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Much like a newly polished guitar with broken strings, new Aussie musical "A Heartbeat Away" looks okay (With Isabel Lucas in the cast, how could it not!?) but is otherwise fairly useless.
The retarded cousin of superior Brit pic "Brassed Off" (Rest in peace Pete Postelthwaite), the over-acted and awfully passé film fixes on a youngster, Kevin (Sebastian Gregory), determined to be a rock star, that's forced to lead an old timer's brass band instead.
Kevin's father (William Zappa), the local band leader, has been hit by a bus four weeks out from a major competition that his troupe is due to participate in. Much to the youngster's disgust, he's is roped into replacing dear old Dad, leading a bunch of old coots – who, of course, he slowly warms up to – into battle.
In between teaching his band some new tricks (and songs), Kevin finds time for romance, charming the pants off – in a matter of minutes – young Mandy Riddick (Isabel Lucas, she's seemingly decided to channel one of her co-stars from "Transformers" – yes, an autobot – here).
It's as predictable as it sounds and as 'old-hat' as Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch's novel Brother Copas (which, for the unversed, is where that term 'old-hat' came from) but there's still something to appreciate about writer/director Gale Edwards film… it ends. Eventually.
It's always been a case of 'two steps forward, one step back' for the Australian film industry (thankfully we've had more hits than flops of late) but you'll immediately recognize "A Heartbeat Away" as a blemish that's going to hurt our terrific slate of late straight away. With its wooden dialogue, bemused performances (sponsored by Mysendol I believe), musty script and unexciting visuals, it's a flick that can't so much carry a note as it can mulishly carry on (when you wish it would just end) and on and on and on.
I'm being mean but I just think, for $8 million bucks, we could've financed something original, exciting and not half as embarrassing as this. I guess "A Heartbeat Away" isn't the worst film we've produced – "Reckless Kelly" was pretty bad, "You and Your Stupid Mate" was unwatchable, "Under the Radar" deservedly lived up to its title, and anyone else have nightmares stemming from "Sir Les Patterson Saves the World"!? – it's just that, coming so soon after such great local product as "Animal Kingdom", "Wasted on the Young", "Tomorrow When the War Began" and "Beautiful Kate", it stands out like a three-titted woman in a Mars nightclub.
To the film's defense, the performers do all try (particularly young Sebastian Gregory, who does seem to possess some degree of screen presence and charm), it's just that whatever direction they've been given – for instance, Colin Friels has seemingly been instructed to play his rogue like a mustache-twirling bad guy from a '40s pirate flick – cloaks any moment of sincerity; the Ill-fitting and overpowering music score (which sounds like something out of a Looney Tunes commercial) not helping much.
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Eleven years into their incarceration at Guantanamo Bay, many desperate detainees are exerting what little control they still exert over their lives: they are refusing to eat. As word of the hunger strikes began trickling out of the prison in February, lawyers for the detainees became increasingly alarmed at the harrowing conditions their clients were reporting. Even now a vast discrepancy separates the official story and what numerous counsels have witnessed and heard firsthand from their clients.
According to various detainees, the roots of the resistance originated when the prison authorities seemed to revert to their pre-Obama levels of brutality. Cells were searched, family photos and other cherished, tangible reminders of life before Guantanamo were confiscated and harsh treatment ensued. Perhaps more upsetting to detainees was that Qurans were
According to various detainees, the roots of the resistance originated when the prison authorities seemed to revert to their pre-Obama levels of brutality. Cells were searched, family photos and other cherished, tangible reminders of life before Guantanamo were confiscated and harsh treatment ensued. Perhaps more upsetting to detainees was that Qurans were rifled through in a manner detainees had repeatedly denounced as desecration of their holy book. The justification centred on arguments that such searches were necessary security measures, though detainees were reportedly willing to surrender their Qurans instead of having them subjected to search, while observing that hiding items in the Quran would violate their religious practices.
