I don’t have much to write about today. M the Younger and his fiancee are headed back to Colorado. It was a short, but sweet, visit. I liked having MTY around the house again.
Barack and Michelle Obama are in Cleveland this afternoon. Special guest Bruce Springsteen is with them. We’ve had a couple of invitations to go (as has most of northeastern Ohio, I’m sure), but wanted to spend as much time as possible with MTY. M the Elder was reminded of this story from The Onion. Since we both know who we’re voting for, attending the rally would have been purely for the fun and historic nature of it.
The phone calls continue, mostly from the Obama camp these days. I think the McCain campaign has given up on us. Or run out of money for robocalls.
That’s about it from the Bogs for today. See ya’all tomorrow.
Why is it the Republican Party thinks it’s ok to sue the Ohio Democratic secretary of state in an effort to possibly purge some voters from the rolls, but when that same Democratic secretary of state looks into phone calls linked back to the Republican Party, it’s a “partisan witch hunt”?
Oh never mind. I suppose it all depends on which side of the fence you’re standing.
My phone is ringing off the hook today. Just about everybody is checking in, from professional athletes to famous actors and actresses. It’s amazing how popular we are in Ohio.
It’ll be a relief to get past election day and have something else to talk about.
(First snow of the season.)
Well, the first snow of the season was flying around like crazy today. Lake-effect snow of the large-flaked variety. The ground isn’t cold enough for it to stick, but it was pretty to watch.
I have four phone calls on the answering machine from the McCain camp. I’m getting to the point where I just don’t care anymore. I can’t be bothered to record them, upload them, put them on the blog, etc. I’m fed up with politics in general and can’t wait until the election is over.
I will say that two of the calls are invitations to a McCain victory rally at a high school up near Cleveland on October 31st. Seems a little early for a victory rally, but I can understand wanting to stay optimistic. One is a call in which the issues are presented with McCain’s solutions. I don’t mind any of those three calls. The third is another let’s put the fear of Obama in them kind of call.
I suppose one out of four isn’t all bad.
Yet another story about voter registration forms being considered incomplete and/or invalid: Up to 10,000 Registrations Deemed Incomplete in Colorado.
M the Younger and his fiancee are newly registered voters in the state of Colorado. I hope this doesn’t affect them.
Something to think about.
Another blip: Some voters ‘purged’ from voter rolls
Another interesting story about the voter dispute in Ohio: Bush Intervenes in Ohio Voter Dispute.
This robocall came in yesterday:
I think they want us here in Ohio to be afraid, very afraid.
Lest you think it’s just the phone and television, here’s a sampling from my mailbox (the snail mailbox):
The only thing missing from this ad is the white-light (“good guy”) photo of John McCain that’s shown at the end of the television ads. Note: This ad is from the Ohio Republican Party.
Still no robocalls or mail from the Obama camp. I’m impressed, very impressed. If I were undecided, the difference in tactics might help me decide.


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I love stories. I even like stories about stories so I’m going to subject you to mine.
I’ve written Tattered Heart probably a dozen times. Officially, there have been 10 drafts, but that doesn’t count the two or three false starts where I couldn’t figure out how to get from the beginning to the end or what to do in the middle. It was a wallpaper ladyithildiel made (and posted at luthiens-dreams) that finally crystallized Aribella in my mind and I just started writing and everything worked.
I had a couple of other wallpapers by ladyithildiel on my computer that helped with different parts of the story, most notably the ending. But there was one that just seemed to capture the feel and the tone of the the story – Aribella’s restless heart and the forests that she found solace in. I kept that up on my computer for ages because, along with my playlist, it helped me write.
When I dreamed of being published I hoped they would come up with a cover that captured the essence of the story as perfectly as that wallpaper. And when I decided to self-publish I knew I wanted that girl on my cover more than almost anything. I reached out to the photographer (Kadri Umbleja) and I was ecstatic when she very graciously gave me permission to use it.
Then I went to work designing. I could have gone to ladyithildiel and asked for permission to use the wallpaper but I wanted to do something that was my own and I wanted something a little more twilight than sunrise.
And now, after three weekends of finding the right forest background (I took the picture myself) and color shifts and black font and white font (and finding fonts free for commercial use) and star patterns I have my cover. And it’s beautiful. And magical. And I couldn’t be more happy or more grateful to the people who helped me with it – from Kadri and ladyithildiel for their artistry and inspiration to my sister and Cathleen Cash (my editor) and one of my best friends for their feedback and suggestions. I’ve been praying over this book and this story for years and when everything comes together so perfectly I can see the hand of God upon it. This is the perfect cover for this story and I’m thrilled to finally get to share it with everyone.

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’96 Trailer Created A Lot Of Buzz Among The Expectant Fans Looking For An Offbeat Romance
Vijay Sethupathi, the man behind Pizza, Vikram Vedha and Orange Mittai, who claimed million hearts with his eccentric ‘Super Super Super Ji’ is back with the heart-wrenching ‘96, quite an offbeat romance blooming between a mildly self-conscious Ram and enthusiastic Janu. We would never chalk out the exact formula that works for an actor, but no Tamil movie fan could ever deny the charismatic aura that Vijay Sethupathi builds around himself on the silver screen.
Previously with Karthik Subbaraj’s Pizza, Sethupathi ensured that there is not a single moment for his fans to yawn or get all baggy and relaxed in their seats. Sethupati is one of the very few actors today who would demand your utmost attention, this man who could paint a beautiful assemblage of emotions on screen, like colours on canvas. In ‘96 he waives a different kind of magic with panache. Salt pepper hair back-brushed, somewhat shy, and vulnerable in front of his childhood sweetheart he would make you reminisce about your own bittersweet memories.
So What Made Us Go Into A Frenzy?
The lead pair played by Vijay and Trisha Krishnan quite breaks the tedium of conventional big budgeted love stories. ’96 is a necessary respite from the amateur character sketches and weak scripts heralding Tamil industry. It is not merely about the plot or their physical surroundings that add to the mystery, but their expressions as well. The eccentricity of the character Ram accomplished meticulously by Sethupathi and Aadithya Bhaskar would keep you hypnotized through this 2:19 minutes trailer.
Aadithya Baaskar and Gouri G Kishan as young Ram and Janu respectively, weave poetry with their characters on the screen; halfway into the trailer, you would love the overpowering mystery shrouding the characters’ idiosyncrasies. The background score, by Govind Menon, emanates a classical air and further adds to the buoyancy that the actors strive to create. It is this cheerful lightness of the film juxtaposed with the intriguing last scene with Ram holding a torch in a murky apartment that ensures to rise above the clichéd romances that the industry generates. After all, it is not every day that we get to see films like Alai Payuthey, Mynaa or Mouna Ragam coming out of the closet.
Kumar And Sethupathi’s Coup De Maitre
Cinematographer turned director C Prem Kumar’s directorial debut is definitely a coup de maitre in the era of Tamil New Wave cinema. As an audience, one can only be hopeful that more such films are made every year to challenge the normalised and stereotypical portrayal of hero-heroine, turning every romance into a battle of sexes. Mysskin, Karthik Subbaraj and Kumarasamy, who had given gems to store in our stockpile, might just as well welcome Kumar into the fraternity.
Sethupathi, who hardly has any faith in the box-office numbers, is a firm believer of good cinema, which he prefers to churn out of his hard work and artistic capacity. I was reading in a famous tabloid about Sethupati’s nonchalance in seeing himself on the silver screen. It is probably for the same reason why he populates his characters with eccentricities and moments. He lets the characters grow on himself so that in the end, he can look back at a beautiful collage of roles that he has played and every single ounce of emotion that he has invested in them.
Trisha Krishnan Adds A Colour Of Vibrancy To ‘96
Kaathalae Kaathalae published more than a month ago, created a hauntingly beautiful effect of doing justice to the mounting suspense of the film. Trisha Krishnan adds the extra effervescence to the song, her quench to fit in a different garb of interesting characters that would expose her to the world cinema is acutely discernible from her immaculate portrayal of Janu.
In 2010, with Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa Krishnan’s Jessie offered us an unusual tang of a 21st-century love story. Irrespective of the age-old social prejudices that the film flaunted with a shoddily written script, I cannot help but agree that Trisha set a spellbinding chemistry rolling from the spool with her co-actor Silambarasan.
As a fan of both Sethupathi and Krishnan, let’s hope the pair brings a whiff of fresh air and candour on-screen, rising above the accepted hit/flop box-office dynamic that has so plagued the industry.


