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The carrot at the end of a possible re-organization of the state of Georgia's regional transportation agencies would come in the shape of state funding for transit.
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A transit funding formula, courtesy of Vancouver, British Columbia: Sell 13.8-acre property for $440 million; use cash to finance transit improvements.
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Fifteen municipal or regional bus services in Los Angeles County that receive funding from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be among the first to benefit from a newly approved transportation sales tax.
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The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee adopted the most comprehensive and expansive version of the nMotion plan. Now they have to fund all those big ideas.
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The DART Board decided to move forward with a financial plan that funds both the Cotton Belt light rail line and the D2 subway.
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There's a tug of war underway in Pennsylvania over $450 million a year in funding for public transit generated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Transit investments in Marion County, Indiana, could be funded through a proposed increase of income taxes. The proposed funding referendum has the backing, and the phone-banking, of a coalition of local church congregations.
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The $54 billion ST3 plan would add 62 miles of light rail over 25 years.
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On Nov. 13, Oklahoma-Texas red dirt rockers Cody Canada & The Departed will release their first studio album of original material titled “Adventūs,” the Latin word for arrival.
Featuring 14 sweltering, hard-rocking tracks forged in the hot Southern sun, “Adventūs” truly marks an arrival to a new era of creative growth for Oklahoma-born and bred singer-songwriter Canada, who formed The Departed with bassist Jeremy Plato upon the disbanding of their former band, Cross Canadian Ragweed.
The Departed also features Seth James on guitar (Seth James Band, Ray Wylie Hubbard),
“Adventūs” follows The Departed’s 2011 debut “This is Indian Land,” an Oklahoma tribute album paying homage to seminal red dirt and Tulsa Sound songwriters. Recording an album of cover songs gave The Departed’s members, who have known each other for years, a chance to meld an ethos of their own.
“For this album, we were ready to roll,” says Canada in a news release. “When we started practicing there was the feeling that we are honored to be doing this together. Doing other people’s songs for the first album gave us time to let the new stuff percolate. There are some really intricate songs, and so far, we have only played a couple of them out in public.”
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Bugatti Veyron Meets Tesla Model S: The Real Measuring Stick
The Bugatti Veyron has already proved itself to be the fastest road legal car in the world but now its record has been broken by its successor, the Bugatti Chiron. Even so, the Veyron is still a great car and anyone will welcome a free a driving session with the vehicle.
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Russian walker Sergey Kirdyapkin could be stripped of his London 2012 gold following a successful IAAF appeal.
The men’s 50km walk gold medallist is one of six Russian athletes to have their results annulled.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) ruled that Russia’s anti-doping agency (Rusada) had been “selective” in its disqualification periods.
Australian Jared Tallent is now set to be awarded the gold and Irishman Robert Heffernan the bronze.
All six Russian athletes are already serving doping bans.
Tallent, who finished second behind Kirdyapkin, tweeted: “History has been re-written… I am Olympic champion.”
A re-allocation of that result would also mean a bronze medal for Irish walker Heffernan.
The 38-year-old said: “I had to read it a few times just in case I made a mistake.
“That makes me an Olympic bronze medallist and it’s unreal.”
However, in its statement, Cas said it was “unable to comment on the corrections in the various rankings which may be affected by the present decision and the possible re-allocation of medals, titles, awards or prizes, as this is a matter for IAAF to determine”.
The other London 2012 result affected is the women’s 20km race walk, with Cas ruling that silver medallist Olga Kaniskina’s results should now be disqualified from August 2009 to October 2012.
And 3,000m steeplechase 2011 World Champion Yuliya Zaripova is now likely to lose her gold medal.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta will next month launch flagship projects across the country aimed at achieving his Big Four development agenda.
Affordable housing is one item on the agenda that Uhuru has focused on in his second and final term in office. The other three are manufacturing, universal health coverage, and food security and nutrition.
To enable realisation of Uhuru’s projects, the Government allocated Sh400 billion for the Big Four agenda, with Sh6.5 billion going towards provision of affordable and decent housing.
And yesterday, Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said the President would launch various housing projects in a month’s time.
“The Government has given more emphasis to housing and all the planning is already done. It is now action time and in four weeks, the President will launch seven key housing projects in Nairobi.”
Speaking at the official launch of the Habitat Country Programme Document, the CS said the projects woudl then be rolled out in other counties.
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“We have engaged the governors and signed a memorandum of understanding with them. We have also engaged Parliament’s committees on Housing and the Central Organisation of Trade Unions. We want all stakeholders to participate in this process.”
Under the MoU, county governments will give land while the national government will provide finances and capacity building.
“We have already secured 7,000 acres of land for this initial phase. We are also working with the National Treasury, the World Bank and other stakeholders to operationalise the Kenya Mortgage Refinancing Company to provide medium and long-term liquidity to mortgage lenders,” Macharia said.
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The Government also intends to eradicate slums in Nairobi and other major towns in the next five years, the CS said, adding that every housing project will include 200,000 social houses in slum areas.


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Calathea ornata (Pink Calathea) is a beautiful house plant that will surely add an exotic touch to your home or office. The plant’s main decorative feature is the foliage – dark green with light-green to white lines, irregular pink areas, and deep purplish, pinkish, or red undersides.
However, Pink Calatheas, as well as their cousins of the same genus, have a reputation for being very demanding and fussy houseplants. And it is true – their native tropical rainforests have a specific and highly stable climate that is challenging to emulate in temperate climates – even indoors.
However, if you manage to ensure the right conditions, Pink Calatheas will reward you with a year-round display of their colorful foliage.
This article is aimed at helping you to pull it off and enjoy the healthy, vibrant Calathea charm!
What Is Pink Calathea?
The “Pink Calathea” is not a scientific name but a common or trade name for Calatheas that have pink features. In most cases, a “Pink Calathea” will be the most common species, Calathea ornata; however, more than one Calathea species may be sold under the said trade name.
The genus Calathea contains about 60 species. However, when talking about Pink Calathea, they usually come from either one of these two species:
- Calathea ornata, the most common Calathea species on the market, has dark green striped foliage with purplish-to-burgundy leaf undersides. Also, it usually has showy, irregular pink markings or overtones. The amount of pinks and reds can depend on the cultivar – and there are many C. ornata cultivars on the market.
- Calathea roseopicta or Rose-painted Calathea is the naturally rosiest Calathea species, with burgundy leaf undersides. Some cultivars like ‘Rosy’ have a large part of their upper surface in pink. However, it is somewhat rarer than C. ornata.
Due to a large number of cultivars and various trade names, sometimes it won’t be clear which species does your plant belongs to. Don’t sweat it if you are unsure which Calathea species you own or want to obtain. All Calatheas require the same or very primary care, with some species being more sensitive than others. So, requirements are the same, it is just the tolerance to divergence from the requirements that varies.
Appearance and characteristics
All Calatheas have elongated, oval, glossy leaves with a basic dark green color and amazing color patterns that largely depend on the species and the cultivar. They are clumping perennials, meaning they last for many years and grow in a spreading manner, creating new plant growth (e.g., new young plants) while spreading outwards.
How to care for Pink Calathea
If you want a summary of Pink Calathea care, here it is: not easy, but rewarding.
All Calatheas have specific requirements when it comes to watering, lighting, and humidity, especially if you want your plants to look their best.
However, if you manage to get it right – the Pink Calathea looks will have such an effect on your environment that it will be totally worth it.
Here are a bunch of tips on Calathea care to help you on the way.
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In this article, we’ll cover all the most important points of Pink Calathea care.
- Pink Calathea Light requirements
- Pink Calathea Watering
- Humidity & Temperature for Pink Calathea
- Soil & Fertiliser For Pink Calathea
- Repotting Pink Calathea
- Growing Pink Calathea in The Garden
- How and when to prune Pink Calathea
- Problems with Pink Calathea plants
- How to propagate Pink Calathea plants
- Pink Calathea FAQs
Pink Calathea Light requirements
Since Calathea is a jungle plant, the preferred light conditions sort of mimic the tropical rainforest understory. All Calatheas prefer bright to medium-bright but indirect light, similar to the dappled shade provided by tall tropical canopies.
