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Yes America, we can rethink things. When faced with such harsh necessity and after trying almost everything else, we can come up with alternative ideas. Thus we have the resulting Hagel inspired and DOD executed "Strategic Choices and Management Review."
The essence of the review is that hard choices lie ahead for our strategic posture and security priorities and thus for our military forces. Some realism will be forced upon us. But let's be clear, we will still have the largest military funding and resource levels than the combination of any conceivable opposition and still more than the next 10 nations – allies or likely opponents.
The question now is whether finally will be getting our value for the bucks that we invest rather than put billions into boondoggles and wasted programs based on the lobbying of the ever powerful "military-industrial complex" in the words of President Eisenhower.
Among the key options that were set forth by Hagel were:
– Significant reductions to the size of the active duty Army and Marine Corps. This is opposed by the armed forces.
— Decommission three Navy aircraft carriers and cut some of the Air Force's tactical air squadrons and the C-130 fleet. Other reductions in various forces would have to be made, perhaps including the Marines and Special Ops.
– Change the military's generous benefits package. Personnel costs amount to nearly half of the DOD budget according to reports. Hagel said these expenses would eat into readiness and modernization.
– A Significantly smaller military that could invest in new advanced technology and maintain a high state of readiness with advanced systems. It would mean that we could, according to Hagel, do fewer things, especially if crises took place simultaneously.
– The key "macro" trade off is between keeping the size of the military forces and not buying more modern systems, or having a smaller size but with modern weapons.
While "Sequestration" was the catalyst of these budgeting cutting ideas, such a hard review should have been done long ago. The great irony is that the same Congress that forced military programs upon DOD that it did not need or want is the same body that is forcing these tough choices and likely major force reduction in large scale programs. One problem is that some key cuts take place slowly, since many costs are built years in advance.
Congress leaves at the end of this week for all of August, and will likely get much feed back on these cuts as well as those to domestic programs like nutrition, food stamps, unemployment benefits, housing, infrastructure, education (like Pell Grants), health care, and much more. We will see whether the dysfunction is simply in Congress alone and with its GOP crazies, or whether it is in ourselves. One idea they seem to have is to permit added money for the DOD if Obamacare is destroyed. None starter!
The baseline DOD reductions under sequestration would now be during FY 2014 with a reduction of $50 billion and $500 billion over the next decade. This will make for some very demanding choices when defense contracts disappear, maintenance costs are reduced, lower levels of personnel are required and fewer people are working on massive defense programs. The blow back from companies, constituencies, and thus the pressure on Congress will be intense. President Obama and the Democratic leaders have said they will not permit added resources or exemption of DOD from the impact of sequestration unless the same applies to the domestic budget.
OK, what does this all really mean? First, it does not mean that we will not still be the most powerful military in the world with massive capabilities beyond any other nation. It does mean likely savings in our budget deficit and likely benefits us if we do not fund huge boondoggles that are now in the billions of dollars and the escalate costs mindlessly. It means DOD will have to be much more careful with its procurement and oversight. That would be a good outcome. It also means that we will have to give an even harder look at our strategic landscape and make key priorities and probably discard from previously sacred so called threats and dangers that in reality are both unlikely and not so serious or can be addressed in less costly and even perhaps more realistic bases.
There will be a lot of fights when Congress comes back and Hagel will have to decide what to do with an even larger and detailed look at defense needs and policies toward the end of this year. But before that, Congress, President Obama, and Secretary Hagel with likely have to make key decisions on all of this and it will be very messy as it falls in with the general budget fight, appropriations for FY 2014, and the debt limit fight. The question is can we ever get serous about a military structure and strategy that really meets our needs at the least cost and with the best posture for real threats?


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Elsie is currently working with JMS as a production intern alongside her studies at City College Norwich. Elsie joined us just over a year ago so we thought it would be a good time to catch up with her about what she has learnt and her plans for her future career.
Tell us about what you are studying and why?
From a young age, I have always had an interest in media. It began with journalism, followed by scriptwriting, before finally discovering film. I explored these subjects further, before I decided that I found film the most enjoyable and so I decided to persue that.
I am currently studying Level 3 Extended Media Production at City College Norwich and I am now in my second and final year. My course entails expressing creativity through moving images and I love this as it's visual storytelling. The pieces of work we create are shown in documentaries, music videos or short films. My favourite type of media to create is a short film. I enjoy this as I can work on the cinematography and framing aspect of it. My goal is to progress onto studying film and cinematography at university next year.
How did you secure the placement?
Whilst studying, I wanted to progress and challenge myself further, so my tutors offered me an interview with JMS. The interview put me into the real-life situation of competing against other candidates for the same position. I had to showcase my talents and passion for media, so I brought my portfolio and lots of enthusiasm to the interview. This definitely paid off as I was offered the work placement!
What have you been working on at JMS?
Whilst working at JMS I have worked on casting, costings and I have worked on and around the set. Whilst I'm on shoots I take on the role of a runner and this role has taught me responsibility and time management. I have learned to be quick on my feet, making sure that everyone is happy whilst also following the director's orders. This has been the job that I have enjoyed the most, as it's a very sociable role to do whilst on a shoot.
Have you learnt any new skills on your placement?
I have learned many new skills at JMS such as how to approach and talk to clients, how to work on a set and I have expanded my knowledge of the three stages of production, going from pre-production right through to post-production.
Would you recommend an industry placement to other students starting out?
I would highly recommend that students apply for a work placement if they have the opportunity. I have learnt so much and I know that I will be able to put a lot of my skills into practice when I go back to college. I have gained practical experience that you can't receive from studying alone. For example, I have been on set when things have gone wrong and I have learnt how to overcome these hurdles smoothly and calmly. I feel that these experiences will benefit me in my approach to my career going forward.
What are your goals for the future? Where do you see your career headed?
In the future, I would like to go to university to study film in more detail. My goal is to learn as many new skills and techniques as I can so that I can improve my work and inspire my audience. After university I hope to become a freelancer or work in a media production company.

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Facebook has launched an Australian version of its 'Today In' local news service, with 10 regional cities taing part in the initial trial.
Announced in the US with six cities in January this year before expanding to a further 25, the Today In news service aims to deliver local news, events and announcements to your feed, with the original service being vetted by Facebook Staff.
The regional cities included in the Australian launch include Ballarat, Bendigo, Canberra, Geelong, Gold Coast, Hobart, Newcastle, Toowoomba, Townsville and Wollongong. Users in those cities will be able to see all the local community news in a separate tab located within the app. The launch of Facebook's Australian 'today in' local news service is the first international country to have the service rolled out in.
Facebook's news partnership lead for Australia and New Zealand, Andrew Hunter, has told Mumbrella how the 10 regional cities were selected for the initial roll out:
There were a few criteria. One was the size of the place, so we're looking for places with up to 500,000 monthly Facebook users – small to medium-sized towns.
We're also looking at the amount of content that's coming out of those geographies as well. How much news content is coming out on a daily basis, what sort of groups information there is, how active the groups are. Events are another part.
We have done research showing people in Australia are particularly interested in local news and information. Our research shows that there's a particular affiliation for this type of content.
The fact it's an English language market also helps. We hope that this is going to be a global product, so the decision has been made to extend it to Australia first.
Hunter also told mumbrella that he thinks that the 'today in' local news service launch into these regional cities, will not affect already cash strapped regional media outlets who are doing it extra tough when it comes to readership and advertising dollars, saying that:
"There's no advertising in 'today in'. We're effectively using what is a new place on Facebook to effectively showcase local news information.
"People can click on the links and go to the local news site where the publisher can monetise that.
"This is distribution for Facebook over and above news feed. People will see an update in news feed and then opt into 'today in', which is a separate place on the site or app to news feed.
"There is no extra effort news organisations have to put into this product to be part of it. If they're producing local news and publishing it to their Facebook page, we will aggregate it."
Facebook users in these launch regional cities can also opt in to receive regular updates from 'Today in' news service, which would be pushed out just like normal Facebook notifications you may currently get which will highlight the most popular and important headlines and information. This feature will be in addition to local news in Facebook's current news feed and on publishers' pages.