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Diesel’s Spring/Summer 2024 runway show is scheduled for September 20; the upcoming show marks the second time Diesel has opened its runway show to the public, a policy that creative director Glenn Martens introduced, in an effort to make fashion more inclusive and bring shows to a larger audience. Last year’s show brought in about 5,000 attendees who got to see not only the new collection, but a sculpture that broke the Guinness World Record for largest inflatable artwork ever made, as well as a sizable butt plug.
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Fans of the brand can access tickets through an online registration process, opening September 6 on Diesel.com. The tickets will be released on a first come, first serve basis. For the rest of us, the show will also be livestreamed on Diesel’s digital channels.

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Brunhild was a Visigothic princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet – in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport – these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms for decades. The two queens commanded armies, developed taxation policies, established infrastructure and negotiated with emperors and popes, all the time fighting a gruelling forty-year civil war with each other. Yet after Brunhild and Fredegund's deaths, their names were consigned to slander and legend.From the tangled primary evidence of Merovingian sources, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak weaves a gripping and intricate tale, its characters driven by ambition, lust and jealousy to acts of treachery and murderous violence. The Dark Queens resurrects these two women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of a shadowy era and dispelling some of the stubbornest myths about female power.
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Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel, Water, realistically presents the circumstances of women and, in particular, widows in 1938 Colonial India. It exposes the gender inequality and double standards that govern that society for no other reason than that is what tradition dictates. Sidhwa presents complexities in her characters, which make them very human and very real, and the widows’ reactions to each other and to the world outside of the ashram create a feminist message. Water poses the problem of gender inequality in India by presenting a realistic and typical situation, and it allows the readers to draw their own conclusions while experiencing the intricacies of the Indian culture.
The most obvious example of inequality or mistreatment of women is Chuyia’s situation of becoming a bride and soon after a widow at age eight. By becoming a widow she is forced into the ashram and into isolation from the rest of society. This is a situation that is common in India due to the fact that tradition dictates “a woman is recognized as a person only when she is one with her husband” (Sidhwa 14). It shows that society views women as worthless unless they are under the control and service of a man. Furthermore, this tradition means that women are married off as soon as possible as to secure their future and purpose in life, while men are able to wait longer to marry. In Indian culture, men are worth more than women, and the novel shows this fact by contrasting Chuyia’s marriage situation with Narayan’s situation. Chuyia has no say in who she must marry because she is female, and her marriage is entirely dependent on her father, who marries off six-year-old Chuyia to a forty year old man. Even though Chuyia’s mother tries to stop the marriage at such a young age, her father refuses to hear her argument and says, “A woman’s role in life is to get married and have sons. That is why she is created: to have sons! That is all!” (Sidhwa 15). Not only does this say a lot about the child brides, but it also presents the dominant role of the men in society as Chuyia’s father gets to make the final decision and the mother has absolutely no say in her daughter’s life.
In comparison, Narayan is permitted to choose his own spouse, and he is encouraged to wait longer until marriage. After Narayan tells his mother that he has found his bride by himself, his mother quickly accepts the idea of him choosing a woman: “Bhagwati’s expression softened, as she gazed upon her son. If he loved the girl so much, she would love her too” (Sidhwa 167). Sidhwa includes this scene between Narayan and his mother to depict the double standard that remains between males and females. Also the novel shows the leniency towards a man’s time to get married: “My father says, ‘Childhood is a time for play, not for marriage’” (Sidhwa 148). By juxtaposing these two very different situations, Sidhwa allows the readers to draw their own conclusions about the inequality between the sexes.

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- Jun 04 2022
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Hands on Montana- a free, community-wide party to celebrate art and culture in Central Montana
Hands on Montana is an annual event that takes place in downtown Lewistown on the first Saturday in June. This free, community-wide event lasts from 12-4pm and celebrates the diversity and vibrancy of Central Montana’s culture. Hands on Montana includes a month-long community art show, live art demonstrations from ceramicists and glass blowers, local authors, free local food and drink, family art activities, and live performances from local groups.