Placing an indoor Pink Calathea near an east or west-facing window just out of the reach of direct sunlight will perfectly satisfy the plant’s lighting needs.
Alternatively, you can put the plant on a brighter window with a semi-transparent curtain between the glass and the pot.
North-facing windows will also do if you put the plant directly on a windowsill or closest to the glass.
In case you want to grow your Calathea outside (more on that a bit later), try to provide the same light conditions the plants had indoors – bright or moderately bright and indirect.
Pink Calathea Watering
As it’s the case with most tropical plants, Pink Calatheas thrive in permanently moist soil. When we say “moist,” we don’t mean “soaked,” and getting the difference right is the key to providing Calatheas with just the right amount of water.
Also, Calatheas don’t tolerate dry-out periods. Like some other hardier jungle plants like Devil’s Ivy and Spider plants that will spring back to life after being watered, the damage on Calatheas will likely be permanent and will at least take its toll on the plant’s look.
To get the Calathea watering right, you must check the soil moisture with a trusted plant enthusiast’s tool – your finger. Don’t hesitate to stick your index finger in the soil to check the moisture levels. It is good to allow for the top half inch of the soil to dry before watering again, but not more than that.
As Calatheas are sensitive to conditions, perhaps the best option is to get a soil moisture meter to keep track of the ideal substrate moisture level for you. As a general rule, water your plant when the meter is approaching the number 3. Points 1 and 2 mean too dry for Calatheas, including the pink ones.
What type of water does Calathea need?
All Calatheas are notoriously picky when it comes to water quality and content.
Being sensitive to several minerals commonly present in tap water, Calatheas need rainwater, groundwater, or filtered water to thrive.
As a last resort, you can use unmodified tap water that has sat out over the night, so at least chlorine and fluoride would go away through evaporation.
Humidity & Temperature for Pink Calathea
The ideal cited temperature range for Calatheas is 65°F – 85°F (18°C-30°C). Pink Calatheas are not demanding about temperatures as long as they’re not falling below the 60s (Fahrenheit). 70s temperature range suits them just fine, which means that most room temperatures will be perfect for Calatheas. So here it is – at least one point they’re not particularly sensitive about!
Besides loving the pleasantly moist soil, Pink Calatheas also love the humid air. To have Calatheas thriving with no brown leaf edges, they require a minimum of 50-60% ambient humidity, which is at the upper border of what is considered healthy for humans (and safe for many humidity-sensitive objects such as
However, Calatheas will benefit from even higher humidity. If you want to be a pro grower with plants that always look their best, consider getting a special grow box for sensitive Calathea species. Or, you can create a plant room with a humidifier that ensures that the humidity will always be around 70-80 percent.
Another secret to the success of plant rooms is that plants themselves give off humidity that benefits their neighbors and keep the ambient humidity higher by default. Jungle plants are used to dense growing conditions anyway. However, just be mindful to ensure enough air circulation (while not creating draft), or else you’ll make your plants susceptible to diseases.
Having a grow box will also make it easier for you to control both humidity and temperature. Pink Calatheas. However, most grow boxes are not really decorative and are fine if your main intention is to propagate the plant.
Soil & Fertiliser For Pink Calathea
The essential preventive measure is to ensure a quality substrate with good drainage and water-retaining properties. Because Calathea’s well-being is so dependent on soil moisture, a quality and well-balanced substrate is the only way to ensure proper moisture levels in the long run.
Also, Calatheas do best in slightly acidic soil that has a pH of around 6.5.
An ideal potting mixture for a Pink Calathea is a light, airy peat-based mix. Substrate for African violets is an excellent choice as well.
When it comes to fertilizing, Calatheas require some – but not too much – to look lush. It is sufficient to treat them with a half-strength solution of houseplant fertilizer (always follow the instructions on the label) once per month during spring, summer and fall. The plant will rest during the winter, so additional fertilizing could only cause trouble.
Repotting Pink Calathea
As a clumping plant, Calatheas need to be repotted and divided every few years (two to five years, to be precise). Use a pot that is one to two inches larger in diameter than the previous one – unless you are dividing the plant.
Speaking of division, you can find more useful Pink Calathea repotting information in the section on propagation.
Growing Pink Calathea in the Garden
If you live in a warm climate, where temperatures do not fall below 60 and ideally above 70 Fahrenheit and the air humidity moderate to high, you can think about bringing your Calatheas outside during the summer. If you live in the tropics, you can consider growing a Pink Calathea as a garden plant year-round.
Pink Calathea needs the same conditions outdoors that we’re trying to provide indoors. Make sure your plant never dries out – in high heat outdoors, there may be a heightened need for watering. Also, outdoors a Pink Calathea needs to be sheltered from direct sunlight and put in an indirectly bright spot. A relatively light patio or porch is a fine place for a Pink Calathea pot.
During your plant’s first days outside, take some time to monitor it. That includes checking that the sun is not hitting it directly at any point of the day, how much the soil dries out in 24 hours, and how the plant is reacting to a change of scenery in general (hint: it doesn’t actually care about the scenery, but about conditions, but it sounds better this way, doesn’t it?).
As soon as the temperature starts to fall below the 60s, take your Calathea inside. Never risk leaving them out for too long as they are quite cold-sensitive.
How and when to prune Pink Calathea
Pink Calateha doesn’t need regular pruning, but it will benefit from occasional trimming of its dead or damaged leaves. Also, you can snip off the dry edges of individual leaves to make them look better and healthier.
By doing this type of maintenance pruning, you will make your Calathea more aesthetically pleasing and make room for new, healthy growth and decrease the chance of disease.
However, pink Calathea doesn’t benefit from trimming its healthy growth. Pruning the healthy leaves won’t make the plant grow more vigorously, and there is nothing useful you can do with the cut-off parts because no species of Calathea can be reproduced by cuttings. Always make sure not to remove more than one-third of the living leaves.
When to Prune Pink Calathea
You should prune your Pink Calathea during dormancy or at the beginning of the new growing season. That means during the wintertime or in the early spring at the latest.
Of course, you don’t have to look at yellowed or browned leaves until the wintertime. You can cut off dead or dying leaves at any time of the year.
How to Prune Pink Calathea
Calatheas have thin but slightly tough stems that are not hard to cut, so the best-suited tools for the pruning job are the small, sharp scissors or snips specialized for plant trimming. The best option would be the ones with longer tips and handles to help you reach between the packed stems and cut exactly the leaf you’ve targeted.
Here is how to give your Calateha a proper trim:
- Your scissors should be sterilized before use to avoid spreading any diseases; you should disinfect again when moving between plants.
- Start by removing the leaves that are entirely withered and browned by snipping them at the base of their stems.
- As a next step, look at the yellowed or crisping leaves – remove the ones that are too far gone.
- For leaves with only partial damage, gently trim off the damaged tips and edges.
Problems with Pink Calathea plants
Calatheas are sensitive and fussy regarding practically all growing conditions – humidity, soil moisture, lighting, and water quality. That means that whenever a Pink Calathea is outside of its comfort zone, unfortunately, it will show in on its leaves.
- Browning and withering of foliage that begin at leaf edges are usually signs that the plant is low on water.
- Similar papery brown patches that appear on the edges first are a sign of low ambient humidity. The rest of the leaf will look healthy.
- Smaller brown spots and dry, crisp leaves are an indication of sunburn.
- Yellowing of the leaves signifies poor water quality, possibly with too many minerals (hard water).
Cutting Back Damaged Pink Calathea
In cases of extreme damage to the leaves by mechanical or other means, a healthy and well-maintained Pink Calathea plant can be cut back completely, with some risk. The cutting should be done during the dormancy period (winter). However, removing all the leaves still carries the risk of the plant never fully recovering.