The protest over regressive practices quickly spread however, and soon came to coalesce resentment, hopelessness and pent up frustration for the indefinite confinement and the agonising roller coaster on which these men have been involuntary riders. According to some reports, among the hunger strikers are the detainees that were most compliant in the past, evincing their growing despair. Obama's election rhetoric suggested that he understood the travesty of Guantanamo. His earlier speeches, in which he vowed to close Guantanamo, raised hopes that the US would respect the rule of law. More recently, Obama has signalled his vanishing commitment, making no reference to Guantanamo in his 2013 inaugural speech in January or his State of the Union address the next month. Obama also reassigned Daniel Fried, the envoy tasked with resettling Guantanamo detainees, and has not replaced him.
Of the original 779 detainees, 609 have been transferred and 9 have died. Of those, 72 were transferred in 2009 during the first year of Obama's tenure, as compared with 532 transferred under Bush. Very few detainees have been transferred in the past three years, even though 86 of the remaining 166 detainees have been cleared for transfer by a special task force comprised of national security experts from the Departments of Justice, State, Defense and Homeland Security, the Office of Director of National Intelligence, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Detainees are understandably despondent. One justification for ongoing detention is that released detainees would return to the battlefield. Implicit in such a statement is the misconception that the detainees were all on the battlefield in the first place. According to the government's own report, a staggering 92 percent of detainees were never al-Qaeda fighters in the first place. Admittedly, 11 years of detention could engender profound resentment, but prolonging these conditions serves no one.
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Perhaps Obama underestimated the challenge of changing the national narrative that all Guantanamo detainees posed a grave danger to the US. Conversations about Guantanamo detainees often elicit a visceral response premised on the erroneous and damaging assumption lingering after all these years that those remaining in Guantanamo are surely nefarious men, even if the US cannot prove it. It is convenient to overlook the fact that the US military commissions, considered illegitimate even in their reconstituted form, offer detainees no meaningful opportunity to defend themselves, or even be apprised of the reasons for their detention. This stubborn refusal to reconcile fear with the facts is borne of the deep psychic injury inflicted by 9/11, which made Americans feel vulnerable on our own soil.
Yet the truth about the majority of Guantanamo's remaining detainees is starkly different. While 20 or so "high value" detainees remain at Guantanamo, more than half of the detainees have been cleared by the US government for transfer. Of those cleared or already released, it is well known that the majority of these men were erroneously detained. Many were offered up to US forces or their allies by their compatriots for the generous bounty promised by the US government in widely distributed leaflets - 86 percent of the detainees were apprehended this way, according to one report. Of those collecting the bounty, some were presumably driven by desperate circumstances, although a few may have been honestly mistaken, and others may have been motivated by nothing more than greed. Also among those detained is a large contingent of Yemenis who the Obama administration refuses to repatriate because of the inherent instability of their native country and not because of the risk they pose.
Obama presents himself as hamstrung by the posturing of Congress, who encumbered the National Defense Authorization Act with provisions clearly intended to make the shuttering of Guantanamo extremely difficult and the transfer of detainees a very risky political proposition. Congress correctly assumed that Obama would not expend the political capital necessary to manoeuver around the carefully crafted restrictions on transfer. The fiscal costs are also enormous - the Pentagon recently requested funds for a new building at an estimated cost of $49m. The price tag for the continued detention of the 86 detainees cleared for transfer is $69m per year.
US intransigence on this issue is counterproductive, as it only serves to stoke animosity and contempt for the country that holds itself out as the beacon of freedom and moral authority in the world. As President Obama himself eloquently stated, holding men without trial in horrific and dehumanising conditions of confinement does not make the US safer: he said in a 2009 speech that "we uphold our most cherished values not only because doing so is right, but because it strengthens our country and keeps us safe", and continued by recognising that "rather than keep us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry for our enemies". Obama repeatedly promised that he would not allow this injustice to fester, yet more than four years after his first inauguration, there is no end in sight for Guantanamo.
According to lawyers for the detainees, after almost two months of striking, the health of the men is deteriorating rapidly, and others are already in critical condition. Medical experts warn that long-term hunger strikes can cause severe and irreversible physiological and neurological damage, which is compounded by the psychological distress of indefinite detention and isolation. An unconfirmed number of detainees are prepared to die, and may in fact prefer death to living their remaining years within the confines of Guantanamo. The US can and must act: if it has any hope of regaining its moral authority, these men should not be reduced to a despair so profound that they feel their only way out of Guantanamo is in a coffin.
