Posted: Apr 06, 2021 10:36 AM NT | Last Updated: April 6
Michael Budden, 18, will compete at the 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Kazan, Russia.(Submitted by Marie Budden)
It s hard to track Michael Budden as he whips around the trails of the Whaleback Nordic Ski Club in Stephenville.
These days, the 18-year-old is trying to get in as many sessions as he can before the season ends. You can find him here, training, almost every day of the week.
After all, he s on his way to Russia next winter, representing Canada for the first time on the world stage. When you have a big passion in general to move your body as much, and as hard, as you possibly can the next thing is just enjoying where you are at, Budden said. Because you re just happy. You re happy all the time and it just feels right.
Romantic experiences and getaways to celebrate the day of love
By IANS| Published: 13th February 2021 12:32 pm IST
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANSlife) As the country gears up to celebrate the festive month of love, restaurants across the country are coming up with special menus and offers to make this day more cheerful. Celebrate your loved one over a romantic dinner date at some of these top restaurants in India.
JW Kitchen – Bangalore
Make this Valentine’s Day unforgettable with a romantic dinner, live music and Alfresco seating at JW Kitchen, Bangalore. JW Kitchen has carved a niche for itself in the hearts of people with its mouth-watering North Indian, Italian and Continental dishes inspired by World cuisine.
By Ellie Farrell
Many of us have heard how this year has been very difficult for people involved in the arts and especially in the world of music and song.
For nine young musicians from the west of Ireland it has been a month to remember for a good reason -at last! Earlier this month, Mary and Flan Noonan made contact with these young people and brought about just what the Eimear Noonan Music Bursary Awards programme set out to do.
The bursary scheme which was originally set up by the Noonan family to remember their talented and beautiful daughter Eimear who died tragically in France in November 2017, aims to help talented young people from the west of Ireland to further their musical studies. The bursary programme has grown enormously since it was first set up and just last month was further funded by a spectacular online musical campaign called ‘Carpe Diem Sing and Play 2020’.
Young musicians honoured in memory of Eimear Noonan
December 23, 2020
THE winners of the Eimear Noonan Music Bursary Awards have been announced following a hugely successful virtual Carpe Diem Sing and Play Challenge which raised funds to support the initiative. Sarah Hannify is a violist from Galway and currently studying a BMus at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. She was one of those who received the happy news this month that she was selected as one of two winners of an Award of Excellence for 2020-21. She has been playing the viola since the age of four and has been a dedicated member of numerous local and national orchestras as well as a member of Welsh and Scottish National Youth Orchestras.
SALT LAKE CITY Defense attorneys should be first in the legal world to get a COVID-19 vaccine, some Utah judges said Monday. Frankly, these aren t our employees, but if you ask me who really needed vaccination on my team, I would say it s the public defenders, 2nd District Judge David Connors told fellow members of the Utah Judicial Council.
Connors said the lawyers, who represent many in jail, are facing real serious questions about whether they can interact with their clients.
Utah s inmates, for their part, are not set to be inoculated in mass until March.
The coronavirus has spread rapidly in several of the state s county jails, where defense lawyers typically visit defendants to discuss their cases and prepare a defense. Although jailers have restricted the meetings, many continue to take place within the facilities, with glass separating attorneys from their clients.