Also, some cultivars may not grow back true – you may lose the desired color patterns by cutting back.
How to propagate Pink Calathea plants
Calatheas are propagated by root division. The plant should be at least two years old before you try to divide it, and the best season to do it is in the spring when you’ll be repotting it.
Although it may seem intimidating to just tear your precious plant into two or more smaller plants, dividing a Calathea plant is an easy, straightforward, and sort of natural process.
Why “natural?” Clumping perennials are designed to reproduce by division – each set of leaves from the mother plant is equipped with its own root systems so it can live as an individual plant from the start.
On the other hand, if clumping plants are never divided, they will suffer, and the foliage may die out in the center of the bush.
How Do I Divide Pink Calathea?
Even though dividing a large-clumped plant is good for it, it still represents a stressful activity for the plant. Thus, good preparation and careful execution of clump division is the essence of success.
Here are steps to take to divide your Calathea successfully.
- Calatheas should be divided every few years, or as soon as you notice that the clump has overgrown, in the period of regular plant repotting. Although dividing a Pink Calathea is stressful for the plant in the short term, it is a favorable move in the long run because it ensures healthy and vigorous growth.
- A day before division, water your plant(s) to the point of soaking; the point of doing so is to make them hydrated enough to be less prone to division damage (especially the roots)
- Prepare the new pots and substrate mixes in advance. Repotting your plants instantly leads to a more stress-free procedure and enhances the chance of success.
- Remove the plant from the pot gently and carefully. For smaller pots, you can do this by holding one hand over the soil/root ball and carefully turning the pot upside down while holding the plant by its base. For larger pots, turn them to the side and carefully take the plants out.
- The root division itself is best done by hand, carefully and gently. Calatheas are known for having fragile root systems, so it is inevitable to damage a few roots; however, damaging to many could hamper the plant’s growth after division and re-potting,
- Newly-divided plants have extra care needs. You need to control the conditions well, especially by ensuring sufficient (as much as possible) ambient humidity and low/reduced light for two to three weeks.
Can You Propagate Calathea By Cuttings?
Cuttings are probably the most popular way of propagating houseplants when possible. Unfortunately, the Pink Calathea plant, or any other Calathea for that matter, can’t be propagated by cuttings. The leaves and the leaf stems don’t seem to have enough plant tissue to support rooting.
The only alternative to root division is to start new Calathea plants from seeds. These are not a frequent find, but they can often be bought at retailers online.
Pink Calathea FAQs
Here are some frequently asked questions about Pink Calatheas that were perhaps not covered in the other sections.
How big does a Pink Calathea bush get?
Pink Calathea, if we’re talking about C. ornata, can grow up to two feet in indoor conditions. In natural surroundings (and thus in tropical gardens), it can grow to be 3-9 feet tall.
Does misting Pink Calathea secure enough humidity?
Misting indeed raises atmospheric humidity – but only for a few moments. It does nothing to increase the humidity in general, so it is not enough to meet the needs of most jungle plants (although they may look “refreshed” right after misting). If your room is too dry, humidity can be raised by evaporating water in the room, by growing a number of plants together, or – the safest bet – by getting a room humidifier.
Can Pink Calathea survive in low light?
The best conditions for Pink Calathea are those with moderately bright, indirect light. This may be considered “low light” by some and is certainly “low” when you compare it to the sun-loving species.
However, if put in true low light conditions, Pink Calatheas will probably survive for a while but will fail to grow substantially. As time passes, the plant will lose its attractiveness and will eventually succumb to the darkness, to put it a bit dramatically. So it would be best not to test the plant’s low light tolerance – put it in a spot with indirect bright to moderate light instead.
Are Calatheas poisonous?
No parts of Calahtea plants are known to be poisonous to humans. Still, they are not known to be edible either (we would already know if they were) – there is no need to test it!
Is Pink Calathea poisonous to pets?
Pink Calatheas, and the rest of the plants from the Calathea genus, are not poisonous to pets and are perfectly safe to have around both cats and dogs. However, be careful about curious or bored pets nibbling on and eventually destroying your precious plants!
Pink Calatheas are stunning tropical houseplants that will brighten up any space. However, you need to “pay” for their looks by providing very well-regulated conditions, especially with respect to ambient humidity, soil moisture and structure, water quality, and avoiding direct light.
Luckily, Pink Calatheas are mostly cultivars of Calathea ornata, the most common Calathea species that is relatively easy to grow compared to some others.
If you have at least basic conditions for growing Calatheas – give Pink Calathea a go. For a little bit of trying, you will get a whole lot of beauty.

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Ali Wong on the Apple Vision Pro:
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Tech journalists and early access reviewers praised eye tracking, hand tracking, and the slick visionOS interface, but struggled with its practicality in daily life. I thought it could be a hit for travel, like AirPods, and put that to the test on a flight to Costa Rica.
The price of the Apple Vision Pro includes features like 256GB storage, micro-OLED displays, and 12 cameras. You can upgrade storage but at a higher cost. Shipping is free, a small consolation.
Traveling with it, I found the cinematic experience impressive, allowing me to watch shows and movies offline with ease. While portable, I found it somewhat awkward and uncomfortable to wear, similar to the feeling of becoming a “glasshole.”
Battery life lasted over 3 hours, performance was smooth but hand tracking subtleties were picked up well. However, some features fell short, like streaming quality, sharing content, and wearing it comfortably.
Despite its advancements and high price, the Apple Vision Pro needs refinement in comfort, convenience, and user experience to justify the investment, especially with alternative options available. So, is it worth it? Maybe not just yet.
Check out my full experience with the Apple Vision Pro and see if it’s the right fit for you on Mashable.”


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The Slovak Government and employers confirmed on Wednesday, March 12, that they will cooperate to tackle the effects of the global economic crisis by signing a memorandum on cooperation. The document was signed by Prime Minister Robert Fico, by the chairman of the Republic Union of Employers (RUZ), Marián Jusko, by the president of the Association of Employer Unions and Organisations (AZZZ), Tomáš Malatinský, and by Klub 500 chairman Vladimír Soták, according to the TASR newswire.
Fico emphasised that the government has committed itself in the memorandum not to adopt laws during the crisis that would inappropriately burden employers with financial, regulatory or administrative costs above the level laid out in current legislation. His priority is to create the conditions necessary for maintaining employment, TASR wrote. The employers committed themselves in the memorandum to not misuse the crisis to worsen the working conditions of employees. The signatories will also carry out measures aimed at maintaining social peace.
Malatinský stressed that employers are interested in maintaining employment as well. They especially want to hold on to professionals because if they lose them this could have fatal consequences when the economy recovers.
Jusko views the main importance of the memorandum as a formal legislative framework for further dialogue to find the most efficient anti-crisis measures. According to Soták, the signing of the memorandum represents a crowning of good communication between the government and employers that began in October last year. TASR
Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports
The Slovak Spectator cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information presented in its Flash News postings.

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AAP Leaders manhandled by Marshals after they assaulted Speaker; Got Injured
Former CM Parkash Singh Badal, who didn’t attend session went to see AAP leaders in GMSH Sector 16
Punjab Congress legislators today lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal for indulging into ‘competitive hooliganism’ inside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha where they, by turns, tried to jump the security cordon in an aborted attempt to assault the Speaker and misbehaved with the watch and ward staff, particularly the female members. The legislators also took a dig at former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for trying to shed crocodile tears for the AAP legislators who were feigning injuries.
The Congress leaders also ridiculed the former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s crocodile tears he tried to shed for the AAP legislators who were feigning injuries and had got themselves admitted in the hospital. The Congress leaders wondered as how Mr Badal, who did not attend the session even for a day, managed time and energy to rush to the hospital to participate in the AAP legislators’ breast beating over something that had never happened.