Student Body Presidential candidates face off in debate
During last week’s Student Government debates, candidates for Student Body President (SBP) and Student Body Vice President (SBVP) hewed close to their posted platforms while fielding questions on some of Carnegie Mellon’s most talked-about issues.
The debates, which are hosted annually by The Tartan in conjunction with Student Government, challenged candidates to justify their stated platforms while responding to moderator and audience questions about issues such as the university’s stress culture and sexual assault and relationship violence prevention (SARVP).
On the right side of McConomy Auditorium’s stage sat junior economics major Vaasavi Unnava, running for SBP, and junior computer science major Aaron Gutierrez, running for SBVP.
The pair emphasized the weight of their combined experience in Student Government throughout the debate, and highlighted work that they had each done across campus to improve student life. Their campaign, branded as “Vaas and Aaron 2016,” is built on university-wide fiscal transparency, a “model for social change,” and Student Government transparency.
When asked why fiscal transparency is important, Unnava said that when she was part of Undergraduate Student Senate as Business Affairs Committee Chair, she realized that she didn’t know what her tuition was being used for. “I think a big part of why we put this in our platform is having ownership over the changes that are made on our campus,” Unnava said.
Next were junior chemical engineering and engineering & public policy double major Trevor Hadick and first-year decision science major Micah Rabin. Hadick, the current Student Body Vice President of Organizations (SBVPO) is running for SBP, while Rabin is running for SBVP.
As part of his current role, Hadick chairs the Committee on Student Organizations (CoSO) as well as the University Center Allocations Board (UCAB). Rabin is director of mature organizations on CoSO, as well as a sister of Kappa Alpha Theta.
“The biggest piece is the actual education,” Hadick said when asked about the inclusion of education and awareness on his platform. “There are a number of ways that education can happen — not all of them are in the classroom, and not all of them come from teachers ... It’s not like [there’s] one education method or type that will work best for [everyone].”
Rabin noted that she and Hadick are currently in talks to reform the university’s Interpretation and Argument class, which is required for all undergraduate students.
Junior professional writing and economics dual degree candidate Barbara Samaniego is running for SBP with sophomore economics major Raheela Ahsan as her running mate. Their platform focuses on making improvements to University Health Services, among other reforms focused on student health and safety.
If they are elected, Samaniego and Ahsan plan to host a series of narrowly focused town halls to garner student input. “In these themed town halls, attendance would be encouraged because each one would center around a social issue,” Samaniego said. “Then students would come to discuss that issue, and get a chance to actually offer their criticisms for the school. We will also have an online public forum for people who can’t come to these town halls.”
The last pair of running mates included junior statistics major Mike McCaffrey, who is running for SBP, and sophomore mathematical sciences major Olivia Cannizzaro, who is running for SBVP. McCaffrey and Cannizzaro emphasized their willingness to work with students going forward to make improvements to student life in the realms of dining, health, and “global engagement.”
“We’ll have an open-door policy, we’ll be constantly available, we’ll give out our cell phone numbers, emails, whatever it takes,” McCaffrey said about his and Cannizzaro’s plan to revamp Student Government office hours. “What we want to do is foster these kinds of relationships with people so we can create something together. We realize that we can’t do everything by ourselves — we can’t attend to all of these needs if we don’t know them.”
At the end of the two-hour debate, spectators were impressed by many of the candidates. Srishti Jain, junior statistics major and Communications Committee Chair of Student Senate, was glad that many of the candidates recognized and understood the value of the passion that defines the Carnegie Mellon community. “Everyone at Carnegie Mellon is passionate, and that’s something you hear all the time,” Jain, who is the public relations manager for Unnava and Gutierrez’s campaign, said. “And I don’t think in the past the Student Body President and Vice President have made conscious efforts to tap into organizations or individual students’ passions, but I think more candidates this year are trying to do that.”


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North Las Vegas’ greedy public safety unions have plenty of skin in the game — the hides they’ve collected from suffering city taxpayers.
For too long, firefighters and police haven’t shared in the fiscal pain they’ve long inflicted on the city. The overwhelming majority of them don’t live where they work. It explains why North Las Vegas public safety workers have been so hostile to the people who pay them, demanding generous increases to some of the highest local government salaries in the country, despite one of the worst municipal fiscal crises in America.
And this aggression isn’t likely to change anytime soon. Although the city’s unions last week finally agreed to pay-raise concessions to prevent layoffs and a state takeover of North Las Vegas government, two bargaining groups refused to accept what had been one of city management’s highest priorities in revising employment contracts: a requirement that all future hires live in the city.
At the City Council’s April 2 meeting, Mayor John Lee wanted to be absolutely certain that a residency requirement was in the settlement language. He was adamant that his police and firefighters have theirown skin in the game, just as those in many other cities do. The city’s initial offers to the unions, in preserving every existing city job without salary or benefit cuts, included a mandate that future hires live inside city limits within six months of accepting a job, if they weren’t residents in the first place.
However, city spokesman Mitch Fox said Friday that only the Teamsters union, which represents the city’s non-public safety workers, and the Police Officers Association agreed to the residency requirement for future hires. The city’s firefighters and police supervisors refused to accept the requirement.
The problem of North Las Vegas public safety workers living outside the city is getting worse by the year. Today, 95 percent of the city’s 151 firefighters live elsewhere, according to records provided by the city. In 2012, as reported by the Las Vegas Sun’s J. Patrick Coolican, 92 percent of city Fire Department employees lived outside North Las Vegas. And in 2011, when the residency issue was first reported by the Nevada Journal’s Kyle Gillis, 90 percent of North Las Vegas firefighters lived outside the city.
The residency problem is so acute among North Las Vegas firefighters that more live outside Clark County than inside the city. Just eight firefighters call North Las Vegas home, while eight live outside the state. Six live in Utah, one lives in Idaho and one commutes from Alabama.
One firefighter lives in Carson City and another lives in Wellington, in Lyon County. Firefighters make so much money — a typical North Las Vegas firefighter receives more than $170,000 per year in total compensation (including benefits) — and can schedule their 24-hour shifts in such a favorable way that daylong commutes aren’t a problem, even if they involve commercial flights.
The residency issue isn’t much better among police. More than 77 percent of the city’s 260 police officers live elsewhere — up from 74 percent in 2011 — and more than 80 percent of the 37 North Las Vegas police supervisors live outside the city.
The issue of residency goes far beyond public employees spending their taxpayer-funded salaries at taxpaying North Las Vegas businesses, instead of removing the money from the municipal economy (or the state). It’s about making them live with the services they provide — and the reduced services that will result from their outrageous salary demands. It’s about making them pay the higher taxes they call for. It’s about making them live with potential cuts to libraries, parks and other services, fire station brownouts and reduced police patrols.
The city was at risk of such cuts because a District Court judge recently upheld some $25 million worth of pay raises suspended by the council through an illegal emergency declaration two years ago. The city doesn’t have the money (hence the emergency declaration), so it offered the unions a choice: much smaller raises or layoffs.
During a March 11 hearing before the Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board that addressed the North Las Vegas pay raise dispute, Police Officers Association attorney Jeffrey Allen offered the city suggestions to help cover the cost of police salary increases.
“There’s plenty of things that they (city officials) could do,” Allen argued. “They could sell off assets, they could close a park, they could close a library. They could lay off non-public-safety employees. They could even raise taxes.”
This scenario would allow a North Las Vegas cop to stick city residents with higher tax bills while leaving them with fewer parks and only two libraries to serve 230,000 people. Then that same cop could go home to Summerlin or Henderson and enjoy a lower tax rate, a nearby library and plenty of park space. That’s why it’s not unusual to see North Las Vegas vehicles many miles away from the city — its employees are headed home.
City officials had argued that laying off police officers would have a detrimental effect on public safety. Interestingly, that’s the exact same argument North Las Vegas police made in 2011 when, in response to potential officer layoffs because of a lack of contract concessions, the union put up signs at the city limits that said, “Warning: Due to recent police layoffs we can no longer guarantee your safety!” Another showed a masked man holding a gun. Heads exploded within the business community, and residents were outraged, but union leaders were adamant that fewer officers meant increased response times and more opportunities for bad guys to get away with violent crime and property crime.
During last month’s Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board hearing, however, Allen took it all back.
“It was a PR message,” Allen told the board regarding the 2011 stunt. “A PR message is not any evidence of any sort of impact, any sort of public safety impact. One of the things said is, ‘The POA can no longer guarantee your safety.’ That’s hyperbole. Obviously, the police can’t guarantee anybody’s safety.”
Translation: Now that the city has turned our own argument against us, of course it’s baloney.
Would the union have done something so outrageous if every police officer were a North Las Vegas resident and had to explain the stunt to neighbors and friends?
The unions had been intent on pushing the city into state receivership, Nevada’s alternative to municipal bankruptcy, with the hope that the Department of Taxation would impose tax increases on North Las Vegas residents. All so firefighters and police could collect pay raises. Raises!
But Gov. Brian Sandoval attended last week’s last-ditch talks to help the unions understand that receivership would not be to their liking. A city source told the Review-Journal’s James DeHaven the state delegation to the talks made it clear that unelected officials would not balance North Las Vegas’ books with a massive tax increase.
But the firefighters and police supervisors made sure their future members won’t have to live within the municipal dystopia their unions helped create. That they fought so hard to avoid relying on their own service says everything.
Glenn Cook (email@example.com) is the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s senior editorial writer. Follow him on Twitter: @Glenn_CookNV. Resuming April 21, listen to him Mondays at 4 p.m. on “Live and Local with Kevin Wall” on KXNT News Radio, 100.5 FM, 840 AM.

