mix the prawn paste until you feel it becoming sticky and more elastic (ie. the paste will develop more resistance as you are mixing). You could also achieve this by pounding the prawn paste in your mortar and pestle; this is just a slightly easier way of doing it. This stickiness is what will give the prawn meat its 'bouncy' texture.
- Mix in all other remaining ingredients, starting with only 3 tablespoons of sugar.
- To check seasoning, place a small amount of the mixture in a bowl and microwave in 10 second bursts until cooked.
- Taste cooked sample and adjust seasoning/add sugar as required. Cover and refrigerate overnight to let flavours develop.
- To cook, roll a tablespoon of mixture into a ball and place on a lightly oiled grill on medium to high heat. It will take a few minutes to cook through. This is quite a sticky mixture so if you want to skewer it, it is easier to do this after they've been cooked first.
As I said last time, nem nuong can be served a number of ways. At Christmas, I served these skewered on a platter full of other bbq meats and with a selection of side salads. For this post, I replicated how it was served in my previous nem nuong write up; with banh hoi and greens, Vietnamese mint and chilli soy. Happy munching.