“The opposition parties simply could not digest the fact that the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh actually did what he had committed and hence they resorted to competitive hooliganism to divert the attention”, several Congress legislators said in a joint statement issued here today. “The AAP and the Akalis were feeling frustrated and dumbfound over the historic decisions taken by Capt Amarinder, including farmers’ loan waiver and Rs 5 per unit power tariff, and just to divert attention they had now stooped so low to hog the headlines”, they said, while adding, “the AAP and Akalis were involved in a ‘space war’ in the media and were resorting to all foul means”.
The legislators including, Darshan Singh Brar, Ramanjit Singh Sikki, Harminder Singh Gill, Kulbeer Singh Zira and Balwinder Singh Laddi, said the AAP and the Akalis were taking turns to disrupt the proceedings of the house so that the historic decisions taken by the government could not be passed in the Vidhan Sabha.
The MLAs hailed the wise decision of the Speaker Rana KP Singh to marshal the erring legislators out of the house as they were trying to hold everybody to ransom. “AAP is known for spreading anarchy and lawlessness and they lived by their reputation inside the Vidhan Sabha also by not only trying to disrupt the proceedings, but even attempting an assault on the Speaker”, the legislators pointed out.


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Junior Jacob Bosiokovic is writing a new story at Ohio State, one that include the long ball in clutch situations. The junior right fielder was a one-man gang in win over Niagara.
VERO BEACH, Fla.—He was on his way to batting practice. It was Saturday around noon. His step was light and confident. He had the look of someone who had proven something to him self – and others.
The previous night in Ohio State’s season-opening 7-1 win over Toledo here in the Dodgertown Classic, Jacob Bosiokovic had a statement game. He homered in his first at-bat and was 3-for-5 with two runs scored, including an impressive dash from first to home on Nick Sergakis’ fifth inning single and a throwing error.
He’d shown speed, power and proficiency in right field battling winds that railed from right-to-left.
“I’m relieved. That’s the best way to put it,” he said. “But the thing for me is I have to keep it up. I’ve always been a guy that runs hot and cold… I’ve got to keep this up.”
It was a personal imperative and he lived up to it.
Saturday night against Niagara, Bosiokovic slammed two home runs, a two-run shot to tie the game in the seventh and a walk-off, three run shot to give Ohio State a 10-7 win over Niagara.
He was surrounded at the plate and celebrated in the stands. “Bo-Zee”, as he is known by teammates and coaches, had rescued his team from a tawdry performance that included five errors, three in one inning—some understandable, some just plain silly—which led to two unearned runs, as well as some spotty pitching by Adam Niemeyer and reliever Seth Kinker.
“This is great,” said senior captain Nick Sergakis. “It’s huge for him and huge for us. That is gonna help him—that right there.”
The question at that point—after such a dramatic finish and long game (3:23)—was whether or not the Buckeyes would have anything left for the nightcap of their doubleheader against Pitt.
The adrenaline spent and the celebration among his teammates was as much about Bosiokovic’s success as it was about the win.
They know this guy. They know what he’s been through: a tough transition to college ball, changing positions in Columbus—from short to third—where the ball got on him much quicker, where he faltered, first in the field and later at the plate. They knew about the elbow injury that cost him all of the 2015 season, and the natural worry he experienced, wondering if he could come back and play like he once had and reaching the level he hoped to.
It has not been easy for Bosiokovic, but when summer rolled on he knew there was an opening in the line-up. Pat Porter, whose reputation and legend will be long-standing at OSU, had moved on to the Houston Astros. Right field was open, there for the taking.
Bosiokovic set his eyes on the earning that position. He worked hard and his efforts were noticed. When the season started Friday night, it was Bosiokovic in right.
“He’s so talented,” Beals said. “He can run. He’s a good defensive player. So, there’s that. But the question is still out there for Bo-Zee.
“Three hits (Friday night) is great, a great start, and hopefully it gives him a boost, added confidence. But he’s got to do it over a period of time. He hasn’t done that yet.
“That being said,” he continued, “he’s the best defender at right field and first base, and he’s the best base runner among all the candidates for first base and right field. He brings more to the table than anybody else.
“And,” he adds, pausing, “he also has the ability to do something stupid-crazy, like hitting a ball over the scoreboard.”
He does and he did. One cleared the scoreboard in left-center like a gull headed for the Atlantic. The other hammered the left field foul pole.
But while Bosiokovic’s battle goes on, he remains realistic.
“I feel more relaxed and prepared than I ever have,” he said. “I think that’s a big part of (his performance), but I have to translate this into the long term…The story of my career here has been: hot, cold, hot, cold. That doesn’t work.”
So far, Bosiokovic is writing a new story at Ohio State, one that works very well, one that includes, as Beals would say, some “stupid-crazy things” like balls flying over the scoreboard, and blasts off the foul pole in left that send teammates and fans into a frenzy.
NOTES: Bosiokovic also figures in an unsettled bullpen picture. He was a successful pitcher in high school. “I love to pitch,” he said. “I can get it up there 91, 92 – 94 on a good day. Throw a lot of sliders…There’s nothing like throwing one by somebody or making them miss on a breaking ball…I’m ready to go. We’ll see how it all shakes out with our bullpen. We’ve got some capable guys, but you never know.”…Righty Seth Kinker worked 3.2 innings behind starter Adam Niemeyer Saturday against Niagara. He allowed seven hits and walked two. He was charged with four runs, two earned – and was beset in the fifth when OSU committed three of its five errors leading to four runs and a 5-4 lead…Niemeyer gave up six hits in 4.1 with two walks. He had six strikeouts all in the first three innings. Yianni Pavlopoulos got the win. He pitched a scoreless ninth.
(Edited By Julie McMaken Wright)


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Anza Tours in Singapore to kick off 2022
Singapore has incredible historic, cultural and intriguing stories to share. Join one of our ANZA Tours and get a deeper insight into our tiny island.
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Have you always wanted to ride along one of the most scenic coastal routes in Singapore? ANZA Tours have put together a fantastic DIY guide just for you.

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Cashmere and leopard print are made for one another. Those cheap, synthetic leopard scarves on the high street just don’t cut it when you clap your eyes on the real thing.The drape and texture of fine cashmere has a leopard-like fluidity, unlike any other luxury fibre. And of course, a leopard scarf will transform any outfit into a classy stunner. Buying our snow leopard and leopard scarfs helps save the endangered snow leopard perilously close to extinction in the remote highlands of Outer Mongolia.. 15% of every purchase will be donated to The Snow Leopard Trust in Mongolia
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Don't Stop The Sheep is a reaction based skill game in which you have to bring the sheep from the pasturage into the safety of their home. The sheep come in from the upper side of your screen and unfortunately these stupid creatures don't know anything about avoiding obstacles. So it is your task to make way for them. With a single tap or click you can move the fence. If you are doing your job well, the sheep will make it home unhurt, but if you fail they will run straight into the fence and the game will end. Play Don't Stop The Sheep now and be the good shepherd they deserve!
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Feed Me is the fantastic, free online game where cute graphics meet challenging gameplay that will make your brain run hot in no time. The goal of the game is to arrange different elements in order to not only feed the tasty candy to the ever-hungry monster, but also to collect as many stars as possible on the way. Pads can change the direction of the flying candy, card boxes let the candy bounce back and this is only the beginning. 40 level s packed with the perfect mixture of tons of fun and a tiny bit of frustration will keep you hooked to your screen and entertained for hours and hours.
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For the main attraction, the grass-fed lamb saddle roast comes seasoned with our chef's unique mix of spices and is ready for the oven. The box also contains Yorkshire pudding mix, gravy, potatoes, duck fat, mint sauce and beef tallow for Yorkshire Pudding. The box has complete instructions and everything you need to prepare the perfect Sunday Roast. The only thing the box does not come with is a salad or any other type of vegetable you may want. Enjoy!
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Ausdance National and the Ausdance network welcome news today that the Arts Minister, Senator Mitch Fifield, has decided to return Catalyst funds to the Australia Council.
The sudden removal of funds from the Australia Council, the loss of transparent peer reviewed decision-making processes and uncertainty about the role of Catalyst have caused enormous disruption and distress across the sector.