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Pop's bad girl Aubrey O'Day tells MTV.com that is was "empowering" to pose for Playboy. The issue hits newsstands Friday. ... Mandy Moore and alt-rocker Ryan Adams are engaged, Moore's rep, Jillian Fowkes, tells E! News. ... Eric Dane told Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday that he and his wife of four years, actress Rebecca Gayheart, are "currently working on" starting a family.
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KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – The Kanawha County Commission will be issuing emergency checks to 27 volunteer fire departments in Kanawha County for support and assistance with emergency supplies.
According to a statement sent to 13 News, the $3,000 checks could be used to purchase emergency supplies including COVID-19 supplies and helping the department purchase needs for the members during this unprecedented crisis.
“During this pandemic, times have been extremely hard for our Volunteer Fire Departments as they continue to handle their normal call volume, as well as respond to COVID related calls,” Commissioner Ben Salango says. “I think it is necessary that we help provide these First Responders with the resources they need to ensure their departments remain fully operational.”
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Hosts in garden design (60 photos): classification and proper care
Table of contents
- 1 Classification
- 2 What to plant next
- 3 right care
4 Benches and hosts
- 4.1 bench waiting
- 4.2 summer bench
- 4.3 Autumn and spring bench
- 4.4 A few more interesting decisions
- 5 Summing up
- 6 Photo Gallery
Hosts in the design of the garden allow you to create a composition of different colors and sizes. Host - easy to breed, undemanding, hardy ornamental plant, which quickly gained popularity among the amateurs as well as professionals in landscape design.
Due to these qualities, this plant can be seen almost everywhere: in the design of the garden, on stony slopes, in waters close to the flower beds, as well as the main entrance to the house.
Often hosts located near the sculptures, if any, in the garden.
Typically, hosts are classified according to their intended purpose:
- Up to 20 cm. Considered the lowest and best look on the rocky slopes and rockeries.
- Up to 30 cm. Not very high. Will complement the picture of the garden, lying on the border and near the fences.
- 30-45 cm. A special feature of this group is to have a long root system. They are usually planted in groups, to create a continuous cover. In the background will look good gladioli and lilies.
- The beds will look best hosts, whose height is 45-60 cm.
- Highest species used for a single landing. Their height is generally greater than 60-80 cm.
Note! If you still do not know what sort of plants to choose, pay attention to the level of your site illumination. It is also very important factors considered to be the level of humidity, acidity and composition of the soil itself.
For planting in an area where most of the day is dominated by shadow, are best hosts with dark green leaves and blue. They will grow more slowly, but the color of the leaves will eventually not only remain the same, but also to become more intense and juicy.
What to plant next
Hosta leaves with blue
It is very difficult to find a plant that would not have looked next to the host. Excellent will harmonize gladiolus, lilies, peonies, ferns and plants with carved leaves.
Such plants in landscape design garden site look very advantageous.
Often used conifers in the garden design. They could not be better emphasize greenery and sprawling hosts.
In order to make a small contrast in the green and close to the plant must be planted with shade leaves, which is not in this type of hosts.
For example, Goryanka who leaves a red or purple color with heucherella. To create vertical emphasis is applied lily, phlox or Solomon's seal. Against the background of the hosts of these plants will look no less beautiful than the work of art.
EXAMPLE hosts combination with other plants
To host also perfectly suited ornamental plants such as lungwort, variegated Brunner or Heuchera. It is important that these plants need a similar habitat conditions, which significantly facilitates the process of care.
Wonderful backdrop for the hosts were always considered a plant with small leaves. This can be periwinkle, slops or meadow Lysimachus.
Often, as a so-called neighbors use high cereals, e.g., reed or miscanthus. Together they create the finished composition. A textural contrast to the plant can be planted with silver leaves.
- Professionals recommend to plant a bush hosts. Thus, they form a nice carpet soil. Please note that on average, a plant living in one place for up to 10-15 years, and for their cultivation shady areas suitable for most.
- Places where there are hosts that should not be abundantly watered and flooding, it is desirable that the soil was fertile and cultivated.
- They are very resistant to frost, so they cover up for the winter too peat. It will suffice with fallen leaves of trees. You will not only save your plant, but also improves the structure of soil humus, which later evolved into the leaves. And who knows, maybe your garden will become a model for the design of a garden site.
- Hosts excellent breed. This occurs advantageously dividing the bushes and seeds. Be careful, shrubs can be divided in the first half of May or in August. More preferred is a spring planting. So the young plants will be able to get stronger over the autumn. The fission process is very simple bushes. Make it strong with a sharp knife, very carefully and slowly. After dividing the slices are dried and powdered them with powdered charcoal.
- Very many species of plants are able to reproduce by seeds. The process occurs before sowing winter. Sow seeds in wooden boxes until the spring and expect germination. For good growth regularly watered the seeds in the soil.
- There are some nuances that need to be considered if you want to grow a healthy plant. First - keep boxes only in the shade. To prevent decay, the air must be dry. Second - regularly ventilate the room.
- In order to quickly propagate new varieties applies clonal technology. This way it is possible to bring the plant production to the level of industrial production. There is one significant disadvantage of this method of reproduction. Seedlings show some vulnerability to the adverse conditions of carriage, as well as in new areas of planting. Also, there is a reduced resistance to various diseases.
- If you still managed to raise a young host, very soon you will watch it bloom. Sorry, but the flowering process can be called remarkable only in the first few days. After the flower stalks lose their beauty and looks quite sloppy. The exception may be only hosts with double flowers.
Benches and hosts
Not far from the alley of the host put a small bench to relax and enjoy the scenery. For this study in detail the design of the garden benches and select the appropriate option.
Benches at home
Kinds of garden benches:
This bench should be placed near the entrance to the house. Russian analogue called ledge. Bench is an indispensable element for receiving visitors or people you do not want to invite into the house.
Typically, such a bench on the north side of the house or in large trees, so that it remains in the shade throughout the day. It is on it, we'll hide from the burning sunlight.
Autumn and spring bench
This bench is the exact opposite of the summer bench. It should be placed in a place where the sun lingers longer in the spring and autumn.
A few more interesting decisions
Good work in the beds, every cottager secretly wants to be on the bench, to straighten his back and stuck to visually assess their works. In this case it is best to install a bench with back closest to the kitchen garden.
Bench near the water
On the water you can watch forever, especially if you have a bench and you can sit down. On the shore of the pond or garden fountain have to be a bench of this type.
Most often, such a bench installed near a large summer table where the whole family gets together for lunch in nature or in the summer kitchen.
We hope our article has been helpful to you. In order to more accurately understand the technological and practical issues on our website provides detailed photo and video instruction, in which you will find useful information on the question.