There is an update rolling out to users in general and should you live in either one of the cities you can try out the new 'today in' service and we would like to know your thoughts on this new feature. Let us now in the comments below your thoughts.


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In this release we've added an email sending health report that you can configure to receive in your inbox daily, weekly, or monthly. The report will enable you to see how many emails your site has been sending out, how well those emails have been performing, and how many (if any) have failed to send.
Enabling the Health Report
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After you've enabled it, you'll be able to select the frequency that it is sent out. Currently, you can select from a Daily, Weekly, or Monthly health report. By default, it will be sent out to all site admins but you can also choose to use a completely custom list of recipients:
The health report is also fully multisite compatible. On the network level, it will generate a health report for all subsites on the network and send it to network admins. On a subsite level, it will only report on emails sent from that subsite and send it to admins of that subsite. And of course, you can have it disabled on the network level and enabled on a specific subsite or vice versa.
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Enough talk, let's see what the new health report looks like:
The "Emails Sent" section includes a summary of the most popular subject lines that your site has sent out along with the open and click counts for each subject.
The "Email Failures" section includes up to ten of the most recent email failures and also lets you know how many emails failed and were successfully resent, either manually or by WP Offload SES's automatic retries.
Bug fixes and Improvements
We've also snuck in some bug fixes and minor improvements in this release, notably some improvements for PHP 7.4 and WordPress 5.3. You can view all of the changes and fixes in the Offload SES changelog.
What's Next
We're planning to address some of the minor bugs that inevitably build up with the release of a new plugin, so expect a bugfix release out soon. We also have a lot of ideas for the next major release, but we'd love to hear what you'd like to see the most.
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Live roaches force immediate closure of a Florida Burger King
A Burger King in Tampa, Florida, was forced to immediately close earlier this month after live roaches were discovered in its kitchen.
State health inspectors witnessed the roaches over two consecutive days of inspection and ordered an emergency closure of the restaurant.
SEE ALSO: Costco is slowly ditching one major category
The roaches were reportedly all over the kitchen. WFTS says more than 60 of the bugs were found near the prep line, reach-in cooler, ice cream machine and even inside the electric box on the prep line.
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WFTS reports the location was also written up for serving hot dogs and chicken burgers below the required 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a statement, Burger King said it had "cleaned and sanitized the restaurant as well as reinforced the proper sanitation and cleanliness procedures to the restaurant personnel."
The location has since reopened.
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President Barack Obama danced the night away in Buenos Aires at a glitzy state dinner alongside Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his first lady Juliana Awada as part of a two-day state visit. Watch Obama's dirty dancing display HERE.
When he wasn't sporting a half-naked Argentinian woman with her legs wrapped around him, he was telling Argentines, 'There's little difference between communism and capitalism.' (Watch video of speech HERE)
President Barack Obama's two-day visit to Argentina, where he tangoed and downplayed the differences between capitalism and communism, cost taxpayers nearly $1.4 million.
The president traveled to Argentina last week after his two-day stop in Cuba. The visit racked up substantial costs for hotels, transportation, and advance bathroom maintenance, according to government contracts signed by the State Department and Department of Homeland Security.
Lodging for the president and White House staff totaled $115,588, while conference rooms cost $35,584. Another contract for hotel rooms cost $31,585.
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U.S. Secret Service costs associated with the trip included $120,782 for hotel rooms at the Hyatt Park in Buenos Aires and $707,801 for transportation.
Use of Marine One, the presidential helicopter, during Obama's trip cost $44,611. Other transportation costs included contracts worth $68,597, $23,304, $4,789, $8,212, and $24,955.
Transportation costs for journalists traveling with the president as part of the White House Correspondents Association totaled $141,794.
Finally, a contract signed March 9 for "repair and maintenance for pool bathrooms" for the president's visit to Argentina cost $50,218.
President Obama arrived in Argentina on March 23, after he posed in front of a mural of Marxist and mass murderer Che Guevara and did the wave at a baseball game in Cuba.
Contracts for Obama's visit to Cuba have not been made public, except for one worth $18,400 for "POTUS press credentials."
In all, taxpayers were billed $1,394,294 for the Argentina trip and press credentials in Cuba. One hotel contract was refunded, subtracting $1,926 from the total.
The president was widely criticized after he was photographed doing the tango in Buenos Aires just two days after the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium. The attacks killed 32 people, including four Americans, and wounded over 300 others.
During the visit, Obama also apologized for America's role in Argentina's "dirty war" in the 1970s and gave a less-than-ringing endorsement of capitalism in a speech to Argentinian youth.
"So often in the past there has been a division between left and right, between capitalists and communists or socialists, and especially in the Americas, that's been a big debate," the president said. "Oh, you know, you're a capitalist Yankee dog, and oh, you know, you're some crazy communist that's going to take away everybody's property."
"Those are interesting intellectual arguments, but I think for your generation, you should be practical and just choose from what works," Obama said. "You don't have to worry about whether it really fits into socialist theory or capitalist theory. You should just decide what works," he added. "And I said this to President Castro in Cuba." Via: Washington Free Beacon


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You can't make this sh*t up!
Just when we thought this Soulja Boy/Chris Brown nonsense reached its peak, Mic Tyson has went and recorded a diss track. I'm literally at a loss of words at the level of petty this has gotten to. Hilarious. Just, hilarious.
According to TMZ, the song is called "If You Show Up" and will feature a guest verse from Chris Brown. No word on when the track will arrive. But all you really gotta do is listen to the :30 second clip below to realize how terrible it's gonna be.
In studio. Dropping heat. Wait and see what this is about… pic.twitter.com/3jyDiUgcz6
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Taste test: Dunkin' Donuts Caramel Mocha Iced Coffee
I said in the video that I would check how much it costs, but I can't find that on the website - probably because cost varies based on location. But if it's priced as I guessed ($2-$3), I might say this will be my go-to cold coffee drink, rather than my usual Starbucks picks (though the Mocha Coconut Frappuccino is really fantastic). I love the Starbucks drinks, but they are a little costly and calorie-filled. The Caramel Mocha Iced Coffee with cream, on the other hand, is only 180 calories for the small (which is the same size as a Starbucks medium [or "grande"]).
Dunkin' Donuts has several locations in the area if you want to try your own Caramel Mocha Iced Coffee.
Have you had the drink? What did you think?
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Allergan (AGN) made not one but two acquisitions yesterday to build a footprint in drug development for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a disease where fat is deposited in the liver. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey's Edward Nash and team explain why NASH is so hot right now:
NASH is One of the Last Untapped Multi-Billion Dollar Therapeutic Areas: We see increasing M&A activity in the NASH space and high acquisition valuations being paid for NASH assets. Yesterday morning Tobira Therapeutics (TBRA) announced that the company will be acquired by Allergan with an upfront payment of $28.35 per share in cash, and up to $49.84 per share in contingent value rights (CVRs). The total potential consideration of the deal is up to $1.7 billion. Tobira closed at $4.74 on Monday and was trading at approximately $12 per share before releasing Phase IIb data this past July. The acquisition premium, 598% or 1,051% including CVR, is the highest in the biopharma space, in our experience. Share prices for NASH-focused biotech companies have seen significant upward movement in response to the Tobira deal. Separately, Allergan announced the acquisition of Akarna Therapeutics (Private) for a preclinical NASH compound that targets FXR with an upfront payment of $50 million and additional potential milestones.
Previously, on 4/4/2016, Gilead Sciences (GILD) announced the acquisition of Nimbus Therapeutics (Private) for a Phase I asset, acetyl-CoA carboxlyase (ACC), for NASH and other liver diseases, for an upfront payment of $400 million and the potential of an additional $800 million in development-related milestones. On 1/6/2015, Gilead announced the acquisition of Phenex Pharmaceuticals for a Phase II NASH asset with a deal of up to $470 million, including an upfront payment and development milestones...
We believe acquisition premiums and acquisition valuations are high for NASH assets as compared to M&A deals in other therapeutic areas in a similar stage of clinical development...and we expect the trend to continue, driven mainly by the large market potential, a significant unmet medial need with no FDA approved products, and a scarcity of quality assets...