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For Ben Franks packing down against his brother Owen is one of the most natural things in the world - and that won't change on Friday night when the Hurricanes take on the Crusaders.
While the media and public are intrigued by the brotherly rivalry between to the two All Black props ahead of the round four Super Rugby match in Wellington, for Ben, the elder of the two siblings, it is simply business as usual.
"We've scrummed against each other loads. We've been each other's training partners for a long time so it's not a real big thing for us to come up against each other physically," Franks said. "We've always done stuff together so it feels natural. I haven't worried about going up against Owen in a brother sense."
"Obviously I've done my homework like I do every week on a prop because Owen is obviously world class," Franks added.
The last time Ben Franks can remember playing a competitive match against his brother was in a provincial game between Tasman and Canterbury in 2007.
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After playing 83 games for the Crusaders in a pack stacked with All Blacks Franks has had to make some adjustments and work on new combinations since joining the Hurricanes, who have a much more inexperienced front-row group. He and hooker Dane Coles are the only All Blacks, although Ben May has more than 50 Super Rugby caps and toured with the Maori All Blacks at the end of last year.
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"It's definitely a bit different from the scrum I've come from," Franks said. "I'm happy with it. Everyone is working really well. As long as we keep improving each week I'll be happy."
"It will be a good one this week to test where we are at. The Crusaders have always been one of the better scrums in the whole comp," Franks added. "I'm sure we'll find out come Friday whereabouts we sit and how much more work we've got to do."
Both teams have yet to record a win this season, with the Hurricanes 0 from 2 after losses to the Blues and Reds, and the Crusaders suffering a first-up defeat to the Blues last week.
Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett has made just one change to the starting XV from last week's loss, switching Victor Vito to No.8 and Brad Shields to blindside flanker.
"It's just a wee bit more experience in at No.8 just around decision-making at crucial part of the game," Hammett said of his decision. "It's not that Brad isn't going well. It's just sometimes you need someone to put their hand up and take over."
"Victor is a test All Black, has been around a long time, and is playing his 50th game this weekend. So we just think it will assist in that position around that decision-making of eight, nine and ten," Hammett added.
Vito and Coles will both play their 50th games for the franchise on Friday.
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Shocking, hilarious, sometimes revolting, and yet completely endearing, the Flatbush Zombies are a genuine mystery in a musical landscape where few still exist. Meechy Darko and Juice, Brooklyn bred youth with a penchant for gold grills, Charles Manson and dropping acid, make up the high energy trio alongside producer and lifelong friend Erick Arc Elliott. The Zombies rose out of complete obscurity on the back of a synth heavy, weed laced banger entitled "Thug Waffle," an ode to marijuana and breakfast foods which immediately propelled them to the forefront of New York's fresh crop of talent. Their seamless recipe of can't-look-away visual appeal and deft lyricism had them opening for Slaughterhouse and Schoolboy Q within a month while peaking the interest of everyone from Lana Del Rey to VICE, and garnering them a show stealing guest spot on the first A$AP Rocky single, "Bath Salt." Their first full length mixtape, D.R.U.G.S. (July 2012), released with over 50,000 downloads in the first week and provides the backbone for their hypnotically abrasive and off the wall live show.
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Bodega Bamz grew up in Spanish Harlem, and he originally saw himself being in film. He would act in dramas, and even tried out to be in Reading Rainbow but didn't make the cut. Growing up he would listen to a lot of salsa, house music, and Christian music. It was when his friend introduced him to Biggy and 2Pac, which he would dive deep into hip-hop. The first CD that he was ever given was 2Pacs Greatest Hits, and from there he became a huge 2Pac fan. He would start rapping by battling other local rappers, and he would use this as a platform to get his name out there. At this time, people were looking to set-up Bodega Bamz bookings as he was still a rapper on the come up. He would improve as time passed, but it was the birth of his son that made him take rap seriously. Once his dad saw his passion for music, he built him a studio to start recording in. They would go to this studio, and crank out songs, and really stayed focused on making the dream work. Unfortunately they would lose the studio, as well as where he lived as his dad would lock them out because of him being disrespectful. Him and his brother started really pushing hard, and Ohla (his brother) became his engineer and videographer because they couldn't afford to pay people to do much of the stuff they wanted.
Him and his brother formed the Tan Boys movement which is a movement of Latinos, and honoring them being proud and powerful. The movement led to him being looked at as the next Big Pun, or the Pun of this generation, a title that he doesn't take lightly. They are part of a new movement of New York rappers that are holding the state on their back. It's no surprise that the Bodega Bamz booking price has gone up as he is starting to get coverage in the press. They are projecting him to be one of the next rappers to blow up, especially how he is bringing a big Latino following with him. He will probably be signing to a major label in the near future, as his buzz can only stay independent for so long, and just may go in the direction of the ASAP Mob. Either way, this rapper is definitely poised for success.
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Help - lost major limbs on shade tree
irisaddict(6b/7 TN)July 15, 2009
The maple tree that I depended on to shade the west side of the sunroom (2nd story on previous deck) has lost two major branches on its south side. I am trying to look at this as an opportunity to replace it with a food bearing tree. I need a tree that will be at least 30 or more feet. While fast growth would be good, I realize slower will product a sturdier tree.
I'm south of Nashville, zone 6b slipping into 7.
Any thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.


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We are meeting with the concrete guy next week to make a decision on our patio slab (where the walk-out basement and deck stairs go) and our sidewalk shape (path from driveway to front door). I haven't even THOUGHT about this so I have no idea what I'd like. Any inspiration pictures to share?
I love the front walk our architect designed...we used the zigzag edge in the back patio design as well.
Most important when designing a walkway is to make it natural...people don't tend to walk in straight lines and then make right angle turns. Rather the meander toward the goal so curves are always more interesting than straight lines.
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Turface in a Self-Watering Hanging Baskets
I have a number of spider plants that I keep in hanging baskets indoors. Rather than take them down every time I water, I've found a style of self-watering basket I like, with the opening to the reservoir near the base of the container -- so I can hang the baskets above my head but still easily refill the reservoir.
In the past, I've used straight potting soil in these baskets. Last year, I tried switching to Raybo's 3:1:2 mix, which also seems to work well. This year, as I add a couple more plants, I keep looking at the turface I have around for the gritty mix, and especially the turface fines I've sifted out, and wondering... Would it be possible to build a self-watering mix using these ingredients? It'd be nice if I didn't have to restock the potting soil and/or the perlite... ;)
So. Has anyone tried this? Can anyone give me some suggestions on how I'd go about figuring out proportions or testing a SWC mix before actually trying a plant in it?
I don't believe Gritty Mix wicks water upwards. You have to water from the top.
I use self-watering pots myself where the saucer attaches seamlessly as part of the container since it looks nice. However, I don't use the water reservoir to self-water my plants. They are solely there to help drainage and for tossing out excess water.
I experimented around with turface for SWCs for a few years.
Turface does wick water fairly high although slowly, so a mostly turface mix did not sustain a tomato plant in an 5 gallon SWC I had.
For your setup, indoor hanging basket, your pot is/should be shallow and the plant won't need a lot of water.
So you probably would get good results from using straight turface (or turface fines).
For outdoor SWCs I only flushed out the salt buildup one a growing season. You'd probably need to flush yours out even less.
I've thought about straight turface, but was worried it might wick *too* much. On the other hand, I've used straight humus, so I suppose it's unlikely to be much worse than that... Hmmm. Maybe sacrifice a spider plant pup and see what happens?
Thanks for the info!
I'd bet that it wouldn't work well enough for SWC. By all means, try it, but I wouldn't do it with a plant you aren't willing to lose. Also, you better make sure that the hook you hang it from is good and solid, into a framing stud, because the weight of wet turface is substantial.
Yeah, this is definitely something to try first with a couple of spider plant pups... I have four or five that are about to touch the floor and need cutting off anyway. :)
Is the weight of wet turface any more than that of wet potting soil/humus? My current pots can get up to 15-20 pounds wet, easy... My sun room is a former brick porch, though, so the ceiling is pretty hefty.
Actually in a SWC the weight differential isn't all that much. I've had both mostly turface mix and mostly peat mix at the same time. Water accounts for most of the weight. This is only true when the there is water in the reservoir. For normal containers that have dried out some, turface is much heavier.