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Hywind Powering Utsira - A reliability study of offshore wind connected to multiple oil and gas platforms
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Today four oil and gas platforms are being commissioned in the Utsira High area. One of the platforms is powered from shore by a 120MW/+-80 kV HVDC cable. The three other platforms will first be powered by gas turbines placed on the platforms before a second HVDC-cable rated at 200 MW are connected. After the second cable is connected, the platforms will be interconnected with AC subsea cables in a radial network and all the platforms will be powered from shore. After the area is fully electrified, the gas turbines will work as backup generation. Connecting floating wind turbines to the platforms could be a way of decreasing the emissions from the gas turbines, decrease the power imported from shore, while at the same time improve the reliability of the system. The aim of this master thesis is to investigate the possible benefits of including an additional connection between the platforms at the Utsira Hight Area and connecting a floating wind farm. Wind speed fluctuations and unpredictable power production can affect the reliability and operation of power systems. The impact of integrating offshore wind to the power system at Utsira High needs to be carefully investigated. Different ways of incorporating wind power in reliability evaluations will be investigated and compared. In this thesis, two different connecting schemes and two different generation options have been studied, creating four different cases for the composite generation and transmission reliability study. Base Case: Radial grid, no connected wind powerCase 1: Radial grid, 60 MW connected wind powerCase 2: Ring grid, no connected wind powerCase 3: Ring grid, 60 MW connected wind power All the different cases are assumed to have both HVDC connections to shore connected and to have the gas turbines installed. In addition, several analyses have been made on variations of these cases. Among these variations were varying reliability parameters and different load values. For the generation adequacy analysis, only the generation system is studied, and the transmission system is neglected. The simplified system mod-els in the generation system adequacy consist of the installed generating units (3 gas turbine generators and two HVDC-connections to shore) and the total system load. Hence the different composite cases, the Base Case, Case 1, 2, and 3 is not studied in the generation adequacy analysis. In this thesis, the generation system adequacy is studied with and without 60 MW wind power, with different system load values and different reliability parameters for the wind turbines, and the wind farm is in addition modelled using different methodologies. For the generation reliability analyses, a tool was developed in MatLab to analytically calculate the reliability indices for different input. Wind was modelled using different methodologies, incorporating mechanical unavailability of each wind turbine as well as unavailability due to the wind speed. Varying reliability parameters were used and compared to see the impact of the mechanical availability of wind turbines. For the composite generation and transmission system reliability analyses, Matlab and Microsoft Excel was used to build a mathematical model of the system and calculate the reliability indices using an analytical method. By performing reliability analyses and considering the actual production from the generating units and the different power demands, the amount of energy that is not served has been calculated for the different cases and for the generation systems. The total costs of the energy not served in the different connection schemes have been studied by using KILE-costs to estimate production loss. Comparing the different cases in the composite analysis, it was clear that adding wind power or adding more generation to the system had a larger impact on the reliability compared to the impact from creating a ring grid. The results yielded by the analyses show that Case 3 is the best option among the four when focusing on improved reliability. However, the improvement from adding both wind power and the extra cable proved to be less than the improvement of adding just one of the options individually. From generation system analysis, it was clear that the choice of wind model methodology had a larger impact on the reliability com-pared to the forced outage rate of the wind turbines.


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Longfellow Community Council’s Ready-Made Native Pollinator Garden Program will fund and coordinate the installation of up to 22 pollinator plantings for residents located within the Greater Longfellow Community. The program is designed to increase pollinator habitat while also educating participants around sustainability and pollinator conservation. Garden installations will include a special focus on creating food sources and habitat for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, in order to extend its effective range and connect established habitat corridors in and around Greater Longfellow. This program was made possible through funding from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources’ (BWSR) Lawns to Legumes Demonstration Neighborhood Grant Program.
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Romans 15:4, 13
Paul begins our second reading for today by reminding us that everything written in the past, he is talking about what is recorded in the Bible, was written for our instruction. God inspired his prophets and apostles to write exactly these things down and saw to it that they were preserved for us today so that we could learn from what they wrote. As we think about that in the context of what is recorded in Isaiah, the coming of John the Baptist and the season of Advent, we learn that God, through his word, provides hope for the hopeless.
Consider what it was like in Isaiah’s day. The once mighty kingdom of David and Solomon had been divided by civil war. Ten of the twelve tribes separated and formed their own kingdom. Assyria had just come and destroyed that kingdom of ten tribes and their sights were set on Judah, the two tribes that were left, ruled by descendants of David. Although God rescued them from the Assyrians, it wouldn’t be long before the Babylonians came. When they did, God allowed them to take wave after wave of people as captives to Babylon, and finally to completely destroy Jerusalem and the temple of God. As long as the temple was still standing, people had hope. But when the news came to the captives living in Babylon that the temple had been destroyed, it seemed as if all hope was gone.
The captives in Babylon expressed their hopelessness in these words from Ezekiel. Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off. The Psalmist writes, our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? They felt hopeless, not only because it didn’t look like they would ever get back to their own country again. They felt especially hopeless because the kingly line of David looked like a dead stump. If Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed and there were no descendants of David sitting on his throne how was God ever going to keep his promises and send the Messiah who was to rule on David’s throne forever! It seemed hopeless.
After seventy years of captivity, something happened that gave anyone who had not lost all hope a reason to hope again. Cyrus conquered Babylon and decreed that any Jews who wanted to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple could do so. A small number of Jews did return. In the face of a lot of opposition and with a lot of hard work the temple of the Lord and the walls of the city were rebuilt. But, Jerusalem never again had a descendant of David ruling them. They were ruled by the Persians, by the Greeks and then by the Romans. It had been about 400 years since the temple had been rebuilt, but no descendant of David was ruling on the throne. It seemed to many that hope was gone, that God had cut them off.
Then, suddenly, about 25 AD, something happened again that gave hope. There was this guy named John who reminded a lot of people of the prophet Elijah. He was preaching in the wilderness and baptizing. He claimed that he was preparing the way for the Messiah to come. For those paying attention, there was hope.
There are different levels of hopelessness. You may feel hopeless because you didn’t get a job you were really hoping for. You may feel hopeless because you lost your job; maybe the company downsized, and you are over 60 and can’t imagine who is going to hire you. You may feel hopeless because your spouse just told you they found someone else, or God called them home to heaven, and you don’t know how you can survive on your own. You may feel hopeless because your advancing age means you can’t do the things you used to do, you have to give up driving and you have to move out of your home. Those are all things that can make you feel hopeless. But none of those things can compare to the hopelessness the captives in Babylon felt. The lowest level of hopelessness is thinking that you are cut off from God, that there is no hope of salvation or eternal life for you.
Satan wants to use all the bad things that happen in our lives, especially the things that we bring on ourselves because of our sins, to convince us that we are hopeless. He wants to convince us that God has given up on us and cut us off for good. But, through the encouragement of Scripture we see that is never true. There is always hope.
When the captives thought that they were hopeless God gave Ezekiel the vision of the valley of dry bones. He had Ezekiel preach to the dry bones and through his preaching of God’s word the Spirit brought those dry bones back to life.
Scripture presents example after example of people who were in seemingly hopeless situations, who either were tempted, or could have been tempted to think that God had cut them off, but they were shown that they really didn’t need to feel hopeless. God is the God of hope. In him, in his promises, there is always reason to hope, because his promises never fail. He always does what he says he will do. But, waiting for him to keep his promises often calls for patient endurance.
Consider Abraham. God told him it would be 400 years until his descendants would inherit the Promised Land. Consider David. He had already been anointed the next king of Israel, but he had to endure years of persecution by Saul before he finally was able to rule as king. Consider Noah. He had to endure 120 years of hard work building the Ark, and of mockery from his neighbors before the flood finally came, and then he spent a whole year cooped up in the ark caring for all those animals. I could list many more examples, but each example recorded in Scripture for our learning reminds us that God always did exactly what he promised when he knew the time was just right. When your eyes are focused on God and his promises there is always hope.
The greatest reason for hope is what we are preparing to celebrate. Thousands of years after his promise to Adam and Eve, 2000 years after his promise to Abraham, 1000 years after his promise to David, God fulfilled his promise. He sent one like Elijah, John the Baptist, to prepare the way of the Lord, just as he said he would. He sent Gabriel to tell Mary and Joseph that Mary would give birth to a child even though she was a virgin, just as God had said through Isaiah 700 years earlier. On Good Friday, they pierced Jesus’ hands and feet and cast lots for his clothing, just as the Psalm had foretold. On the third day Jesus rose from the dead, just as he, and Scripture foretold. Paul reminds us that, because of these things there is always reason for hope. After all, He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all– how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
God has removed the greatest reason we could have for hopelessness. In Jesus he has already paid for every sin. When Satan tries to convince you that you are hopeless, that God has cut you off and your hope of eternal life is gone, hold up the cross in his face. Tell him that because Jesus died and rose again you always have hope. God promises that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Jesus says that whoever believes in him has eternal life. Whenever we feel hopeless it is because we have given up on God and failed to trust his promises. Jesus never gave in to hopelessness. He never gave up on God. He trusted the Father’s promises perfectly in your place. He paid for all the time when you showed a lack of trust in God and his promises. No matter how difficult life gets you always have reason to hope because Jesus lived and died for you and rose again.
Revelation reminds us that, as we live in the last days, there will be many situations that call for patient endurance. We will be tempted to cry out, how long, Lord? How long will you allow such wickedness and ungodliness to continue? But his answer is that he is patient. Think about how long the heroes of faith waited for God to bring about what he promised. The writer to the Hebrews reminds us that many of them never got to see the fulfillment of God’s promises with their own eyes, but they saw them through the eyes of faith, and they are enjoying the fulfillment of those promises in the glory of heaven.
Paul says that God is the source of patient endurance and encouragement. He prays that we would overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Remember that when you feel hopeless. Remember that God has given you many examples in the Bible of people who felt hopeless, but later saw that they always had reason to hope because God always does what he promises. Remember that the way God gives patient endurance and encouragement is through his word where the Holy Spirit points us to Jesus and assures us that in him we have the sure and certain hope of eternal life.
Now may the God of hope fill you with complete joy and peace as you continue to believe, so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.