Ausdance National President-elect, Associate Professor Gene Moyle, said: ‘The Minister’s decision to return remaining Catalyst funds to the Australia Council is a very welcome step. The Minister is to be congratulated for acting on the strong messages he has received about the loss of highly-regarded dance companies and organisations, and has moved to address the ongoing concerns of the arts profession.
‘We now want to ensure that some funding balance will be returned to the small to medium dance sector in particular, so we welcome the Minister’s comment that “This will allow the Australia Council to continue to focus on supporting small to medium arts organisations.'
We look forward to working with the Minister and the Australia Council to ensure that this goal is realised.
Contact: Gene Moyle (0411 640 012) or Julie Dyson (041 2211 513)

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Naturopathy, healing with nature, has a longstanding tradition. In many countries it is an own specialisation. To treat with nature and with the right way of living dates to Hippocrates. He is the father of naturopathy, much more than he is the father of modern medicine. Of course, naturopathy has changed a lot since Hippocratic times, but some main principles of healing remain the same.
Most people think that ‘healing with nature’ means that we use therapeutic means taken from nature, as in classical herbal medicine, aromatherapy or balneology. But naturopathy has a much wider and often a different view. A quotation attributed to Hippocrates describes the core of the naturopathic therapy. «The most effective medicine is the natural self-healing power inherent in all of us. »
Acupuncture uses needles, homeopathy uses variously processed remedies and bioresonance therapy uses electrical devices. However, their aim is the same, to use the inner healing power. Naturopathy stimulates and regulates the human physiology and the ‘inner physician’, in order to treat and heal. It makes use of the ability of humans to get well on their own. This is a fundamentally different view of therapy than the usual therapeutic approach of the conventional medicine.
A little bit of theory is necessary to explain this fundamental difference.
Nature and Naturopathy
If people suffer from dermatitis or eczema, they tend to treat it with cortisone cream. They might use also Tea Tree Oil as a more natural alternative. Yet cortisone is a hormone produced by the body and a quite natural product. What is the difference from the naturopathic point of view?
It is not so much what we use, but how we use it. Cortisone and Tee Tree Oil will not heal the inner process leading to the dermatitis. They just suppress the symptom. Thus, both are somehow the same. The principle of naturopathy is to induce an inner healing process. Then the symptoms will vanish. A symptom is not the problem, in the first place. It is an indicator that the organism does not function appropriately. A real therapy has to work differently.
The three pillars of health
Health is based on three main pillars, nutrition, exercise and sleep. This is the basis of a naturopathic therapy since the time of Hippocrates. Medical treatment of any kind comes later.
A few benefits of body exercise are
- it improves diabetes, reduces insulin resistance,
- reduces the appearance of cancer,
- reduces inherent inflammation and the probability of auto-immune diseases,
- improves arterial hypertension, reduces the probability of stroke and heart failure,
- improves or heals depression,
- prevents neurodegenerative diseases and Alzheimer disease,
- improves sleep,
- strengthens motivation which leads to better life choices.
The only thing needed to get all these benefits is some exercise. A consolation for lazy people is that the benefits of the two other pillars (nutrition and sleep) are in many points the same.
Drugs – Drugs – Drugs
Yet people prefer to take pills instead of having a bit of exercises, good nutrition or good sleep. Having a bad lifestyle, many people end up taking a lot of pills. Older people take the drugs of the elder, younger people take vitamins, proteins or hormones. Here two typical examples of my everyday practice:
Experience tells that it is impossible to cut even one of this medical cocktail. Although people say “I don’t like to take pills “, they react with panic if I propose to stop one.
- No, no, no, I need it for this purpose.
- Ok, cut this other one.
- No, no, no, I need it for that purpose.
However, most of these drugs would be superfluous if people would have only one pillar to support them.
Is it heathy to take all this?
Taking more than three drugs leads to interactions in the body nobody can foresee. Today drugs have become one of the leading causes of premature death in Western countries ranking third (or fourth) after tobacco, accidents and heart attacks. In Germany there had been 20 million emergency treatments in 2014. About two million had been due to adverse drug reactions.
These drugs do not only a lot of harm. The benefit they provide is much less than the effect of the pillars of health. Moreover, supplements and vitamins taken from pills are far less effective than the same from nutrition and taking supplements for a longer time tends to be unhealthy and harmful.
Robustness and Rigidity
Many people take drugs from the class of the beta blockers. They are beneficial for a lot of diseases from hypertension to glaucoma. One of the side effects of these drugs is that they reduce the reactivity towards warmth, the ability to adapt to heat. That is, during a heat wave people taking these drugs are more prone to have severe side effects or even suffer from heat stroke.
This is a common pattern of most chemical drugs. They do fine under certain conditions, but they reduce the reactivity under changing conditions. They create a certain rigidity. That is, besides their side effects, they reduce the ability to encounter changing conditions appropriately.
Naturopathy has the contrary aim. It improves the ability to react appropriately, even and especially under changing conditions. This is called robustness or resilience. Naturopathy has not the aim to improve one symptom or function, but the function in general. This shall be demonstrated with a cold shower.
The lesson of the cold shower
Cold showers are an important part of folk medicine, but also of balneology. Their effect has never been rigorously investigated but are known to have a lot of health benefits.
- They improve the inner thermo-regulation which leads to a better robustness during warm and cold conditions.
- They improve the function of the immune system.
- They reduce muscle soreness after exercise.
- They improve mood an energy.
- They are said to burn fat.
How is this done?
Taking a cold shower in the morning has not the aim to reduce the body temperature that has been raised through sleeping in a warm bed. Firstly, temperature is lower during the sleep than during the day. Secondly, a cold shower in the morning increases body temperature.
The cold shower is a stimulus inducing a complex reaction of the body with many impacts on the neurological and the endocrinological system. One of its effects is that cold creates warmth. We see such kind of paradoxes often in naturopathy.
The cold shower (stimulus) needed to induce such effects is different for everybody. What is good for one person might be harmful for another. Moreover, after a few showers things change. The reaction is no longer the same. This is called adaptation. Then the coldness or duration of the shower must be changed, the stimulus has to be increased.
The induction of adaptation is the aim of naturopathy. Therefore, a naturopathic treatment is a process.
Stimulus and Suppression
To induce an adaptive process in a patient is a complex and often difficult venture with continuous changes. It has its own rules and many different phases. We want to see rhythms, alternating processes, ups and downs.
The therapy is based on certain stimuli, like a cold shower or body exercise. A well-designed stimulus tends to challenge the organism and induces a change. The organism must react. This ability to react and to be in a better state afterwards is called hormesis. Hormesis is a process leading to a better inner balance with a better robustness/resilience.
Classical drug therapy has a very different philosophy. It tends to force the organism into a certain state of function with less symptoms, and to keep it in this pharmacologically induced state. It is a kind of suppression. An adaptation is not intended. Adaptation is rather seen as an unwanted side-effect. The ideal is that the reaction to a drug can be clearly defined and reproduced whenever liked. This is the opposite of the treatment with stimuli.
Another criterion of classical pharmacotherapy is that doubling a dose should lead to the double effect. This makes no sense in the naturopathic view. If a cold shower of 2 min is fine to create the intended effect, doubling the dose should not and will not have the double effect. In contrary, we will reach a point where the cold shower is no longer beneficial. The human will not be able to adapt anymore. No warmth will be the result. This point of change is called phase reversal. After the phase reversal the cold shower will lower the body temperature. It will lower the temperature somehow according to the expectations of drug therapy: doubling the dose will double the effect. This effect is seen in distress in sea where people must stay a longer time in the cold water.
But distress in sea cannot be compared with the idea of a cold shower in the morning. The logic is different.
We might distinguish the reaction of the body to a stimulus or a drug into two phases, one before the phase reversal and one after.
Classical drug therapy works in the realm after the phase reversal, in the realm of suppression. In contrary, naturopathy works with stimuli in the realm before phase reversal. This realm is called the hormetic sphere.