Well, I'm definitely not going to put a full gritty mix into a hanging basket... Granite is way too heavy for that, leave alone wet turface. :)
emgardener, thanks for the note about water in the reservoir... Yeah, that makes sense, and fits my experience with humus-based mixes. The big trick (weight-management-wise) making sure the mix dries out a bit before refilling the reservoir.


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Friday, March 27, 2015
Exfoliation might not be for everyone
The problem--according to Mary P. Lupo, MD, clinical professor of dermatology at Tulane--is that that this approach is not optimal for all skin types.
You may benefit if you have damage from excessive sun exposure or have or had non-inflammatory acne.
But you need to proceed with caution. Individuals with inflammatory acne (cysts and pustules) need to talk to a board-certified dermatologist before scraping away. The more aggressive chemical or mechanical treatments can make you skin worse.
Also, if you get dark spots after burns or bug bites, aggressive forms may not be for you.
Exfoliation can also aggravate herpes simplex or molluscum contagiosum and warts.
--If you have dry or sensitive skin, stick with milder chemical options, such as salicylic acid peels in a doctor's office. Those with thicker, oilier skin may be able to use strong things--such as 2% salicylic acid wash or a motorized brush.
--How often? Thicker oilier skin types may do it once a day. More sensitive--maybe once a week.
--Be careful buying your own products. No higher than 10% glycolic acid or 2% salcylic acid.
In other words, you can definitely overdo a good thing.
Remember that apricot pit sand people used to scrape their faces with? Do they still make that? I also remember Buff Puffs--barbed wire in a sponge.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Want or need to be in a medical study?
Studies can take a long time to put together--this can work against participants who might benefit from the medication being tested.
Now, Apple has a way for iPhone and iPad users to swipe--and participate if appropriate.
Using this, people can search and sign up for studies on everything from asthma to Parkinson's.
In the latter case--Parkinson's--for example, applicants may be asked to tap the screen with alternating fingers for 20 seconds. Other studies may ask people to speak or send researchers physical data such as heart rate.
Still another use will be to follow up on breast cancer surgery patients--they will report in on fatigue, cognitive difficulties, sleep problems, and so on.
MyHeart--developed at Stanford, will ID people at risk for heart disease.
Users will be allowed to see their data before it's sent to research teams. This has led to the worry that people may skew their own data--if they consider themselves super fit, for example, and the data does not show it, they may decide not to be in the study.
The researchers think they can winnow these people out.
Fewer sufferers are entering tests...Maybe this will help. Worth a shot.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
The kitchen towel--help or villain?
They published their findings in the J of Food Protection Trends.
The first thing they noticed is that participants handled the kitchen towels a lot, including paper towels.
Often they would grab the towel before washing their hands. (Duh--sometimes don't they use the towel to DRY their hands--we do.)
Salmonella can grow on cloth, even if rinsed out in the sink.
Others used their disease-coated cells while in the kitchen.
The big danger is cross-contamination--meat juices on a counter, that sort of thing.
Some tips:
--Wash hands--don't just splash and dash. Do it when you enter the kitchen. Also after handling meat, eggs, or meat packaging.
--Wash cloth towels...Use them only for certain tasks, such as drying dishes. Use paper for drying hands.
--The docs say not to use sponges, but even their spouses do. Disinfect often in the dishwasher or 30 secs in the microwave.
--Use a food thermometer--ground beef should be cooked to 160, poultry to 165.
--Have separate cutting boards for veggies/fruit, raw meat, and poultry.
--Put a little bleach and the rest water in a spray bottle and use for counters and other surfaces.
To me, some of this is "nasty neat." I suppose I could change my mind if I got food poisoning.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
How to deal with vitiligo
It is not contagious or harmful but can affect appearance and sense of well-being.
It starts with small areas of light or white skin--often in areas exposed to the sun. Sometimes this does not spread and sometimes it does. Hair and eye changes can also occur.
This occurs when melanocytes--the cells that produce melanin pigment--die or stop producing melanin.
This is thought to be an autoimmune thing--the body turning on itself.
It can run in families and may be set off by a severe sunburn.
According to Alicia Cool, MD, Advanced Dermatology in Albertson NY, vitiligo is treated by several methods.
--Topical steroid creams--best when used early on.
--Topical immunosuppressant ointments--best for small areas of it.
--Ultraviolet A (UVA) in combination with a med call psoralen. This is used when depigmentation is over 20% of the body.
--Narrow-band ultraviolet B (UVB)--No psoralen.
--Eximer laser--for small areas.
--Depigmentation--Used when the disorder is very widespread or if other things fail. A med is applied to the skin over a long period--lightening all the skin.
There are other methods, too... Consult your dermatologist.
Bottom line--It may be unsightly or disturbing but does not threaten your health.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Babies and stuffy noses
Yet, says Andrew Hotaling, MD, a pediatric otolaryngologist at Loyola, infants and toddlers get six to eight upper resp infections a year. That's a lot of crying.
Some tips:
Use a cool air humidifier in the child's room. Be sure to clean it properly so you are not blowing mold or mildrew into the little one's face. You may need to open the door.
You can suck mucus out with a bulb syringe--maybe even put in a few drops of saline solution first to loosen congestion.
Check to make sure the tot has not blocked the nasal passage with a bean or foreign object.
Be sure the child gets lots of fluids.
If the baby is coughing like a barking seal, it could be something more serious than sniffles. Check with your doctor.
Also watch for chronic snoring. It could be enlarged adenoids.
Avoid exposing the child to smoke. Even if you do not smoke in the same room, the irritants can get into fibers and upset the baby's system.
Once, when my daughter was clogged, we sat for hours in the bathroom steamed up with the shower. Also a thought.
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Cutting off flower??
I received a plant with a yellow flower last Sept. The flower is now dying. Do I just cut it off? Can this plant go out on the deck this summer? Will it ever flower again? What kind of soil and fertilizer does it need?
Hi Flowergirl
You said "I received a plant with a yellow flower last Sept"
Firstly, was it a bromeliad and if so what sort? If we know what sort it was, it's much easier to give the correct advice that's why a picture is always helpful.
I know here in Australia the most popular bromeliads to give as gifts are usually Guzmanias or Vrieseas.
In the following two pic's, the first one is a Guzmania and the second is a Vriesea. Did your plant look like either of these?
All the best, Nev.
Hi flowergirl,
I notice when reading your profile that we have a lot in common. I started gardening at a early age with my Dad also, starting with vegetables and graduating to flowers, orchids, ferns, and now the best of all, bromeliads.
Now to answer your questions; Yes, now that the flower is dying you can cut it off. That plant won't flower again but will gradually die. As it very slowly deteriorates, it will produce new plants from around the base. These are called offsets or more commonly, "pups". When they are about half the size of the mother plant, they may be removed and started off in a pot of their own and after a couple of years will flower also. Alternately, the plant can be left in the pot, placed in a semi shaded location in the garden beneath a tree and the pups allowed to do their own thing and make up into multiple plants which will flower once mature.
Guzmanias generally require less light than other bromeliads and here I grown mine beneath 75% green shade cloth. I have also found in my location here in Australia, that some Guzmanias can be a little cold sensitive, so if you get low temperaures where you live, the plant needs to be given extra protection during this period.
The potting mix needs to be a good free draining mix capable of retaining a little moisture. I have found that any good quality cymbidium orchid mix is suitable with a little peat moss added for extra moisture retention.
As for fertilizer, Guzmanias do like more fertilizer than most other bromeliads, however not one that is too high in Nitrogen as this will give extra growth at the expense of flowers. Not knowing what fertilizers are available in your country I would advise you to speak to other bromeliad growers in your area or contact the horticultural expert in your local Garden Centre for advice on this subject.
I hope this helps
All the best, Nev.
Thanks so much for your answer. The one sent on my e-mail I can't bring up so I'm glad for the one here. I believe I can care for it now the right way. I do grow a few orchids also. I have a lovely sun porch to winter things over.
Spring has come to Southwest KS. I have daffodils, violas, primroses and hyacinths blooming now.The trees are beginning to leaf out so hopefully our bitter cold weather is over. However we have been known to have a killing frost the first week in May.
Happy gardening to you all. Marilynne