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Nepal remains semi-feudul country even after the declaration of the Republic and in the 21st century. Feudalist productive relation is not vanished yet. The most disappoint- ing thing is that the most expected agenda of the scientific and revolutionary land reform is being marginalized. Prachanda-Baburam clique have adopted a revisionist/reformist line to solve this problem. They are planning to increase production, to make production brigades. They want to develop the productive force of capitalism and hope to displace the feudalist production relation. This is merely a reformation and the agenda of bourgeoisie party not of the revolutionary communists.
Revolutionary communists and the people of Nepal had a dream and faith that the last Constituent Assembly will solve the land problem of Nepal by applying the scientific land reform provision in the new constitution. Unfortunately neither the issue was well es- tablished in the CA, because of the hopeless parliamentarian leader of the party then Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), nor did the CA itself remain more. Inversely UCPN (Maoist) had begun to kneel down, before the split, to the landlords. Even Prachanda and Baburam attempted to return the lands, seized during the People’s War period.
Although they had tried to do this delinquency in their so called pocket district Bardia, people and the cadres stood against them making the shameless leaders to set back at that time. CPN-Maoist has been raising the issue of scientific and revolutionary land reform as a legacy of Nepalese Communist Movement, especially of the Great People’s War. Dur- ing that period, Party had seized large amount of lands, in assistance of the people, from the feudalistic landlords and distributed to the tillers as the program of Revolutionary Land Reform. Recently, CPN-Maoist has seized several acres of lands owned by neo-feudals, bu- reaucratic capitalists and compradors. We have reported some specific land seizure actions here with.
1. Seizing the land of CM of the Interim Government
The revolutionary peasants of CPN-Maoist seized some 21.8 acres of land owned by Khil Raj Regmi, chairman of Interim Council of Ministers, among others, while captur- ing total 75 acres of land in Bardiya, western Nepal, in April 2, 2013. In a series of protests against the government demanding the formation of a new government led by political parties, CPN-M Bardiya chapter has clutched the land acquired by Regmi, his father-in- law Laxmi Prasad Updhyaya and a local landlord, Yubaraj Sharma at Khairi Chandanpur ward no 8 of Bardiya. Hundreds of local people were gathered at Khairi Chandanpur-8 while CPN-M Bardiya district secretary Drabya Shah and mid western command in-charge Aryal jointly placed the red flag of the party, All Nepal Peasants’ Association and All Nepal Squatters’ Association on the captured land.
This action had done according to the central policy of the party. Dharmendra Bastola, politburo member of CPN-M stated that the action in Bardiya is a part of special counter regressive campaign launched by the party to oppose major parties agreement nominating the prime minister sidelining the political parties. He added, ‘’Capturing the land is symbolic oppose towards the move of four political parties which we have termed as a political coup since the formation of interim election council headed by the chief justice Khilraj Regmi has suspended some 25 articles of Interim Constitution, 2006.” The same land owned by Khilraj Regmi was seized during the 10 years People’s War too, which was forcely returned by Prachanda-Baburam.
2. Action on neo-feudalist and compradors of UCPN(Maoist)
The revolutionary cadres of CPN-Maoist have captured land tracts owned by UCPN (Maoist) local leaders in Banke district, western Nepal. It is the bitter instance that the leaders of UCPN(Maoist) have changed their class character. In the past they were in- volved in such action which they are facing today. People and cadres of CPN-Maoist led by the party’s central committee member IP Kharel captured some 30 bigha land owned by two local Maoist leaders and placed party flags on the plots. The squad seized 16.8 bigha land owned by UCPN (Maoist) Banke in- charge Prakash Subedi and his wife Purna Subedi at Fattepur VDC-3. Similarly, the land registered in the name of UCPN (Maoist) Tharuwan state committee member Sukai Lal Burma and his wife Urmila Devi in ward no. 7 of the same VDC was captured too. Purna Subedi is the central committee member of UCPN(Maoist) and was the vice chairperson of the former Constituent Assembly.
3. Another feudal with the communist cover also looses land
CPN-Maoist cadres has captured the land belonging to Ninu Chapagain, PBM of UCPN(Maoist) with other feudals named Gayatri Chapagain, Nabaraj Chapagain, Tika Chapagain, Shanti Bahadur Basnet, Mahendra Basnet, Dambar Bahadur Basnet and Kosh Bahadur Basnet of Bhojpur District in Mulpani VDC on April 6. Before this action Party had captured 932 ropani of land belonging to Shadananda Sitaram Guthi in Keurepani, Mulpani and Mulpani and Tungecha VDC on March 18. 4. Lands recaptured in Kailali district. CPN-Maoist cadres seized 60 bigha land belonging to Dev Bahadur Malla at Kai- lali’s Dododhara and Tulsipur in Kotatulsipur, Kailali, western Nepal.
A squad of 150 Maoist cadres led by area in-charge Kshitiz seized the land. They hoisted party flags on the seized land. “Our party has hoisted party flags in five kitta land,” Dododhara VDC in-charge Bikku Chaudhary said. Chaudhary went on to say that his party had seized the land after they came to know that UCPN(Maoist) leaders were selling land on commission basis. The land was under the control of the then CPN(Maoist ) since 1996. Chaudhary charged that UCPN(Maoist) had evicted the landless and freed kamaiya from the captured land and was selling it on commission basis.
“We had settled landless people and freed kamaiya. It is not good to sell the same land on commission basis. We captured the land as per the party’s central policy,” Chaudhary clarified. Earlier, CPN-Maoist had seized 15 bigha land owned by Gajendra Chand at Kaila- li’s Lalbojhi VDC. Chand warned that more land would be seized in the days ahead. 5. Peasants captured Guthi (trust) land The landless people and the scattered people of Nawalparasi district, Midwest Nepal have captured 32 bigaha of land belonging to a Ram Lakshman Guthi in Gunar of Agyauli VDC-4. The land was captured by the group led by All Nepal Peasants Association (Revolutionary). All of these captured lands are distributed to the real tillers of the land. These are all symbolic actions to call for the revolutionary and scientific land reform in Nepal.


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Golf is a sport that you can never outgrow because it sticks with you wherever you go regardless of how old you are. But in spite of the fact that golf can be enjoyed by all age groups, it’s a little bit challenging for seniors as they tend to lose their agility in the sport. This is why brands have come with up with golf clubs that are made specifically to cater to the needs of the seniors in the society.
The fact that senior golf players cant swing as hard as they used to has led to the creation of golf clubs with big areas of club face and flexible iron shaft that creates the right energy and makes it easier for them to swing properly. Studies have shown that senior’s swing speed is below 60 mph and these clubs are equipped to ensure that they make the most of it.
So you are most likely thinking about getting a golf club but you don’t which one to pick. Well, that’s why we have come with this review of the top 10 best golf irons for seniors so you can make an informed choice from the comfort of your computer, laptop or mobile device.
This gold club is referred as the asset by golf enthusiast and the reason for this, is the fact that it gives great value for money. This golf club caters to all the challenges that senior golf players are faced with and has won numerous awards. The golf club comes with a vibration dampening graphite which are easy to handle and provides long distance swings with just mild effort from a golfer.
This golf club is made with real iron and is designed to provide distance and control, which are two important parts of golfing. It is equipped with an high MOI mallet that comes with anti-glare finish alongside distinct alignment aid. It is also very light which is a great point because even if you are not a senior, you will get wary quickly if you are using a golf club that is extremely heavy. This golf club was specifically made to suit the needs of senior players.
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The Adams Golf brand is quite reputable in the sports and this is because of their reliable and effective golf accessories that have been validated over the years. Their reputation is further validated by their Tight Lies of clubs that is specifically made for senior golf lover. This golf club is produced with the newest aerodynamic technology, which makes it easier for golfers to achieve more club-head speed and more distance covered with little effort. It is also made up of 3 and 7 Fairway wood which puts less strain on golfers when they make a swing. This golf is built in a way that it gives a lot of power to golfers as they can achieve long distance with little to no effort on their part. It is packed with six dream like irons that is packed in a hybrid bag alongside a mallet putter. The fact that it has an online rating of over 4.7 and is relatively cheap, makes this one of the best golf irons for seniors who love the game.
One of the major issue that a lot of senior female golfers face is the weight of the iron set that is often very difficult for them to use. This is why the Majek Senior Lady all Hybrid golf club was created as it makes it easier for them to golf with a lot less effort from them. It provides more distance with each shot and also enhances their control. It is made in a way that it offers a lot of control that makes golfing easier. It is also engineered to provide benefits like placing more weight just behind the sweet spot, has a tighter shot dispersion, improves the accuracy of the Off Center Hits and reduces the drag and also provides more head speeds because of its aerodynamic design. It is also designed to provide a more Higher Launch Angle when you are aiming for more distance. The fact that it is extremely lightweight means senior female golfers can achieve more distance.
Their alignments are crafted in an easy way and the glare that is common in other clubs is eliminated with the use of black crown and arrow markers. The all set can also be custom built for any woman in order to suit their height or size. If you are lady who loves to hit some golf balls, then you definitely can’t afford to not have this golf club as it is one of the best golf irons for seniors
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This is an incredibly light Golf club that is also easy on the eye and great on the golf course. It is a lightweight golf club that comes in a bag that is also very easy to move around. It is made with a stainless steel head with a cavity and big surface. The cavity makes it easier for senior golfers to hit the ball hard with great effect.
The tour Edge Golf club also comes with a classic blade style that enhances accuracy at the course and its headcovers are also very stylish. So if you are looking to have a reliable golf club that also looks stylish, this is the best bet for you. This is also one of my personal recommendations for some of the best golf irons for seniors
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Senior Men’s Golf Set Complete Clubs
Senior Mens Golf Set Complete Clubs is made up of everything that a senior golfer would need in the course. It is designed to help senior golfers achieve more power, accuracy and speed in their shots.
It is equipped with Graphite shafts, which helps senior golfers achieve more accuracy and distance when they are playing on a uneven surface. The clubheads are large so it enhances the sweet spot when it is used.
The days of having a less powerful shots with inaccurate aiming are totally gone with this golf club and you will feel like a young professional again.
Big Bertha OS Senior Iron
This is a lightweight golf club that comes with more loft that helps propel balls faster at optimal speed and increased launch angle. It gives seniors the satisfaction of getting their balls higher in the air. It is made with a durable Exo-Cage which makes it easier to take amazing shots from tight angles. It is a well crafted and some of the best golf irons for seniors with the satisfaction that they need without putting too much strain on their body.
TaylorMade Burner Driver
The TaylorMade Burner Driver is made to ensure that every hit gets your ball further in the field and this is one thing that even golfers of every age crave.
It is made with a sleek handle that is comfortable and easy on the hands and a big club that is fierce on the ball. It is also relatively cheap so if you are looking to get a great golf club without breaking the bank, then you might have just the golf club for you.
The Callaway XR OS Hybrid_0129 is a one of the most beautifully made and one of the best golf irons for seniors. It produces a form of crushing sound when it comes in contact with the ball and that alone give players a form of satisfaction.
It is a very durable golf club with a stable club head and it is guaranteed to drive balls faster with little stroke and if you are looking to hit the ball long and hard, you can’t go wrong with this club.
Golf is a classy sport that connects people from different works of life and also brings out the competitive in all of us and there is no way you can enjoy or even par in the golf course without the right golf clubs. So if you are a senior citizen, you should totally go for the top 10 clubs in this list.