[We] view targeting an attractive area and addressing a disease with large market potential are the two main contributors that increase Galmed Pharmaceuticals' (GLMD) likelihood of being an acquisition target. We believe NASH is an attractive area for M&A as evidenced by recent activities, which is driven by large market potential, significant unmet need, a lack of clinical critical mass in the area from potential acquirers (i.e., pharma or large cap biotechs), and fast clinical advancement in innovation by biotechnology companies. In our Galmed initiation note, we estimated that 6.4 million to 16 million people in the U.S. have NASH and another 5 to 10 fold more have fatty liver (less severe form of NASH). The market potential is $5 billion in the U.S. alone.
Shares of Allergan have fallen 0.7% to $237.07 at 3:09 p.m. today, while Gilead Sciences have dipped 0.1% to $81.73, Tobira Therapeutics have risen 0.3% to $39.01, and Galmed Pharmaceuticals has advanced 0.2% to $4.62.
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This is the rough draft of a presentation I have been asked to give to a class of my graduate school peers at West Chester University next week. My faculty advisor asked me to give a talk about my recent travels in Somalia. We're all working on master's degrees in history or genocide/holocaust studies.
In my case, I've recently discovered I'm not the European History MA candidate I thought I was but apparently I'll be studying World History, with an emphasis with Africa, followed by minor fields in the Middle East and China.
My true interest is post colonial Francophone Africa, and how the ramifications of European colonialism have an impact on contemporary issues regarding the overlap of Africa, the Middle East, and terrorism. Islam has become the new communism as the dangerous ideology the West must destroy.
Life circumstances have forced me to move away from a successful 15-year career in local print journalism. But my interest in information, sharing information and researching perspectives on the world has led me toward an eventual Ph.D.
My career in journalism featured a variety of restructurings and lay-offs. When perpetually faced with a shifting marketplace you are forced to face your fears and your complacency. Every small event in life can lead to an unforeseen path. For me, I turned my focus toward my daughter and part-time professional work. A friend steered me toward hosting a French exchange student which led to me enrolling in an undergraduate French class to see if I still had the language I once majored in rolling around in my head.
I did.
That class opened my eyes to my love of academia. It also exposed me to the "Muslim problem" in France. And I made new friends.
Although I had a bachelor's degree in English/French from Moravian College, I enrolled for a second bachelor's in International Affairs from Lafayette College. It would be the perfect way to see if I could balance life, school, work and child. Plus it would give me academic credentials in fields I knew about from my journalism experience: politics and economics. I just never anticipated that I would develop an affinity for history.
Up until this point, I was a total French whore. I visited France for a month in 1995 and fantasized about a return to Paris. It was 2010.
My part-time professional job imploded. I developed severe anemia that left me lying on the living room floor at three in the afternoon until my five-year-old could make a cup of coffee for Mommy. I got a job in retail, because I didn't have the strength for professional work. I wanted to punch a time clock and go home.
Around this time an old friend from college the first time reconnected with me via Facebook. He offered to take me to Paris. He felt sorry for the rough patch I had hit in life and he had the ability to make my return-to-Paris dream a reality. We went to Paris for the weekend between my orientation for my new job and my first day of training. There were twelve of us in that group at orientation, and we had to introduce ourselves. We were asked to share something random about ourselves. I remember saying, "I'm Angel and I leave for Paris tomorrow."
M and I had a great time on that trip. I was in a history seminar on 20th Century French Identity and the Muslim problem and religious history in France was a key component. My travels in Paris had included a visit to public Muslim prayer in the streets. I went to ethnically diverse neighborhoods where the European Paris I remembered did not exist. What I found was a multicultural Paris swimming with Africans, Asians, Indians, gypsies and Arabs. I recently had a poem published in StepAway magazine about this revelation.
My studies kept leading me to Algeria, and I became convinced that the complex issue of religion in France should not be one of the French against Islam, but the French addressing their stereotypes of Muslims created during the colonization of Algeria. The no headscarves in schools law and later the anti-niqab law focused on visible Islam, but the issue was French perpetuation of the 19th century prejudice that Muslims were inferior people. These stereotypes came from the Algerian colonial project. This became my honors project.
I am typically afraid of my own shadow. But it was around this time that M suggested a research trip to Algeria. His visa never came through. Mine did.
So we did an immigrant's journey instead. We started in Paris, fly to Tunis (visited the ancient ruins of Carthage) and finished the voyage with a few days in Marseille soI could see the Arab influence. It opened my eyes.
I will always have a soft spot in my heart for France, after all I have read the 1905 law on the separation of church and state and the constitution of the Fifth Republic in the original French. But setting foot in North Africa changed me. There was such a crazy blend of European influence and African beauty. From fresh baguettes covered with flies and soup made of lamb sausage and harissa (known as ojja) to the diversity of the architecture… We had arrived in Tunisia on the one-year-anniversary of the abdication of President Ben Ali and the initiation of the Arab Spring. And we had done that by accident. The streets were teaming with people, citizens shot fireworks off balconies, and a random North African guy grabbed my ass.
I had certainly gone beyond my comfort zone. And I started to realize that sometimes the thing that scares you most is the thing you most need to do.
My next academic interest became Djibouti. After the Algerian War for Independence (which ended in 1952, an abrupt and tragic decolonization that led to the more-or-less overnight displacement of a million French people and caused, in my opinion, the psychological issue that has further exploded into the contemporary "Muslim problem" in France), the French moved their primary military presence in Africa to the horn, to the small colony of Djibouti, a strategic point between Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
France had a conscript army until 1999. This means that when the French left Algeria, a multitude of the next couple generations of men served their military service in Djibouti. M had visited Djibouti just prior to the original trip to Paris he and I took. I begged him to take me to Djibouti. He did. In April 2014. During the beginning of the hot season. When I had a broken right hand in a brace. For a side trip, we did Yemen. Old Sana'a. Where I discovered they love to climb to roofs.
I loved it. We went to Moscow and Siberia in 2015. The Siberia trip was a one day visit for pizza. (Stories about all these trips can be found on this web site.) I have literally walked through what felt like good-block, bad-block, reminiscent of communist era Russia. And ridden some amazing old subways that are more than 100 years old.
This year we returned to Djibouti. A war has since broke out in Yemen so while the State Department may frown upon my visit there, I am so glad I saw it when I could. (And for the record, I technically did an internship for the State Department. I worked in communications at USAID.)
Somewhere along the line, I said I would visit Somalia. So we did Mogadishu during our January trip. It's strange to visit places where you become the one who doesn't speak the language or have no ability to read. It's surreal to be escorted everywhere by men with machine guns. But it also teaches you how much of the world lives and why knowing what happens around us— knowing our history— is so important.
The plane on which we traveled between Djibouti and Mogadishu was the same exact plane where a suicide bomber killed himself and blew a hole in the plane. That happened less than two weeks after we left. A week after we left there was a hostage situation at Lido Beach, our first destination when we arrived in Mogadishu.
But look at what's happened recently in Paris, Turkey, Brussels. A house caught fire in the middle of my block and took out three neighboring homes. The weekend before I left for Africa, I rescued someone from a heroin overdose in my own house. I broke my ankle in August walking down the street to buy a salad. Safety is an illusion.
M handles the arrangements for our trips. He's headed to Syria next week and while he invited me to join him, I declined. Safety is one of the reasons, but not the most important to me. I have faith in his research and contacts. He's been doing this a long time. You can't be careless, but "adventure tourism" is a real thing. As historians and academics, we have to remember where our perspective comes from and that we can't rely on the media for our viewpoints. If you aren't sure of your sources, sometimes you need to tackle it yourself.


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Guru Puja. Cabella Ligure (Italy), 19 July 1992.
Yesterday, you had asked me for the status of a Guru. It's a state, It is not a status because status is external, can be bestowed upon anyone, and anybody can say that, "This is your status." For something external merit, or something, you can give a status to a person. It is a state. 'State' means the innate being, evolved to that level that you become the master. Of course, you have to be your own master to begin with. No doubt about it. If you are not even your own master then how you can achieve that state?
Now as I say it is innate; then one starts thinking, "If it is innate, in a Sahaj way, how do we achieve it?" There are certain faculties which we have to develop to begin with.