Both phases have different processes and side effects. They constitute a different therapeutic world.
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It’s Electric! Metro Test Drives Electric Bus in Forest ParkReturn to Blog
You might hop on a Forest Park Trolley that looks a little different than the trolleys you’re used to seeing, starting tomorrow July 21. That’s because Metro is testing a refurbished Zero-Emission Propulsion System powered electric bus from Complete Coach Works, and Forest Park visitors will have a chance to join in the test drive.
The electric bus will operate on the #3 Forest Park Trolley route tomorrow through Sunday, July 26, to give our MetroBus operations team a chance to see the bus in action.
“This is a great opportunity to take a closer look at this new technology and see how it operates on the road under changing environmental conditions, like temperature variances and different passenger loads,” said Ray Friem, Executive Director of Metro. “With a better understanding of its full capabilities, we can determine if electric bus technology is a good fit for our MetroBus fleet in the future and if it provides a good return on investment for both Metro and the region’s taxpayers.”
The refurbished 40-foot electric bus can travel between 130 to 150 miles on a single charge and can operate safely for about 16 hours. It is powered by one 150 horsepower AC electric motor that’ll be recharged at Metro’s DeBaliviere MetroBus Facility each day. The battery takes about four hours to charge.
The initial investment for an electric bus would be about double the cost of a diesel-powered bus, but would result in significantly lower fuel, parts and labor expenses and less needed maintenance over the long term. Costs for building and maintaining charging infrastructure would also have to be considered. However, purchasing refurbished electric buses (such as the model being tested) can provide about $300,000 in savings per bus when compared to the price of a new electric bus.
Both electric and diesel buses are built to operate for up to 12 years or about 500,000 miles. However, with the efficiencies and diagnostic capabilities of Metro’s internationally recognized maintenance program, we’re able to extend the lives of our buses to 15 years or between 750,000 to 825,000 miles.
If you have a chance to join us on our test drive of the electric bus and ride it while it serves the #3 Forest Park Trolley route this week, we’d love to know your thoughts. Leave your feedback and comments below.


Tristone Flowtech Group has opened a new plant in North Carolina.
In 2017, the Group started with the preparation and pre-selection of a new US plant located in North Carolina to support its growing business in the NAFTA region, especially in the US and Canada. In January 2018, the Group announced plans to invest $23.6 million together with the investments in the building by the landlord to launch its first manufacturing plant in the United States. On May 16, 2018, the groundbreaking ceremony took place. The Group plans to create more than 300 jobs over the next three years. In December 2018, Tristone occupied the building and is now preparing the start of operations by May 2019 for the first automotive customer in the US.
“We are very satisfied to now have a production plant in the US in addition to our production plant in Mexico and our Sales & Engineering center in Detroit to service the NAFTA market. Exactly 11 months after the groundbreaking, a production plant with 16.500 square meters for manufacturing and logistics could be realized and is now ready for serial production,” said Guenter Froelich, President & CEO, Tristone Group. “With our new plant in the US, we can provide additional benefits to our automotive customers located in the US and Canada. The new Mooresville plant brings us much closer to our customers automotive plants and brings benefits to the local community through local employment.”
The new US plant will be the eleventh production plant of Tristone Group, in addition to the existing production plants in Mexico, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, India and China. It will host hose production as well as, in a next step, plastic pipe and plastic surge tank production for engine and battery cooling applications for major OEMs.
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Holden Says Medicaid Cuts will Hurt Families
By Matt Sepic, KWMU
St. Louis – Missouri Governor Bob Holden Thursday brought his series of hearings on the state Medicaid program to St. Louis.
Holden is touring the state while the Republican-controlled legislature is on break.
He says proposed social service cuts will hurt thousands of low-income children and families.
"The vast majority of those affected are single working women," Holden said. "Under their cuts, if you were the mother of two with a single yearly income of more than $7,835, you would make too much money to qualify for our health care program."
The proposed cuts would make it more difficult for some people to qualify for Medicaid.
They would also impose new co-payments on participants each time they visit a doctor.
Republicans say the Medicaid program is growing too quickly.

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Following the SedSokoban fever, here's the classic Arkanoid game implemented using the good old UNIX Stream EDitor. You know, SED.
Detailed instructions are available on the script's headers.
Note: Different from the original game, this one's not funny to play or even exciting. It's cool because it's SED.
- Price: Free
- License: GPL
- Language: SED
- See also: Colorized source code
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Mark Ignatius, MD, joined California Pacific Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in San Francisco.
Arthrex released an app that provides physicians with information about Arthrex products, according to an iMedicalApps report.
Here are 10 hospitals expanding orthopedic services over the past few months.
Benjamin W. Sears, MD, joined Western Orthopaedics in Denver.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery recently published a study examining regional Medicaid access to outpatient orthopedic care.
A group of physicians and researchers examined the financial impact of third-party reimbursement as the definition for the ICD-9 arthroscopy code changed over time and published their results in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Blue Belt Technologies signed a worldwide commercial agreement with DePuy Synthes to support the SIGMA HP Partial Knee System on Blue Belt's Navio Surgical System.
Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons who are in the news this week.
MarketOptimizer released a new report on the orthopedic power tools market, with some question as to whether robotic technologies and computer assistance will make a big enough impact to stick around.


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This December 1st, we commemorate the global response to the AIDS epidemic, and remember the 25 million we have lost to this devastating illness. This year also marks 40 years since the first diagnosis. In a world where we now fight Covid-19, we must not move on and forget those still impacted and marginalized by the AIDS epidemic.
It’s easy to see that Covid has sent shockwaves of impact in all of our lives. Socio-economically, mentally, physically, there has not been any areas of life spared by its crippling reach. Covid’s impact has also created layers of suffering in communities that continue to be affected and impacted with AIDS and extreme poverty.
Covid’s Impact on the already vulnerable
Closed borders created logistical nightmares for the delivery of life saving medications, food, seeds, and medical supplies, as well as humanitarian aid workers not being able to get to areas in need. Livelihoods lost. No seeds, animal care or fertilizers means no farming, resulting in widespread food shortages, leading to malnourishment and worldwide extreme hunger impacting more than 155 Million people…20 million more than prior years before Covid, resulting in starvation deaths outpacing Covid related deaths in communities where there is food insecurity.
Between the impact of Covid in our own lives, the cancellation of in-person fundraising events, the cancellation of programmatic trips, as well as the unexpected costs of Covid relief in the communities we serve, we have been stretched very, very thin.
Desperate times and the cycle continues
Without the support of healthy, sustainable livelihoods, women are forced to sell themselves as prostitutes. More pregnancies, and the spread of AIDS continues leading to the highest infection rates since 2008.
One important lesson we as humanity have learned first hand from dealing with Covid is, we are only as strong as our weakest. Covid will not be the last virus to hit the world, and with the added pressures of the climate crisis, we can expect to see more diseases, more disasters and wider spread impact. Love and kindness supplies are still widely available and at our disposal to give endlessly and, as we all know, giving hope spreads more hope. See our stories of hope at work with Operation Honeycomb.
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I guess I take a different approach - which may not apply totally to your situation. But here's what I do.
I don't generally buy a lot of furnishings and accessories in advance at random. (An exception is when there is a great bargain or I get a group of items all sold in one lot.) I usually buy or make pieces specifically for a certain spot in a particular room in a specific house. I do a lot of advance planning and decide before and as I am starting to build the house what the color scheme, wall, floor and window treatments will be, what furniture and accessories will be needed, and so on. I keep a list of each room on my computer and itemize all of the above. As I purchase or make or find or improvise each item, I strike through it on the list, so it can still be read but is obvious that it is already on hand. I can color hilite items to indicate if I intend to buy or make it. I also keep a box in which to collect the pieces for each room so I can find them easily.
I also make computer folders of photos I have researched online as inspiration and ideas for each room in each house: kitchen, bath, parlor, library, bedroom, etc.