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Following the theatrical release in January 2023, Ajith Kumar starrer Thunivu is set to arrive on Netflix. The Tamil-language film will begin streaming from February 9 onwards on the platform in five languages - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.
Ajith Kumar starrer Thunivu to arrive on Netflix on February 8 in five languages
The announcement was officially made on Netflix India's South Twitter handle which read, "It is time for the explosions to begin because Ajith Kumar is finally here! Thunivu is coming to Netflix on Feb 8th in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi and we cannot stay CHILLA CHILLA! #ThunivuOnNetflix #NoGutsNoGlory."
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Produced by Boney Kapoor and Zee Studios, Thunivu is directed by H. Vinoth. Ajith Kumar starrer revolves around the life of a mysterious mastermind and his team of four that forms a plan and commits bank heists across Chennai. However, the motive for the heist remains mysterious. The film stars Malayalam actress Manju Warrier along with John Kokken, Samuthirakani, among others. The film released in theatres on January 12, 2023, in cinemas. It clashed at the box office with Varisu starring Vijay and Rashmika Mandanna.
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What is the best burger or sandwich in town? The best burger in town is the cheeseburger at Bare Bones Butcher. It’s simple, yet made perfectly, and the freshly ground local beef is hard to beat. I love the combination of mayo and mustard.
Who has the best baked goods? I go to different places for specific things, and the donut holes at Five Daughters Bakery immediately come to mind. I spend a lot of time in our shops at 8th & Roast, and I find myself reaching for the fresh blueberry muffins often.
Where’s your favorite place to go late at night? Flamingo in Wedgewood-Houston, for sure. They’ve got a great staff, and they do a good job on the music vibes. Atmosphere makes a big difference.
What’s your favorite restaurant when you want to splurge? I go see my friends Tandy down at City House or Mike over at Sunda every time!
What’s your favorite international fare? I’m a huge fan of jerk chicken. There is a food truck next to Green Fleet [Bicycle Shop] off Jefferson Street called Jamaica Me Hungry, and Devin is the cook at the helm. Simply excellent!
Where’s the best place for cocktails? I’m incredibly proud of the team behind The Lounge at Sinema, so I must mention it. The seasonal cocktail list is always innovative and fresh, and we have a top-notch whiskey selection with hundreds of bottles.
What’s your favorite place for brunch? OK, this is tough. The cinnamon roll pancakes and the fried chicken at Sinema’s Bottomless Brunch are unmatched. If I’m going somewhere else, it’s got to be the Farmers Market Quiche at Henrietta Red.
What’s the greatest thing about being a restaurant owner/operator? I never tire of seeing so many young people grow and flourish, either within our business or when they move on to other opportunities.
What are the next big things for Sinema and 8th & Roast? Right now, our biggest focus for 8th & Roast is opening the second airport location. At Sinema, we are focusing on rebuilding our events. It’s one of the things we do best.


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NICK ATKIN, GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE, HALTON HOUSING TRUST
The trend for workplace presenteeism is dying – and not before time. The rapid advances in ICT, coupled with the increased costs (time and monetary) of commuting, office space, recruitment/retention challenges and some very different expectations of what the workplace experience should be from a new generation of workers and leaders, means that the approach will shift to ‘work is something you do and not somewhere you go’.
LAWRENCE RIVERS, MANAGING DIRECTOR, TOFF
To leave a voicemail or not is the ‘Big Question’ for me. I see an increasing trend of ‘missed calls’. Personally I’ve been a victim of essay-length messages and, if truth be told, have left messages that I wished I hadn’t. What I do know is that my communications are shorter and I use multiple platforms – i.e. WhatsApp, Messenger and iMessage. So is that a lack of patience or just the immediate world that we now live in?
PAUL McKENZIE, MANAGING DIRECTOR, ABL UK
Technology is changing at such a fast pace that we are seeing shorter life-cycles on electrical products and components. One example of this, which is happening now, is the move from USB-A to Type-C USB. It is estimated that by 2021 around five billion devices will be using Type-C USB and this has the potential to replace a whole range of connections, including HDMI and VGA.
NIKKI KIRBELL, HEALTH & WELLBEING LEAD, UNILEVER
Car ownership has limited chance of surviving long-term apart from as a pleasure seeking or collectible pursuit. Personalised transport services will likely change dramatically in the future with the widespread adoption of driverless vehicles. This will make car ownership less of a necessity as we see consumption of transport reverting to a subscription/on demand service similar to the way we are now using Deliveroo or Uber.
MARK SIMPSON, PRINCIPAL, BDP
Trumpism is surely the worst trend of the last few years and one which I’m hoping will be snuffed out by common decency and humanity. I am hoping that, by the time this gets to print, Mr Trump and the Republican Party have been given a bloody nose in the Mid-Term Elections. The right wing agenda typified by Trump and his mini-me puppets, like Nigel Farage, are the things that keep me awake at night – and not whether bare filament lightbulbs are passé yet (they are!).
RODERIK MOS, MANAGING DIRECTOR, DATAFLEX UK LTD
As designers and manufacturers of ergonomic office products, we think the trend of aftermarket sit-to-stand converters won’t last very long. You spend a ton of money on whatever is slightly decent, only to lose 50% of effective desk space, either standing or sitting. Those are definitely short-term ‘problem solvers’. Anyone buying new desking in the future will hopefully go for sit/stand straight away.


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Reduction in number of TDs won’t do anything for political reform – Stanley
Speaking on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011 in the Dáil today, Sinn Féin Environment, Community and Local Government Spokesperson Brian Stanley TD, welcomed the provision in the Bill to require by-elections within 6 months but was highly critical of other provisions contained in the Bill that did nothing to enact “meaningful reform” of the political system in Ireland.
The Laois-Offaly TD said;
“Sinn Féin takes serious issue with the proposal to cut the number of TDs from the current 166 to a figure between 152 and a 160. In the absence of a massive overhaul and strengthening of local government structures, it makes absolutely no sense to reduce the number of TDs sitting in the Dáil and won’t make any positive contribution. There are questions to be asked regarding the constitutionality of reducing the number of TDs considering the last Census result. The population of Laois alone has increased by 20% since the last Census. Offaly’s population has increased by 6,000 people.
“Reducing the number of TDs in and of itself will not make the Dáil more representative, it won’t empower TDs to act as legislators and it certainly won’t improve the scandalous under-representation of women in the Oireachtas. Further to this it won’t assist the Dáil in holding the executive to account.
“The reality is the Minister is well aware it will not do anything to reform politics. The first hundred days have passed and there government have little enough to show for it beyond a few gimmicks and a pile of u-turns but this legislation allows the minister to pose as a reformer. It is all about being seen to be doing something.”


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