The first faculty is if we can become thoughtless. In meditation you can become thoughtless for a short time. Gradually this short time should go on increasing – that you are without any thought. This happens also as we can say is a state, but how do we achieve that, again? Because human beings cannot understand that anything can happen spontaneously it has to be done some…something has to be done. For that, in Sahaj, we have something very, very simple, that you have got a mantra as 'nirvichar'.
So now you watch anything saying the mantra, "Twameva sakshat nirvichar," then you'll start seeing that, witnessing that, without thinking. Just see, witness. Just seeing itself creates that state within us the first state, is very important, that you become the witness, the sakshi. As soon as you become a sakshi, the whole thing whatever you are seeing gives you a complete idea, subtle as well as gross, of that thing. You see it and you know it and, as a Sahaja Yogi, it becomes your knowledge. We can say, in the modern terminology, that you see something, it gets recorded in your mind and it manifests joy, it manifests knowledge, it manifests compassion, whatever may [be] the situation. Because now you have many dimensions which you have to develop, these dimensions are to be developed.
Now supposing you go and meet someone with whom you have to deal. He's talking, talking, talking. Just become thoughtless. So now, what is the thing that will happen as soon as you become thoughtless? First his thoughts, his bombardment, will not touch you because you are in a different realm altogether. But in that realm your power will manifest: it may cool him down, it may shut him down or maybe he may just feel tremendous love for you.
So the word 'guru' means gravity: that the Mother Earth has gravity. In the same way a person who is a guru has to have the gravity. But how do you develop this gravity? Some people just artificially become very grave and sometimes show that they are very serious or something like that. Gravity is within yourself.
In the second state, we should say, of guru pada, is your gravity [which] must manifest. As you become the witness your gravity starts expressing itself. It will not show as temper or seriousness or anything like that. But it will manifest in a way that the whole thing will become extremely dignified and majestic. It will just manifest by itself. So the state in which you rise, now, becomes effective. Before this it was not. You had to all the time manipulate, say this, say that. But in your silence you can manifest your gravity, and this gravity is extremely [magnetic]… it acts like a magnet.
As you know there's a magnet in the Mother Earth. That we call as the gravity, by which people are attracted. We are resting on this Mother Earth because of her gravity. Everything is attracted to Mother Earth because of her gravity. So you get a magnetic temperament, magnetic character, magnetic personality. And this magnetic personality that you develop, immediately shows that it is manifesting its power. Try to understand. Like the light now is coming on me: it's just giving light, but it is not manifesting anything. We can see the sun's rays, is the best example. Sun's rays when they fall onto the leaves, the rays, which look simple, manifest their power of making it into chlorophyll. In the same way, when you are at that height or at that state, then without saying anything, without doing anything, even [with] a glance – you manifest. But not only that but you record everything.
So many people must have noticed that I seldom forget things. Like once I was travelling and I saw some red stones near Sangamner, and when I said that why not we have some red stones for Pratishtan. They said, "But there are no red stones in the whole of Maharashtra." I said, "There are." "Where?" I said, "Go on the way of…you'll find them near Sangamner." They said, "We have travelled so much that way, we've never seen it." I said, "I don't know what you are seeing, you know, what you are watching, I have definitely seen." When they went there they saw mountains and mountains of these red stones and they never noticed it even!
So now, when you start witnessing something without thought there's no obstruction for absorbing the knowledge about that thing because there's no thought. It's complete absorption takes place. And then it manifests. This is how the Divine Power works within us.
So with our gravity what we do is to touch that depth within us, which can carry the Divine Power and manifest it. Unless and until we touch that depth within us, Sahaja yoga is like 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' [cult]. Nothing better than that! And that's why I find so many Sahaja Yogis, sometimes, really go off their rails suddenly. Because they have no gravity to go down into their own being and to feel the beauty and the glory of their own being and to use that gravity for manifesting Divine Power. We could say that, supposing there is a vehicle which is very weak, which is not yet properly fixed, [it] can not be used for something substantial. And the most substantial thing in your lives is this Divine Power; which looks very light. You never feel the weight of this Divine Power. You'll never feel the pressure of this Divine Power. But if you are not clean, if your channel is not clean, then this Divine Power cannot flow properly, it cannot manifest.
So when we say that we are the instrument of God Almighty then, like this instrument (the microphone) we are; now we are connected to the mains. If this instrument is not alright then it cannot manifest whatever it is supposed to do. But we are much above all these ordinary instruments, even the most complicated, even the most advanced and developed by science. Because we reach a state where we ourselves become the science. Science of Truth, an Absolute Truth.
So what is needed for a Guru is self-esteem. This is a very important point [which] people don't realise: the self-esteem. To achieve the self-esteem we have to introspect and know that, "Today I am not what I was before. I am a realised soul. I have got powers. Of course I have powers. Powers of love, powers of compassion, powers of grasping things, powers of creativity, powers of giving realisations to others." Nobody had these powers! But somehow or other in Sahaja Yoga we are not self-conscious. And we should not be self-conscious because that can give you ego, but we should have self-esteem. "I am a Guru. I'm a Guru. I am not an ordinary person. I am not on the street. I am something special. I am on the shores of Truth. I have to salvage the people who are blind, who are mad," all kinds of things.
In the most chaotic conditions this world is today. So at that time a kind of a silence will come within you. When there will be any such crisis, immediately you will become extremely silent. But this is again a state I am telling you [about]. So now, if there is something that makes you upset or makes you unhappy, try to reach that point, that axis, which is just silence. And this silence will make you really powerful because this silence is not only yours. When you are in that silence you are in the silence of the cosmos, silence of the cosmos. And the silence of the cosmos works for you. You are in connection with that Cosmic Power we can call it. But it's more than that, is Divine Power I should say: Divine power which is working all the cosmos.
So, if you just become silent within yourself, know that you are sitting in the Kingdom of God.
It's like this: when, say, you get the great honour of becoming a king then you walk up to your throne and you sit down and look around and you feel the silence of the state that, now, you are the king. This silence is the sign that you are definitely, definitely, you are now in contact with the Divine. You are silent because the Divine is going to look after everything. You don't have to do anything: just keep silent. But not forcibly. It's, again, a state.
You see, if any turmoil takes place, any problem takes place, suddenly your attention will jump on to that silence and once you jump onto that silence you [are] being in contact with this whole All-pervading Power. And when I talk about All-pervading Power we still don't understand what it is, what it means, this All-pervading Power of love. Is it some sort of an energy floating around? Or is it some sort of a river? Or some sort of a ether? It is the complete, the totality of Reality. Complete totality of Reality, is this All-pervading Power. Other things are unreal.
And the Reality is so efficient (The electricity stops working and Mother touches the mic to check it's working), It is so efficient, It never fails, like this mic (microphone). It's such a tremendous, we can call – the intertwined process; which we cannot even imagine with this human understanding, how It controls, how It works. I mean, for example [if] you see the trees. A rose bush will give roses only, it won't give apples. It will grow up to a certain height, it won't grow like a coconut tree. All the character of this nature is maintained, nourished, looked after, controlled absolutely; at the right time, at the right seasons that's why in Sanskrit this is called as 'Rutumbara Pragnya'. 'Rutu' means seasons, and [Rutumbara Pragnya means] the One which looks after the seasons , that knowledge which is enlightened: simple definition (laughing). But still it doesn't explain because it is so complicated for a human brain that they cannot understand how it works.
Now all the miracles you have described I have seen. I mean, there are so many still to be recorded: is just a play of this Power which thinks, understands, co-operates, co-ordinates and loves and looks after you. [It] is at your disposal, at your disposal. Wherever you go the connection is maintained. It's like a governor travelling, you see, the security travels with him. So they are all around. Not only with Me but with you also. You are already booked there. And They know you are the one they have to look after, They won't look after anybody else, They won't do anything for anybody else but for you people. Now try to understand the self esteem part! You are Sahaja Yogis, means you are such special people that this Divine Power, wherever you may be, whether you are sleeping, you are walking or you are sitting under the tree or in your house, wherever you are, that connection is maintained. Like a talkie-walkie you can call it, at the most. But you don't have to talk, you don't have to say anything you don't have to command, you don't have to request. Nothing! It is at your disposal. Because already you are one of the governors in the Realm of God.