What random and undesignated supplies I have stockpiled, I keep stored in boxes arranged by type: wallpapers in one, fabrics in another, little odds and ends of findings that might come in handy in another. I keep scraps and left-over pieces of paper and fabric in folders, labeled by the room in which they were used.
I use plastic silverware trays to sort and organize similar sizes and shapes of long wood dowels and "boards" and deeper plastic bins for larger and odd shaped wood.
As I finish a house, my boxes of furnishings are emptied into the rooms and I can see at a glance where everything is. I may still have a few things in reserve, but everything has its place.
I don't keep a large inventory on hand for three reasons: 1. I don't have a lot of space to store stuff. 2. I am cheap frugal and don't want to spend a lot on stuff unless/until I need it. 3. It is easier to keep track of stuff if you don't have a huge amount of it around.
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This month Capiroto Records has scheduled for release 3 EPs and one single. By 4 different electronic music producers from 4 different countries in 2 continents. Ranging from techno, house and dubstep. For the month of march we have a jazzy beat track from DVRNCKY called Laid Back, due to1st of March, to be posted here later. Plus, Haunted album by H+, from Bermuda island, a highly skilled bass player that makes IDM, due to release 30th March, already available for purchase in our Bandcamp page, YouTube (video streaming) and Soundcloud (streaming).
1st of February – The mng_0 EP by mng_0 (USA, Baltimore), dubstep/synthwave.
15th of February – Side Chains by NoHealer (Moscow, Russia), electronic.
22nd of February – Otto by Lewo [DE] (Berlin, Germany), techno.
22nd of February – I Was Wrong, single by Cozmic Cat (Toronto, Canada), house.


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The news this morning that onetime GOP presidential candidate Senator Lindsey Graham is endorsing 2016 candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush means a huge boost for Bush’s foreign policy platform – and a small chance that the senator’s support of medical marijuana could rub off on Bush.
Sen. Graham isn’t an outspoken advocate for cannabis reform but he does support medical marijuana. For the cannabis community, having such a high ranking southern Republican’s support is rare.
In an interview with WBTV, Sen. Graham further explained his stance. “I’m against legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes,” said the southern Republican.
Sen. Graham went on to talk specifically about medicinal use saying, “but when it comes to medicinal marijuana and this oil, I think politicians should embrace what makes sense. When it comes to issues like this, I don’t want to be academic in thought. This is about people. This is about families with sick children. Why should someone in my position get in the way of helping a child, if you can reasonably and logically do it?”
Sen. Graham’s stance on medical marijuana is in step with how Americans feel about legalization.
A 2015 Harris Poll reveals that “four in five adults (81%) favor legalizing marijuana for medical use, up from 2011 when three quarters of Americans (74%) indicated the same. Meanwhile, half of Americans are supportive of legalizing marijuana for recreational use (49%), up from the two fifths (42%) who felt that way in 2011.”
Bush may also want to take notes on the Republican senator’s stance because that Harris poll also indicates that “while a majority – albeit a slimmer one – of Republicans also support the legalization medical marijuana (69% support, 23% oppose), a similar majority opposes legalizing marijuana for recreational use (27% support, 65% oppose).”
So, Sen. Graham is on point with American sentiments on legalizing marijuana for medical, not for recreational use.
Medical Marijuana In Florida
While Bush has admitted to using the plant in High School, the 2016 candidate for the White House is not on board with legalization and, in the past, has spoken out against medical marijuana in Florida.
In 2014, when Florida had a ballot initiative legalizing medical marijuana, he issued this anti-cannabis statement:
“Florida leaders and citizens have worked for years to make the Sunshine State a world-class location to start or run a business, a family-friendly destination for tourism and a desirable place to raise a family or retire,” Bush said. “Allowing large-scale, marijuana operations to take root across Florida, under the guise of using it for medicinal purposes, runs counter to all of these efforts,” he added. “I strongly urge Floridians to vote against Amendment 2 this November,” Bush said.
His disapproval of the overwhelmingly popular proposal in Florida shows that he was out-of-step with his Floridian constituents. Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac Poll on marijuana points out that the data shows “bare majorities in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania say they support allowing adults to possess small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, and more than eight in 10 say it should be available for medical uses.”
Since Florida’s failed initiative, Bush has loosened up a little.
At last years’ Conservative Political Action Committee conference, when asked about legalizing marijuana, he said he doesn’t support it but believes that “states ought to have that right to do it.”
American voters will have to wait and see if Bush changes his tune on legalization but with his poor polling numbers lately, it may behoove the 2016 hopeful to reconsider his political platform on cannabis.
The latest Quinnipiac poll data shows Bush in dead last in his heap with only 4 percent of Republican votes. To put things in perspective, business mogul Donald Trump scored 24 percent, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson got 23 percent, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida is at 14 percent and Texas Senator Ted Cruz has 13 percent of the votes in this poll.
Bush Tried It
While attending Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, the oldest incorporated high school in the U.S., a young Jeb was known around campus as a pot-smoking academic failure. Going to the same school his father and brother, who would eventually mature and take their turns in the Oval Office, the pressure was on.
His struggle with academia was rough. Bush recalled that time of his life in an interview with The Boston Globe saying, “I drank alcohol and I smoked marijuana when I was at Andover…it was pretty common,” he added.
Michael Kranish’s Boston globe article really dives into Bush’s recreational marijuana use with an interview from one of Jeb’s schoolmates.
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One of those who did get to know Bush in these early days was Peter Tibbetts. The connection, he said, was pot. The first time Tibbetts smoked marijuana, he said, was with Bush and a few other classmates in the woods near Pemberton Cottage. Then, a few weeks later, Tibbetts said he smoked hashish — a cannabis product typically stronger than pot — in Jeb’s dormitory room.
“The first time I really got stoned was in Jeb’s room,” Tibbetts said. “He had a portable stereo with removable speakers. He put on Steppenwolf for me.” As the rock group’s signature song, “Magic Carpet Ride,’’ blared from the speakers, Tibbetts said he smoked hash with Bush.
He said he once bought hashish from Bush but stressed, in a follow-up e-mail, “Please bear in mind that I was seeking the hash. It wasn’t as if he was a dealer, though he did suggest I take up cigarettes so that I could hold my hits better, after that first joint.”
Since his brush with marijuana in the 70’s, Jeb Bush has tried to downplay his past with pot. At a Republican debate in September Bush addressed his prior use on stage saying, “forty years ago I smoked marijuana and I admit it…I’m sure that other people might have done it and might not want to say it in front of 25 million people.”
Bush then issued a formal apology to his mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush on Twitter.
The message was a simple “Sorry Mom.”
Foreign Policy In The Spotlight
Sen. Graham stood by Jeb Bush this morning in North Charleston, South Carolina to announce his support for Bush’s presidential bid.
“Last night I heard from Jeb Bush the right answer,” Graham said, “he demonstrated somebody in my view who is ready on day one to be commander-in-chief.”
It’s a big feather in Bush’s cap to have such a big name in Washington politics on board.
“Lindsey Graham is probably the most knowledgeable person on the Hill as it related to national security, military affairs and foreign policy,” Bush said on Friday morning.
During his short stint as a 2016 presidential candidate, Sen. Graham’s campaign was heavily focused on foreign policy. After all, he has very influential Senate committee assignments. Graham is on Senate Committee on Armed Services and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism.
It’s not a huge surprise that the two came together, considering how Jeb Bush swooped in after Sen. Graham suspended his campaign and adopted Graham’s campaign state finance chairman along with a handful of others.
Interesting enough, when asked why Sen. Graham chose the former governor of Florida over the current Senator of the Sunshine State, he spoke frankly. “Marco Rubio will be president of the United States one day…but I wasn’t ready to be president at 44,” said Sen. Graham.


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Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the US-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar, which ISIS overran last year in an onslaught that caused the flight of tens of thousands of Yazidis and first prompted the US to launch airstrikes against the militants. A statement from the Kurdish Regional Security Council said some 7,500 peshmerga fighters are closing in on the mountain town from three fronts in an effort to take control of the town and cut off a strategic supply line used by ISIS militants. The statement also said the operation, dubbed Operation Free Sinjar, is aimed at establishing "a significant buffer zone to protect the city and its inhabitants from incoming artillery."
Peshmerga fighters and the militants exchanged heavy gunfire in the early hours Thursday as Kurdish fighters began their approach amid heavy aerial bombardment. An AP team saw a small American unit at the top of a hill along the front line calling in and confirming airstrikes. The major objective of the offensive is to completely cut off Highway 47, which passes by Sinjar and indirectly links the militants' two biggest strongholds—Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in northern Iraq—as a route for goods, weapons, and fighters. Coalition-backed Kurdish fighters on both sides of the border are now working to retake parts of that corridor. (Read more Sinjar stories.)


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Tom Brady's return has restored a sense of normalcy to the New England Patriots.
Brady triumphantly re-emerged from his four-game ''Deflategate'' suspension with a 406-yard, three-touchdown effort in Sunday's 33-13 win over the Cleveland Browns.
The occasion left Brady's teammates ''all amped up,'' in the words of tight end Rob Gronkowski.
''All is well now that 12's back,'' wide receiver and special teams captain Matthew Slater said Monday.
But in typical Patriots fashion, they're shifting their focus to next week's opponent. Only this time they won't have to answer questions about life without Brady.
''I guess one could say that (it's back to normal),'' Slater said. ''It felt as normal as it could be the first four weeks, but we tried to just continue to approach our craft the same way regardless of the circumstances.''
The Patriots went 3-1 in Brady's absence with a combination of third-year backup Jimmy Garoppolo and rookie Jacoby Brissett handling the snaps under center.
Their only defeat was a stinging 16-0 loss to division rival Buffalo at Gillette Stadium in Week 4, marking the first time New England was shutout at home since 1993.
''The way we performed against the Bills was very disappointing for everybody in this locker room,'' Slater said. ''So to come out and get that bad taste out of our mouth and obviously get Tom and Rob (Ninkovich) back, it was a good day for us.''
Ninkovich also sat out the team's first four games for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances. He made one tackle in his first game back against the Browns.
The returns of Brady and Ninkovich covered up another concerning day for kicker Stephen Gostkowski, who missed a field goal for the third time in four games.
Gostkowski missed a 50-yard attempt Sunday, but he did make a 31-yarder. He missed his only attempt against Buffalo and was off target from 39 yards in Week 2 against Miami.
Nevertheless, the Patriots still have confidence in the franchise's career leading scorer.
''Stephen's one of our hardest-working players and I'd say one of the most respected players on the team because of the way he does work and how team-oriented he is,'' coach Bill Belichick said on a conference call Monday.
A more consistent performance from the 11-year veteran would help take pressure off Brady in his first home game back against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
Of course, it seems as if the stage has never been too big for the 39-year-old quarterback.
''Old Benjamin Button hasn't slowed down yet,'' Slater said.
NOTES: Patriots players took pictures in front of Jim Brown's statue after Sunday's game in Cleveland. ''He did a lot for the game of football, but he did a lot for black athletes,'' Slater said. ''I feel like because of men like him that I have the opportunities that I have today as a professional athlete in America.'' Belichick met Brown during his tenure as the Browns coach from 1991 to 1995. ''I think honestly any person, football player or otherwise, can learn a lot from Jim Brown and what he represents and what he stands for,'' Belichick said, adding that he believes Brown is ''the greatest player that ever played.''
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Personal data include all data on a given or identifiable individual that is disclosed to us or that is generated or collected by us, e.g. the inquiries from a call center, subscribing to and utilizing any of our services, and the contact data respectively provided by you in these cases i.e. particularly your name and your e-mail address.
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With playing that is “fierce and lyrical” and works that are “other-worldly” (The Strad) and “evocative” (The New York Times), Jessica Meyer is a GRAMMY® – nominated violist and composer whose passionate musicianship radiates accessibility and emotional clarity. Her first composer/performer portrait album recently debuted at #1 on the Billboard traditional classical chart, where “knife-edge anticipation opens on to unexpected, often ecstatic musical realms, always with a personal touch and imaginatively written for the instruments” (Gramophone Magazine).
Meyer’s compositions viscerally explore the wide palette of emotionally expressive colors available to each instrument while using traditional and extended techniques inspired by her varied experiences as a contemporary and period instrumentalist. Since embarking on her composition career only six years ago, premieres have included performances by acclaimed vocal ensembles Roomful of Teeth and Vox Clamantis, the American Brass Quintet, cellist Amanda Gookin for her Forward Music Project, Sybarite 5, PUBLIQuartet, NOVUS NY of Trinity Wall Street, and a work for A Far Cry commissioned by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. As part of the residency, Ms. Meyer lived in the museum itself for a week to immerse herself in the creatively curated life and collected art of Mrs. Gardner to find inspiration for the work.
Her orchestral works have been performed by the North Carolina Symphony, the Nu Deco Ensemble in Miami, Charlotte Symphony, Vermont Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, and the Studio Orchestra at Peabody Conservatory. Recently, she was just announced the winner of the 2nd Annual Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Composer’s Award, which will fund a commission for the Bangor Symphony in 2022-23. Upcoming orchestral engagements include performances by the Auburn Symphony, a concerto for herself with the League of Composers Orchestra to be premiered in Miller Theatre, and interactive performances in Carnegie Hall and around the country as part of their nationwide Link Up Program.
Recent chamber works include commissions by the Juilliard School for a project with the Historical Performance Program, and by the Lorelei Ensemble for a song cycle that received the Dale Warland Singers Commission Award from Chorus America. This season includes being Composer-in-Residence at Spoleto USA; a premiere at the National Gallery of Art; and works for the St. Lawrence String Quartet, flutist Allison Loggins-Hull for her “Diametrically Composed” project at National Sawdust, and for Sandbox Percussion with vocal duo Two Cities called “20 Minutes of Action” – which was awarded a commissioning grant from New Music USA. This work uses passages from Chanel Miller’s Victim Impact Statement and her powerful memoir to tell the story of the aftermath of being sexually attacked by Brock Turner at a Stanford University party. The text was then sequenced and arranged to express the stages of grief and acceptance established by Swiss-American psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, and culminates in a final movement that mirrors the empowering work Chanel has done as an advocate for social change.
As a solo performer, Ms. Meyer uses a single simple loop pedal to create a virtuosic orchestral experience with her viola and voice. Drawing from wide-ranging influences which include Bach, Brahms, Delta blues, Flamenco, Indian Raga, and Appalachian fiddling, Meyer’s music takes audience members on a journey through joy, anxiety, anger, bliss, torment, loneliness and passion. Her solo shows have been featured at iconic venues such as BAMcafé, Joe’s Pub, and Symphony Space in NYC, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, in Paris at Sunset Sunside, in addition to venues in Singapore, Switzerland, Vietnam, the Emirates and beyond. At home with many different styles of music and an ardent collaborator, Jessica can regularly be seen performing on Baroque viola, improvising with jazz musicians, or collaborating with other composer-performers.
Ms. Meyer is equally known for her inspirational work as an educator, where she empowers musicians with networking, communication, teaching, and entrepreneurial skills so they can be the best advocates for their own careers. Her workshops have been featured at the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music, for the Teaching Artists of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Manhattan School of Music, the Longy School of Music, NYU, the Chamber Music America Conference, and at various universities around the country. Jessica has conducted hundreds of workshops for students and adults for Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Caramoor, the Little Orchestra Society, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Currently, she is most passionate about getting musicians of all ages off the page to activate their own creativity, improvise, and awaken their own inner composer – which in turn makes them better performers. In addition to teaching virtual workshops, her most recent engagements have been for the Moab Music Festival, the National Youth Orchestra of Carnegie Hall, and for the North Carolina Chamber Music Institute.