So all the protocol that is yours. Anybody who tries to insult you or trouble you has to pay for that kind of an action. So you should never worry. You should never think of those things on the mundane level. On the contrary I would say, better forgive, because God knows what will happen to that person who misbehaves. It is not only compassion, also It is wrathful, It is wrathful. You are special people; only thing [is] you have to have your self-esteem and you must try to maintain your balance.
Once you come in balance, the job of a Guru is to give balance to others.
It balances everything. It will balance the nature, climate, atmosphere, society, human beings. It is there to balance you. And that balance comes from the Guru Principle which balances you. If you have Guru Principle in you, you get into balance – automatically! Automatically you become a balanced personality. Nobody has to tell you, "Now you balance," you are balanced.
So now, how do we develop that balance? Of course in the ancient times they had very severe methods – is not to eat much, to starve yourself and go to Himalayas, stand on your heads and do all kinds of things. This will bring great imbalance. If you become an austere personality it will make you such a dry person that nobody would like to stand near you; I mean, you'll be burning, absolutely. So the ascetic ideas, I don't know from where it has come, whatever it has come. Maybe because they wanted people to pay more attention to their Spirit.
But a Guru is not ascetic by nature. But he's so detached that he's ascetic. He may be the king or he may be a beggar or he may be a big personality somewhere or he may be just an ordinary person. If he is a Guru then in every state he's in complete balance. Nothing can disturb him. Supposing you put a crown on his head – so what? Whether it is a cardboard crown, silver or gold or diamonds or anything, it can never impress him and he can never go into imbalances. Food for example; food is one of the weak points I think. A Guru who might eat quite a lot, and may not eat at all; may like something to eat, something not to eat. Whatever it is, but nothing can dominate this Guru.
So the symptom is that you are in balance and you can not be dominated by food or by power or by wealth or money or anything – nothing can dominate you. You are above all these things. And once you know that you are above all these things then you are not afraid. No more you are afraid. Fearlessness comes into you, you become absolutely fearless. Nothing can put you into imbalance. Nothing can dominate you. Nothing can weaken you. Nothing can make you an addict. Nothing is tempting. There's nothing like temptation left anymore.
When you reach that state, beyond temptation, beyond any greed, beyond any lust, then there is no problem. Nothing, nothing can really bring you down. You may wear ordinary tulsi (Indian basil) garland or you may wear pearls or diamonds or anything. That doesn't touch you. But you don't run away from anything. Because when you run away from something you become an ascetic artificially. Asceticism is within yourself – innate. So nothing can hamper you, nothing can matter. That state we have to see, but mostly what happens with people [is] they'll say, "Mother I don't think I'm a Guru." I said, "Why?" "Because what symptom you told me, all they are there. I still want to eat this food, I still [do] this thing." You are going the other way round! You shouldn't try to weigh upon what I am telling you or try to judge yourself. Don't judge! You just gradually rise. Appreciate yourself! And gradually you rise and settle down on the position that you have achieved.
Instead of that you'll feel very diffident and you'll feel very much depressed if you start judging, "Oh, Mother has said that we must have this, Mother has said we must have this." If you all the time start judging yourself: this will not help you. You are self-assured. You are sure about yourself. There is nothing to judge, yourself or to tally. Sometimes I see some people go on saying, "Mother said so!" I might have said, might not have said, out of reference, whatever it is. What is it? Now, I have said so. What are you saying? Because this is a very good way of troubling others "Mother said so!" "What did she say?" "That you should not take your food every day!" I never said it! But somebody can start something like that, stupid. Supposing even if I have said it – doesn't matter – what do you have to say? So you even out-grow, into your own experience, what is good.
You wouldn't believe that as a human being I am useless. Really it was very difficult. Actually my Father used to tell me so many things about human beings. What sort of things they are and how I should appear. And it's very difficult [for me] to be a human being, very, very difficult. First I didn't know why the reactions are like this, why people behave like this and what to do with them, how to manage them. It's quite difficult. You can say even William Blake had the same problem.
But when you reach that state then you're just enjoying yourself. For you, you have a greater enjoyment than mine. Because you are already human beings so you know about human beings; and then you see your ascent and it's much easier for you to appreciate [that]. For me it is…I don't know, because I have never known temptations, I've never known all these qualities that you had, so I don't know how to judge what is coming out of it, you see. If you don't have any problems, if you never had any, say, temptations. As you were you are [still] – what is so great? But from something human you have come to a higher level, is very creditable. And you can enjoy much more than I could enjoy or Christ could enjoy or Sri Krishna could enjoy. Because the one who has risen and has grown now feels the fragrance of his virtues and qualities and his greatness then he enjoys himself.
"So what? I am sitting here," he'll say, "alright, I am sitting here, why are you bothered? I am alright!" To him a proper understanding of this change comes. And he understands other human beings much better who don't have your capacity, your knowledge, your depth, your gravity. Because you have been a human being, now you are Divine; because you have been a human being you understand other people.
So a Guru like me, I don't know, it's a very different situation here because I am a Mother and I have seen these Gurus, the real Gurus; they are very harsh people, I must say. I couldn't understand how they beat people, how they thrash them, how they hang them on the (water) well; do all kinds of things. I couldn't understand why do they do it. But they have come out from the human level, with struggles and fights, so they think that, "Why should others get it so easily? Why not they also have the problem?"
But you didn't get it on to all these problems. You are different from those gurus. You got it sahaj. In a very simple manner, you didn't do anything. Sahaj you got it, absolutely sahaj. You didn't do anything about it. So your role as a guru is different from those gurus who struggled so much to become a evolved soul. So your attitude towards things has to be more compassionate, more understanding, more loving. As you got it sahaj others can also get it from you. Don't have to do something horrible, don't have to shout at them. Some people who met me told me, and which is very sad, that some sahaja yogis said something harsh to them so they had to leave Sahaja yoga. A sahaja yogi should never say anything harsh to anyone; he has no right to say. Because without saying anything to you, you got you realisation, absolutely free. Without doing anything you have got your realisation and if somebody is coming to you for realisation you must do it in the same manner. You didn't get it through some sort of a austere, we can say, training. So this attitude must be changed. And I have seen that if you have this attitude then you could be a guru but not sahaj.
So now try to understand there is a difference between a sahaja guru and a non-sahaj guru. They are very hot tempered, very. And a sahaj guru has no business to be hot tempered. Everything so nice, so beautiful we have, all enjoying this beautiful atmosphere. Such love, such compassion, such respect for each other. No competition, no politics. Just if you understand one thing that you have got everything in sahaj manner and in the same sahaj manner you can give it to others and you'll respect others [in] the same manner. I think you will be able to…
There's a gentleman who's taking photographs, see who he is, he is not supposed to take photographs of all these things. Without permission he should not take. Reel margunya tenchya basna. Te reel margunya. (marathi: get the film reel from them) These are mischievous people you know.
So now we are in a sahaj style. You all know that you got all the powers, that you are all gurus, that you have achieved so much, you can do so much. Then you have to be sahaj. You got it sahaj, so you have no business to be harsh, horrible, hot tempered or strict gurus. But it crawls up! I have seen sometimes quite a lot of military business starts in Sahaja Yoga also: military sort of treatment. That cannot be. No disciplining is needed. They'll be disciplined by themselves. They are gurus, who can discipline a guru? And then they are sahaj. So your style is very different.
None of these gurus knew how to even give realisation. I am telling you frankly. They never knew that Kundalini can rise with their hands. Very few people historically have given realisation – so far. But you people are giving left and right to anybody who comes you know. Just now I said, "Alright, come along, look at this person. So all of you sit down," "This is it, this is it."
You have crossed the limits of science now. You have become science yourself of the Divine and you know each and everything about it, "This chakra is catching, that is catching, I am catching, you are catching." But the way we deal with others is the guru pada: kindness, sweetness, concern. That's what your Mother has given you -concern. The concern that flows; about each and every person. You have to have concern. But these gurus [say], "No you go, die! Kill yourself! Eat grass." No not that way.
So you also have to be a motherly guru, a sweet guru, extremely sweet, kindly and understanding, forgiving. Because what is the purpose? What is the purpose? The purpose is to spread Sahaja Yoga. That's the main thing we miss out: that the purpose of our realisation or of our birth is to give realisation to others, to spread Sahaja Yoga, to emancipate others. By that to emancipate the whole world. It's our responsibility. If you are responsible then how do you behave?
So no more we have priesthood, no more. Nor that one person says so, that person says so, this has happened, Nothing of the kind. What you have to say you say it to that person. and you yourself will see how you are reflecting your personality on another person, how he reacts and he, how he behaves.
Gradually I have seen our collectivity is learning all this. Gradually I find all those horrible dominating people have run away from Sahaja Yoga. Also I find that people are extremely loving and kindly to each other and also to others. Because you are embodiment of goodness, embodiment of righteousness, you are embodiment of patience, compassion, love and concern. So it is not how you can do it, you are all ready. But you shouldn't just give up. I said, "Just look at something and watch." Nobody can do that, but you all can do it.
So the self-esteem and then assumption. Assume your powers. If you are a guru then assume your power. You do not assume you power. You still think, "God knows if I have the powers or not." This, that. That means you are just the beginner still. "No! I am the guru! Alright." We do say, "Mother I am my own guru," that's all. But is just saying from the lips. Not only that you are your own guru but of the whole world. It's a collective 'gurudom' we have, I should say, collective. And nothing can escape us now, we are formidable, absolutely formidable. Nothing can escape us.
If this is understood that we have to assume. Here now, they elect somebody who is a very cruel man, put some clothes on him and say he's the pope. Alright he's the pope. But he's not, he's just acting but inside he's not. That he's infallible! He's fallible, 100 times. That is not with us. We have all these things within ourselves. We've got them, they are there, we are the possessors of that, only thing you assume.
Once you start assuming all badhas will run away, everything will run away and you'll be surprised. Who can stand a person who's a saint, who is a guru and who knows he's a guru? Nobody can stand. They'll run away. But you have to have introspection to see that your self-esteem is completely correct. It's not just [that] you are thinking you are a guru. I have known some real gurus and I would never allow you to go to them because God knows if you can come back in one piece or not! And I have told them, that they are real gurus, I know, but don't go near them. Because what they lack is this compassion, this sahaj style. Because they think they have worked very hard so why should these people not work very hard.
You may be anything. You can be doing this work, that work. You may be educated, not educated. Makes no difference. Whether you are rich, poor, makes no difference at all, as long as you know that you are the guru and you assume your power. In that assumption as if any talent, if you know music, you know you know music. If you know how to cook, you know how to cook, if you are an administrator and if you know administration, you know administration. But that could be also not totally absolute. But you are already Absolute Totality of Reality. The Reality is at your disposal. But you [must] assume it. You are not ordinary at all. You can say you are extraordinary in ordinary.
In that you will just drop out all that is nonsensical, just drop out. Others will see you and will be surprised: What sort of people these are? What sort of a life they lead, how nice they are, how kind they are.
And the knowledge is so subtle and so great and of such a highest degree. But you never feel bloated up with ego. I have not seen any sahaja yogi who says, "Oh, I know all about chakras and this and that. How dare you say like that!" With the moustaches upward (Laughter). No! With all this knowledge you bend down like the tree which is laden with fruits bends down. And that humility, that simplicity and that humility gives you the special edge which can pierce into any heart.
Thus you became apostles of Truth. We can become prophets like William Blake. You can. So many things you'll be manifesting and you won't believe yourself. But believe, you are one with that Great Power which is God Almighty. They were discussing for ages I think about the immaculate conception of Christ. Such stupid people I have never seen. But He's God! He's God Almighty he's not a human being! He can do anything! How can you judge Him? And judge His powers and his working? How can you? To discuss about God, have you got His brains? I mean, it's something, a person like me discussing about banking! (laughter) After say one or two sentences I go off. In the same way when you start discussing God you must know you do not have that capacity to discuss about God, what His relations are, how He got a son, this and that. Who are you? What's your own position that you can discuss?
And then in that humility you realise: it's God Almighty, He's Almighty. He can do anything! Then that faith [comes in], not blind, but a real faith in that feeling that God is Almighty and that now you have become the messenger of that God Almighty, gives you all the strength, all the courage, everything, and His compassion, His love, His attention and His understanding. So this faith should be absolutely one with you.
Once I went to meet one real guru. Oh he was a very horrid fellow otherwise! He has slapped so many people, thrown so many people down from the hills and all that kinds of things he has done, no doubt. But still for me he has tremendous regards. I went to him, so he just started talking to me as if he would talk to a Goddess. He said, "How do you find these worldly people here?" I said, "Alright, after all I have created them!" (laughter) "Ah but," he said, "Still but, you are God, with your power why don't you change them a little bit?" I said, "That's what is the problem. I have given them freedom. I have said, 'alright it's freedom to you. You can choose if you want to get transformed or not,' I cannot force. " He said, "But God Almighty you are, you can do anything." I said, "I can do everything but I do not want to do certain things; and one of them is to take away the freedom from them. That is their freedom to choose. That's given to them because, if they are to have the ultimate freedom, they should have this little freedom intact."
So he was quarrelling with me about this, he said, "But when you are God Almighty there could be some other method these horrible people, what to do?" I said, "Your concern is alright and I understand because you are a guru, but when I am God Almighty supposing, then, my style is different. I can't be like you." Then he said, "That's true! You can't be like me." That is what I found in him. He was talking to me only as if I am God standing before him. And then he told all the disciples, "You see, you praise, you praise the Lord, you praise Her, 'suti kara', because God is fond of praise." I said, "Really?" "Yes! (laughter) If you praise the Lord then He gives you everything, I have seen that. I always praise him. Whenever I want something to be done I just praise him and he does it for me." So, I said, "It's true, I must accept it." because He's bhakti gamya (achieved through devotion) .
You cannot get to Mother unless and until you have really bhakti from your heart. Is all already sort of a built in restriction. What can you do? If you don't have bhakti you cannot get to Mother, no you cannot. You cannot get to God. But if you have bhakti then you can get to Mother. Is written bhakti gamya. If somebody says, "Alright. Raise my Kundalini!" I cannot raise his Kundalini, not [only that] but for seven lives he won't have realisation! But if somebody says, "Mother will you please give me realisation." Once!
So not only humility but bhakti. And bhakti is only possible if you have your faith. That's the thing is the faith which is challenged nowadays by all kinds of stupid people; intellectuals, these horrible people who are taking out yarns out of their head, or also by science and this so-called 'Catholic Church' and this Church and that Church.
So your faith in God has to be absolutely, absolutely untarnishable. Nothing can disturb that. That's very important. You have seen all the miracles of God, you have seen how you're working out his powers. You have known all these things. But still the faith in God is missing. The person who has complete faith on God is called as the one … is God himself they say. Is called as Paramchaitanya. The guru is called as the one who is himself Brahmachaitanya. So when this faith in God is absolutely established in you that, "There is God Almighty. He's Almighty, and that I am the messenger of that God." Just this understanding, when it becomes absolutely firm in you, then you are in the Guru pada.
I bless you today that all of you achieve that state that you reside in that Guru pada state. And wherever you are, whatever may be your position, whatever you may do, the faith in the God Almighty that is so truly within you will express itself. Not only [that] but that it will manifest, it will act; just like God.
So many things can be said. I have said so many things before. And so many can be said later on also but today we have to remember one thing that we must have complete faith in the Kingdom of God and in the powers of God Almighty, complete faith, and then in ourselves.
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"Chambre", Zara Matthews' solo exhibition with the Eagle Gallery, presents a portrait of a room through an installation of paintings. The exhibition follows Matthews' first "room portrait", which was shown at the Whitechapel Gallery's "East End Academy – The Painting Edition" exhibition in 2009.
The recreation of the light and atmosphere of the bedroom of a converted chapel in the north of France comments upon the relationship between painting and photography. The room acts as a metaphor for the way that light floods into a camera and is captured and locked in time as an image.
The paintings were initiated from a series of photographs Matthews made in the room. Having gone to sleep in the dark she awoke to the content and details of the space revealed in the early morning. The artist's eye roams the walls, furniture and corners, dwelling on the intimate, domestic details revealed.
The process of painting introduces a different element of time and these haunting and evocative fragments speak of desire and memory in their recreation of place.
"Chambre" is on at the Eagle Gallery from 16 September – 21 October 2011.
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CHE Cares is a fund that focuses on giving financial support to individuals, organizations and causes in need, within North America. A portion of all sales is collected and donated annually to such causes including financial support to a family in crisis with a connection with Canadian Hockey Enterprises, warming houses from coast-to-coast during the winter months, causes related to tragic accidents within North America or anything that we feel will help lift humanity in times of need.
Please stay tuned for donation reports, and keep CHE Cares in mind when a helping hand is needed.
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There's something comforting about having a gorgeous bathroom. However, bathroom design has restrictions due to the necessity to deal with plenty of water and the ability to clean it deeply getting rid of germs, bacteria and other unpleasant bathroom accumulations.
This is why carpet in the bathroom gives most people the creeps. You can't completely clean carpet and while that's acceptable in a bedroom, it's unacceptable in a bathroom.
Therefore, of all rooms in a house, bathroom design MUST incorporate the practical and the aesthetic in equal doses; arguably, the practical should win.
Practical bathroom design includes materials that can deal with plenty of water and steam and also be easily and deeply cleaned.
Accordingly, tile is an extremely common floor and wall bathroom material (although there are some good tile alternatives for bathroom showers). Tile repels water and is easy to clean with powerful cleaners to kill germs, bacteria, mold and other nastiness.
But, there isn't just one type of tile. There are many options. This article sets out the most popular types of tile for bathrooms giving you an idea as to your options.
Tile Considerations
Selecting a tile for your bathroom floor is a big deal. Aspects to consider include:
- your anticipated wear and tear in bathroom;
- the architectural theme of your house;
- whether you'll have radiant heating in the floor;
- your favorite color or texture, and/or
- your budget!
To help you pick the tiles for your bath, here are the 10 most popular types of bathroom tiles.
1. Ceramic Tiles
Ceramic tile is a type of tile has a wide range of selection, from color, sizes, shapes to finishes and texture.
You can have the rock and wood texture which is perfect for a cozy themed bathroom. Others may want a pure wood texture tiles for their bathroom to achieve a nature themed, that will look like using the same wall tiles on the floor. These kind of tiles are not easy to break, easy maintenance and cost effective.
- Glazed ceramic doesn't absorb water.
- Durable.
- Relatively inexpensive.
- Huge variety of colors and designs.
- Not as impervious to water as porcelain (but also not as expensive as porcelain tiles).
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2. Terracotta Tiles
Terracotta is an old-fashioned type of tiles. Terracotta tiles create a homely, cozy and delightful ambiance in your home. It is a strong surface tile flooring material, made from a discrete red or earthy hued clay. In maintenance concerns, you will need to fasten it with sealing agent every two years to prevent and protect the tiles from stains and damage.
Terracotta's pros and cons similar to ceramic above. One additional pro is that terracotta tiles don't get as cold as other ceramic options.
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3. Vinyl Tiles
Vinyl tiles are the most commonly used in bathrooms. It is easier to install and eco-friendly since it is reusable. It's less prone to cracks and breaking. Mainly most people use it because of its low cost than the ceramic tiles.
- Inexpensive.
- Resilient.
- Easier to install.
- Not as beautiful as ceramic, porcelain or other tiles.
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4. Stone Tiles
These tiles are becoming popular nowadays, made from marble, granite, limestone and slate. There are also different textures available in the market which includes sandblasted, etched, cleft and tumbled. Selection of colors is ranging from creams to blues, red and greens. However, stone tiles require more maintenance in terms of regular cleaning and this is more expensive that the other types of tiles.
a. Marble Tile
Sophisticated and traditional, marble tile can be highly polished and comes in a range of sizes. Marble can be patterned or veined, adding interesting color to a bathroom.
- Beautiful.
- Expensive.
- Susceptible to scratches and stains.
b. Granite Tiles
Attractive, durable and versatile, comes in many colors and styles. Granite is ideal for decorating rustic themed rooms. Perfect for baths since it is resistant to stains and moisture.
- Durable and strong.
- Enjoy that granite look.
- Slippery.
- Expensive.
- Granite has a particular look that you may not like.
c. Limestone Tiles
Limestones has a strong and solid surface which is ideal as a flooring material. The muted colors of limestone tiles give a clean and comfortable feel, which is perfect for a bathroom.
- Natural appearance. Your options are natural tones and shades. Adds warmth to the design of the room.
- Soft, so you have options for shaping.
- Durable.
- Porous rock and soft. Be sure to seal well.
- Must use neutral pH cleaning agents. Avoid citrus and vinegar based agents (source: Stoneworth Warehouse)
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5. Wood Floor
Perfect for risk takers. Since it is wood, water easily penetrates the finish. It might stain and crack in the long run. These wood tiles must be carefully sealed around the perimeter of the bathroom at all joints. Even though these are a coating applied for additional protection, you shouldn't use it behind the pedestal sink, toilet bowl or shower area.
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6. Linoleum Floor Tiles
One of the well-suited material for a bathroom. These tiles are able to repel dust and dirt while retaining its color and texture. It's easy to install and with a proper and neat application, this stuff looks great. Linoleum is remarkably versatile and will complement any decorating style. If you have an older home, for instance, linoleum flooring can match the original period design.
- Very durable.
- Easy to install.
- Soft, which can be comfortable.
- Biodegradable.
- Low maintenance.
- Susceptible to scratching.
- Requires a gas-off period during which it emits fumes (about a week).
- Can age in appearance. Must maintain it well.
If you have a contemporary home, you can have your linoleum flooring custom-cut to make a bold fashion statement.
7. Cork Tiles
Most perfect for children and elderly at home. These tiles provide a certain amount of protection in case, someone, accidentally trips and fall. Cork tile is more durable than hardwood flooring, naturally hypo-allergenic, anti-microbial and anti-fungal. It's easy to install and easy to clean, just sweep and mop.
- Soft to walk on.
- Looks great.
- Easy to clean.
- Easy to install.
- Scratches easily.
- Easily damaged (can chip chunks out due to its softness).
- Must seal very well to repel water. It won't seal perfectly so it won't be as water resistant as porcelain or ceramic tiles.
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Cork's sound dampening properties dramatically reduce echo and impact noise. Yet, it is a very soft material, any sharp object can cause a puncture. Chair and furniture legs can pierce and scrape the material.
To be able to protect it from water stains and damage, you need to seal it to create an invisible barrier over its surface. If this seal is not perfect, the flood will probably warp, discolor and ruined the material. High humidity can also cause the cork to curl or pump, which may lead to tiles popping out.
8. Glass Tiles (including Mosaic)
Glass tiles are now becoming popular because of the increasing number of options that are customized depending on your wants and needs. The different types, shades, and tints of the glasses attached to the wall will beautifully reflect on the lightning inside your bathroom.
Thus it has a variety of patterns to choose from depending on the styles and theme you want to apply. Multi-colored glasses are now available used in mosaic arts perfect for accenting bathrooms. Installed properly, this type of tile holds up well and if textured, it can resist slips. Glass tiles are resistant to stains and molds. They tend to show dirt easily so you will always know when it is time to clean. Easy to clean with just warm water and mop.
With this kind of tile, installation needs extra careful and are susceptible to scratches. Highly durable, yes, but dropping something heavy at a great height will lead to crack or chipping the tile.
- Gorgeous (it shines).
- Hard.
- Durable.
- Scratches.
- Expensive.
9. Metal Tile
Metal tiles are more commonly used for bathroom walls; however, we include it because it's not impossible that it could be used for the floor (although very unlikely you'd go this route).
Fresh and brilliant, this material gives a sophisticated look for your walls and partitions. A variety of textures to choose from, stainless steel or different metallic tones and glass hues for broad appearance. You can also choose from simple smooth squares, classic patterned designs or something more artistic such as mosaic brushed.
These metal artistic design tiles can bring a texture perfect for modern backsplashes, bathrooms or even fireplaces. This type of material often uses in conjunction with another type of tiles.
10. Cement-Bodied Tile
Cement-bodied tile is a good choice for any area that has a lot of wear and tear such as a kitchen or bath. This tile is tough and durable. It will give years of service when properly installed and maintained.
- Chips don't show like ceramic tile chips (same with scratches).
- Durable.
- Offers that chic industrial look that you don't get with other flooring materials.
- Porous. Must seal well. Overall, cement tiles aren't ideal for wet bathroom environments.
- Costly.
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11. Slate Tiles
Slate is one of the toughest standard natural stone floor finish materials. It has a built-in rigidity that makes it resistant to cracks, scratches, breaks, and chips. It does have to be sealed against stains on a regular basis depending on the environment where it is installed, but if properly maintained these materials can last for decades, looking great without having to be removed or replaced.
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The metamorphic rock we know as slate has become a popular floor tile option around the world. It features a fine grain and rich palette of colors that can easily accent any decor. From copper to red, navy to sage, and tan to black, it's an excellent tile flooring choice for outdoor walkways and paths, as well as indoor rooms. Its diverse arrangement of colors makes slate tile a perfect accent for rustic, contemporary, modern or traditional baths.
- Many styles and colors.
- Durable.
- Able to replace individual tiles if damaged.
- Expensive.
- Cold.
- Unique: every tile is unique making planning a particular design difficult.
12. Porcelain Tiles
Porcelain is an excellent tile for your bathroom. Compared to traditional ceramic, it's harder, more durable, more scratch resistant, absorbs less water, and is more stain resistant. While porcelain tile falls under the "ceramic family" it is different than ceramic tile.
Porcelain clay is kiln dried at higher temperatures than ceramic clay, which in-part explains its better performance as a bathroom floor tile compared to ceramic tile.
With respect to options, you can get porcelain tiles in many colors and to mimic other natural materials such as wood and stone. If you're installing radiant heating, porcelain is perfectly suitable for that as well.
- Extremely durable.
- Many color options.
- Looks great.
- Highly water resistant.
- Expensive.
So, why would anyone opt for ceramic? Price. Porcelain is, on average, 62% more expensive than ceramic.
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13. Pebble Tile
Pebble tiles, also referred to as river rock pebble tile is tile that is a collection of pebbles. It's a particular look that brings nature into the bathroom. It's relatively durable. The big negative is cleaning it, which you can imagine is not easy given it doesn't have as flat of a surface as other tiles.
Unique look (brining outdoors inside).
- Difficult to clean.
What is the best tile for a bathroom floor?
What's best for one home, may not be best for your home. But I still want to answer the question. I'll do so by telling you what's the most popular type of tile for a bathroom floor.
We assessed 213,744 bathroom designs to determine which tile flooring options are used most in bathrooms. Here are the results.
The 5 most popular bathroom floor tile types are:
- Porcelain Tile: 38%
- Ceramic Tile: 33.7%
- Marble: 14.8%
- Mosaic Tile: 4.3%
- Limestone: 2.7%
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When choosing and buying tiles, always list down its pros and cons. You have to take care of its installation, durability, maintenance, environmental, safety and cost. This is a big help in finding the best tiles for your house, especially in your bathroom.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that because a defendant's attorney asked a detective whether the defendant admitted to molesting his girlfriend's daughter, the defense opened the door to the prosecution to ask about the scope of the interview. The defendant claimed his Fifth Amendment rights were violated when the detective said the defendant asked to "stop speaking" during the interview.
John Ludack was in a relationship with T.E. for several years and watched her children while she worked. About two years after he began dating T.E., Ludack started to molest T.E.'s 10-year-old daughter, M.E. He molested her several times and threatened her not to tell anyone. Several years later, she told her older brother, who reported it to their father. T.E. then called police and Ludack was arrested and charged with two counts each of Class A felony child molesting and Class C felony child molesting.
He was convicted on the charges and found to be a habitual offender. The Class C felony charges were dismissed per the state's request, and Ludack was sentenced to the maximum 130 years.
In John Ludack v. State of Indiana, No. 49A02-1109-CR-930, Ludack argued that his right against compulsory self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment was violated by Detective Chris Lawrence's testimony at his trial. Lawrence interviewed Ludack after he was arrested. The defense first brought up whether Ludack made any admissions during the interview, and the detective said no. The trial court then allowed the prosecutor to further examine Lawrence to confirm Ludack neither admitted nor denied the charges. Lawrence then said, "He didn't deny doing it either, he just asked to stop speaking."
The appellate judges found the admission of the testimony didn't rise to a fundamental error. Ludack's attorney was the one who opened the door for the testimony.
"To open the door, the defendant's evidence must use his or her pre-trial silence as probative of the defendant's innocence and leave the trier of fact with a false or misleading impression," wrote Judge Terry Crone.
The COA also upheld his sentence, noting Ludack was in a position of trust when he molested M.E., had a lengthy criminal history, and that the molestations appeared to stop only because he was arrested.


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A Guide to Opposing Obama on the Osama Death Photo
There's a wide menu to choose from!
The debate over President Obama's decision to withhold Osama bin Laden's postmortem photograph will likely play out for years unless the president changes his mind or the photos are leaked online. But Obama's detractors aren't wasting any time throwing any and all arguments at the White House to put it on the defensive or throw it off guard. There are reasonable arguments to publish the photo, and not so reasonable arguments. Since cable news is filling up with heated debates, we thought we'd offer a score card. Happy haranguing, America!
How will the world know he's dead? The first U.S. senator to throw in this argument was Lindsey Graham. "I know bin Laden is dead. But the best way to protect and defend our interests overseas is to prove that fact to the rest of the world," said the South Carolina Republican on Wednesday. "The whole purpose of sending our soldiers into the compound, rather than an aerial bombardment, was to obtain indisputable proof of bin Laden's death."
How will the Middle East know he's dead? A couple fast headlines on Drudge Report point to stories of Muslims in Afghanistan and Pakistan refusing to believe the Al-Qaeda leader is dead. Ditto for the Taliban, which issued a statement saying "The Americans have not shown any credible evidence of Sheikh Usama's death, and his death has not been confirmed."
The mission requires it Sarah Palin took to her Twitter account in a flash after news came out. Releasing the photo is about showing who's boss: "Show photo as warning to others seeking America's destruction," she writes. "No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama;it's part of the mission."
The history books require it Considering all the grisly photos of the war on terror (9/11, Abu Ghraib, the murder of Daniel Pearl) Slate's Jack Shafer says the world can stomach a photo of bin Laden's corpse:
I don't advocate the photos' release because I think it will convince the unconvincible that Bin Laden is dead or because I desire a "trophy" or a football "spiked," as Obama puts it in his 60 Minutes interview. I'm for the publication of the pictures because they're an essential part of the war on al-Qaida. Withholding the photos and couching their suppression in the name of national security misjudges what makes al-Qaida tick and infantilizes the nation. It also sets a precedent for "news that's too gruesome to reveal."
The official narrative of bin Laden's death has changed too many times, we need photo evidence The White House's retraction of bin Laden being armed and using a female human shield has gotten Fox News' Shep Smith mighty skeptical. On camera today, Smith wondered aloud whether he could successfully file a Freedom of Information Request for the photo. After reflecting he told the Fox News lawyers to begin drafting one.
Taxpayers paid for it Sure bin Laden is dead, but this manhunt was expensive. To the victor go the spoils! writes The Daily Caller's Mike Riggs: "I can't be the only person who both believes that OBL is dead and that U.S. citizens deserve to see a photo for which they paid $1 trillion."
We can't kowtow to Muslim extremists Obama said the photo "will only serve to inflame public opinion in the Middle East." "So does the existence of free speech, America, Jews," writes Josh Treviño of the limited government think tank, Texas Public Policy Foundation.
The U.S. used to love this sort of thing "There Once Was A Time When The U.S. Military Enjoyed Spiking The Football," writes The Smoking Gun. The staff hauls out a series of WWII-era newsreel reports of U.S. officials killing Nazis via firing squad and hanging.
Obama is willing to show coffins of American soldiers, but not Osama Remember back in 2009 when the president lifted the 18-year-old military policy banning photographs of flag-draped coffins? Death-related photos didn't seem to bother him then! winks The Drudge Report headline: "FLASHBACK: Obama lifts photo ban on U.S. military coffins."
If you want Obama's side of things, here's a bit of his 60 Minutes interview in which he explains his decision: