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Diving into the Heart - Alan Jacobs - Mountain Path, July-Sept. 2008.
July 08, 2013, 02:28:12 PM »
Just as the pearl diver ties to a stone to his waist, sinks to the bottom of the sea and there takes the pearls, so each one
of us should be endowed with non attachment, dive within himself and obtain the Self Pearl. (Who am I?)
The first clear statement pointing to the practice of Diving into the Heart appears in Sri Bhagavan's second written work entitled,
Who am I? composed in 1901 and it is thus the chosen quotation of the seminal work quoted at the head of this topic.
Sri Ramana used different metaphors and phraseology to describe this practice, which forms one of the key approaches to
Self Inquiry, but the metaphor of the "Pearl of the Great Price", pointing to Liberation, is one also used by Jesus Christ and is
often found in the poetry of Jala-al-din Rumi, and other Sufi mystics.
It is however, in the Ramana Gita that we see the essence of this practice. In 1915, Ganapati Muni and his disciples asked
Sri Bhagavan a series of questions. The second verse in chapter two has become immortalized by Sri Ramana Himself, with
the answer which is popularly named the Eka Sloki.
In the inmost core, the Heart
Shines as Brahman alone,
As 'I-I', the Self aware.
Enter deep into the Heart
By search of the Self, or diving deep,
With breath under check.
Thus abide ever in Atman.
Of over three hundred verses in the Ramana Gita, all questions and answers were transcribed by the Muni into Sanskrit
verse, with exception of this one which was composed metrically by Sri Bhagavan Himself in Sanskrit. This was His
first composition in that language, rather than in Tamizh. In the Supplement to Forty Verses (1928) it was repeated by
Sri Bhagavan, but now in Tamizh.
In the center of the Heart Cave
There shines alone
The one Brahman as 'I-I', the Atman.
Reach the Heart
By diving deep in quest of the Self
Or by controlling the mind
With the breath,
And stay established in the Atman.
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Re: Diving into the Heart - Alan Jacobs - Mountain Path, July-Sept. 2008.
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July 09, 2013, 11:16:52 AM »
In the following verse 3 of Ramana Gita, the Muni writes, "This verse is the utterance of Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi
Himself and is the essence of the Upanishads and Vedanta. He that fully understands this verse, has no room for any
doubts whatsoever.: (Ramana Gita, ch. 2, verse 3).
Then in verse 47 of Marital Garland of Letters (Akshara Mana Malai), Sri Bhagavan writes, "Let me by Thy Grace, dive into
Thy Self, wherein merge only those divested of their minds and thus made pure, Arunachala!"
In two verses in Forty Verses on Reality, composed by Sri Bhagavan we read:
Controlling the speech and breath, and diving deep within oneself -- like one who, to find a thing that has fallen into water,
dives deep down -- one must seek out the source whence the aspiring ego springs.
Cease all talk of "I" and search with inward diving mind whence the thought of "I" springs up. This is the way of wisdom.
To think instead, "I am not this, but That I am", is helpful in the search but it is not the search itself."
S.S. Cohen, makes the cogent point, in his commentary on Verse 28. "Deep diving is a metaphor that implies salvaging the
ego from the depths of ignorance into which it has fallen, not amateurishly, but very expertly and unremittingly, or else
success will be sporadic and even doubtful." (Commentary on Forty Verses, from Ramana Sankara and The Forty Verses,
by S.S. Cohen, Watkins Publications, London, 2002).
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July 10, 2013, 11:16:00 AM »
However, Kapali Sastriar's commentary on these verses 30 & 31 in the Sat Darshana Bhashya is exhaustive, inspiring and
powerful, also gives directions. On page 26 of this same book, in one of the introductory chapters, entitled 'On Sadhana
and Siddhi' he writes: It throws the whole being into a consuming fire as it were, takes hold of the life's breath which is lost
in the bodily feeling, and separating it from the bodily grip, enters into the Heart... such is the real Jijnasa, the genuine earnest
desire and search for the Self.
Before moving onto the actual approach and experience of this great practice, it is necessary to point out that there are
numerous references to the Divine Plunging in the celebrated Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi in Talks Nos. 252 and 616 during
which Sri Bhagavan says, 'The aim of the seeker must be to drain away the vasanas from the heart and let not the reflecting
medium obstruct the Light of Eternal Consciousness. This is achieved by the search for the origin of the Ego and by Diving
into the Heart. This is the direct method for Self Realization.....'
It is however, in Padamalai, that the riches haul for aspiring Pearl Diver may be found. (Padamalai, Ed. David Godman).
To give but one example, from the admirable Padamalai, all of Muruganar's Guru Vachaka Kovai verse 46 is given in which
he quotes Ramana as having commented, 'Put aside completely extensive Vedas and Agamas because their true benefit
is getting established in the inquiry of diving within oneself......' (ibid p. 210, no. 34).
So we see the extent that Sri Bhagavan repeatedly points to the importance of this practice over and over again. To cap it
all, we find the Eka Sloki was mounted during Bhagavan's life time, obviously with His consent, above His ornate marble couch
in the New Hall, where the verse is engraved in gold Sanskrit letters on a tablet of polished black marble !
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Re: Diving into the Heart - Alan Jacobs - Mountain Path, July-Sept. 2008.
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July 11, 2013, 10:26:29 AM »
Before discussing the practice, from my own experience, from all I have read, and discussed with other devotees, it is necessary
to point out that it is only one of the different approaches to atma vichara, given by Sri Ramana to suit the dispositions of different
seekers, according to their temperaments and maturity.
In my own case, I found it difficult, like many other western seekers, to maintain the attention needed for self inquiry approaches
initially prescribed in Who am I? but when I came across Diving Into the Heart, it was a revelation as here was a radical practice,
I could pursue, by stopping my restless mind through breath control and regulation. I have been enjoying this form of Self inquiry
for some years and have great faith and personal evidence in its efficacy. In my enthusiasm I even composed a long narrative
poem , published privately called The Pearl Fishers , which describes the practice. Of course, Sri Ramana's long essay Self Inquiry
at the beginning of His Collected Works summarizes the different approaches and the necessary, optional support practices,
including regulation of breath, (Verses 21-26) and in chapter six of Sri Ramana Gita, and chapter 2, verse 4 of Spiritual Instruction.
Here they are expanded as aids for necessary mind control.
Each practitioner of Self Inquiry will be drawn to that which he finds the easier and appeals to him most. Some even have
several arrows in their atma vichara quiver with Aum as their bow. When however, we come to Diving Into the Heart, there is
a useful treatise called The Technique of Maha Yoga by Sri N.R. Narayana Iyer, which describes his own practice of Diving into the
Heart, enjoyed by this earnest sadhaka. (The Technique of Maha Yoga).
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Re: Diving into the Heart - Alan Jacobs - Mountain Path, July-Sept. 2008.
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July 12, 2013, 01:34:05 PM »
Briefly this short work summarizes in general terms, his own experience and understanding of Self Inquiry and support
practices in the first twenty six pages. But on page 26, he leads one into his own personal sadhana of Diving into the
Heart, He then quotes in section 10 of Chapter 7 called The Locus of the Self, the famed question from the Supplement
to Forty Verses, 'Two digits to the right of the center chest is the Heart like a lotus bud. Breath, mind and the Light of
Consciousness originate from here. (The Technique of Maha Yoga, N.R. Narayana Iyer, page 28). There are many supporting
passages in the Ramana Literature where Sri Bhagavan indubitably affirms this location from His own direct experience.
However, in Talks # 131, Sri Ramana states, 'Of course there is also practice of meditation on the heart center. It is only
a practice and not an investigation. Only the one who meditates on the heart can remain aware, when the mind ceases to
be active and remains still......"
From this statement, as a practitioner of Diving or Plunging I have deduced, along with the trusted and advanced devotees
in Sri Ramanasramam, with whom I have discussed the question, that the right side of chest MUST NOT be seen as an object
to be focused on, but merely as a doorway or portal in which one can enter to commence the search for the source of the
The point of entry may be found as the author of The Technique of Maha Yoga writes, and Sri Ramana suggests too, 'Watch
the movement of the breath.... and observe where breath rises and sinks inside the chest....' As in Upadesa Saram, and else
where, Sri Bhagavan writes:
Mind and Breath (as thought and action)
Fork out like two branches.
Both spring
From a single root. * (* Verse 12).
Earnest practitioners of Diving invariably find, as I have, that the Locus where a palpitation can often be felt is on the
right side of the chest, where Sri Bhagavan Himself affirms it to be..
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Re: Diving into the Heart - Alan Jacobs - Mountain Path, July-Sept. 2008.
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July 13, 2013, 11:18:20 AM »
Now regarding breath control and breath regulation, the Eka Sloki clearly states that is as an option. Diving can be practiced
with or without restraint of breath. We once held an Internet Discussion Group called atma vichara, with over two hundred
subscribing members, world wide. Many reported that 'as soon as they approached the door-way of Heart, with devotion
and attention, the sacredness of the inner shrine automatically made the mind go quiet, and breath regulation was therefore
unnecessary for them.'
Many practitioners, however, especially those like me, with the usual Western rajasic, restless mind, find breath restraint
invaluable. Although breath control is summarized in Self Inquiry from verses, 21-25, it is more fully detailed by Sri Bhagavan
in His answer to the Muni and his disciples in Chapter 6 of Sri Ramana Gita called 'Mind Control'. Sri Ramana's approach to this
practice is very simple, and is not the extensive pranayama which needs the supervision of competent teacher. One clear
demonstration of full inhalation, retention and exhalation would be adequate. In Verse 6, Sri Bhagavan does not recommend
Hatha Yoga as an additional aid for those disposed towards this health giving and purification practice, which would include
some pranayama. Many like me, find it a valuable support practice for atma vichara. Here a competent teacher is essential
at the beginning.
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Re: Diving into the Heart - Alan Jacobs - Mountain Path, July-Sept. 2008.
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July 14, 2013, 11:17:17 AM »
In the Verse 7 we are asked to breathe out fully (rechaka) with the necessary time required, and then fully inhale for another
unit of the same time, (puraka). Then the kumbhaka or retention may be held for four counts of the time taken for inhalation.
(Ramana Gita Verse 7). It is during this period of holding the breath, that I find is the best time to Plunge or Dive into the
Heart by entering the portal on the right side of the chest, using focused attention. Like the laser beam, from chakra between
the eyebrows, to penetrate as deeply as one can, searching for the source of 'I' thought; until one is forced to fully exhale, with
a full diaphragmatic bhasika, which, more effectively, expels residual thought and vrittis.
This differs from the approach of the Technique of Maha Yoga where he recommends, 'Slowly exhale and watch the exhalation
movement in the chest. With the sinking movement in the chest dive into the Heart. (The Technique of Maha Yoga). Here I
assume he is relying on the pranic force to enter the Heart, with focused attention. But I find focused attention issuing from
chakra or pineal gland, between the eye brows, seems to me to be far more powerful and would include the Pranic Force on
exhalation as well. But obviously as in all matters of sadhana it is for each sadhak to find his own most effective way which
is most amenable for him, guided by Sadguru within his own Heart.
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Re: Diving into the Heart - Alan Jacobs - Mountain Path, July-Sept. 2008.
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July 15, 2013, 11:25:21 AM »
Another interesting suggestion made to me is to strengthen the dive mentally visualizing a Yantra and then diving with
full attention into the bindu (point) of the Heart, thus utilizing the power of Tantra.
Chapter 9 of Sri Ramana Gita in which the great Eka Sloki first appeared has a whole explanation of the granthi bhedam
or severance of the knot. In Verse 3, Sri Ramana states that the association of the Self with the body is called granthi (knot).
It is my intuitive feeling that Sri Bhagavan's powerful sword of Diving into the Heart will eventually cut this identification
with the body-mind and sever the ganglion knot. A full explanation of granthi bhedam can also be found in Spiritual
Instruction, Verse 12.
Finally there is the question of posture and here Sri Bhagavan is very clear when He writes in Verse 27 of Self Inquiry, 'Of
the eighty four main postures of siddha is the most excellent". This is when the left heel is placed over the genital area
and the right heel over that.
Narayana Iyer warns that this process of dedicated Diving into the Heart may take a number of years, and this writer
fully agrees with it from his own experience, also over many years. One assumes it depends on he skill employed in the
practice of concentrated probing, with devotion, and the force of attention available, and the strength of the occlusions
and vasanas resisting expulsion, as well as the gunas active at that time. Obviously it will differ with each sadhak, and
no Plunge or Dive, in the search of the source of 'I'-thought can ever be exactly the same for everyone at any one time.
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July 16, 2013, 10:58:14 AM »
I find that each Dive is different in quality depending on the force of attention gathered, like an artist preparing to draw
an object, or a mathematician concentrating on a difficult problem, or gazing into the wick of a lit candle. Or visualizing
a Yanta. In some cases one feels one strikes a wall, or a sheath, and the attention cannot penetrate. But invariably
one finds one can penetrate deeper and deeper until one reaches the abyss when one can go no further. Then on the
exhalation a great deal of residual thought or vrittis are expelled.
The more zeal, and determination one devotedly feels, that this is a most urgent and vital and necessary effort one can
make, the deeper it goes. One is is immediately detached from any identification previously agitating the mind. I find it
quite easy, to commence the day with three or four dives, and then the opportunity or energy to proceed may happen
another three or four times during the day.
There is, however considerable grace involved, as this practice churns the nadis (subtle nerves), and the nervous system
would be over-strained if achievement was too sudden. If there is a strain on the nadis, Sri Bhagavan says 'That with persistence
all will come right in the end.' (Crumbs from His Table). This is expanded in the valuable chapter on "Problems and Experiences"
in David Godman's excellent anthology Be As You Are.
Patience must be exercised for its ripeness and maturity to fructify, and then grace mercifully chooses the right moment for
appropriate glimpses of the real Self, in all its magnificence, as a forerunner to Realization, when no further sadhana is
needed. There is, however, from my own experience, no doubt that the practice, whenever it is applied, gracefully weakens
identification with troublesome thoughts. One notices vasanas coming out. Also pulsations are often felt on the right side of
the chest, where a niche can be found in which one may rest for sitting in silent meditation. Again, however, every heroic
adventure into deep sea pearl fishing will be different, for each sadhak, and unique according to his own endeavor.
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Re: Diving into the Heart - Alan Jacobs - Mountain Path, July-Sept. 2008.
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July 17, 2013, 09:38:04 AM »
A baffling question arises, however, if when reaching the bottom of the abyss with concentrated attention, nothing is
discovered, and the space probed seems empty. Wise, experienced devotees in Sri Ramanasramam with whom I have
discussed this question inform me that as long as the practice is still done from the mind, nothing should be expected.
But if at a certain point, after earnest and regular persistence in the practice, the inquiry moves into the Heart through
Grace, then Atma vichara spontaneously arises, and one is drawn into the Heart, where the source of 'I'-thought may
be eventually found with necessary release. I have found this happens to me occasionally but I have not reached the
stage where it becomes frequent or permanent.
I sincerely hope that this practice may be a great help for some devotees, as it is for me, especially for those who find
other approaches too difficult because of lack of necessary yogic preparation, concentration practice, or inability to
control the mind, even using mantra japa.
There is no doubt that the implication of the Maharshi's repetition of this practice, in His own writings and Talks, is of
major significance. It is as if our Ramana Sad Guru appears and tells us: Dive within the Heart and realize the Self !
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So Ibrox Noise had a little look into this given Wigan supporters reckon Rangers robbed them to the tune of seven figures while we think we should have got much more for the player.
Looking at the recent demolition by Preston, we're more than a little puzzled to see Wigan in a 4-2-3-1 formation – with Will Grigg as the striker.
Josh Windass left Rangers to play as the 9, to play as the striker, given he believes that's his best position. And yet at Deepdale (and all other matches, same position against Bristol in which he did actually get the winning assist as you can see in the headline picture) he was on the right of the three behind the man on fire. It was clearly stated by Gerrard and by Windass himself that he sees himself as the goalgetter – so we really wonder why Wigan wanted him, only to do the same to him as Steven Gerrard did by isolating him out on the right.
Wigan supporters are said to be rather displeased with the attacker, and while we can tell his performances overall aren't good enough, equally he appears to getting hamstrung at the DW in the same way he did ultimately at Ibrox.
Why this article on a player from the past I hear you cry? Because Josh Windass was one of the most controversial players at Ibrox over the course of well over two years, and while Rangers are in a much better place right now, it is always important to look outside yourself too to both analyse potential targets, and see where you went right or wrong with a player who has now left. Especially one with the circus around him like Windass has/had.
End of the day, if Windass left Rangers to become a striker, and manager Paul Cook signed him knowing this, we really do wonder why a second manager in a row is playing him in a position he doesn't want to be in.
Odd one!
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He always struck me as someone that would be nippy as fuck in the dressing room. He'd be a great player if he didn't have such a shite attitude.ReplyDelete
I always felt his only position was in behind a striker. With someone else to fight CBs for him, he could be creative. But he couldn't do Morelos' work in a month of Sundays. So striker won't work for him. We already know he is a poor winger.ReplyDelete
His ship has sailed - very, very few people move up from Ibrox. He isn't one of that few.
- Anonymous9 October 2018 at 16:44
Fuck him, he's their problem now, glad we got rid and good riddanceReplyDelete
Like BlueBear says :ReplyDelete
Who Cares 😂😂😂
He aint our Problem anymore.
The Problem with Windass was Inconsistency and a Foul Attitude
As most have said, he's history as far as we are concerned. Good piece of business by Mr Warburton allowing us to turn a decent profit. Onward!ReplyDelete
I don't miss him. He's a selfish glory-hunter, who doesn't believe in passing to team-mates. I don't like his attitude or, his comments. I don't even care for his old fella. Both, knobheads, in my opinion. He's all flash and no delivery, that's how I would characterise Windass. If Wigan have any sense, they'll let him go in the January window.ReplyDelete
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The imagesSet has the following pseudo-xml form. Elements with the
All others are hash members and are references by element/key name.
To retrieve the imageId, for example, simply flatten the above structure by removing inapplicable items
Treat items as arrays and all other members as hash keys. Doing so, we can reference imageId value in the following manner:
In this handler, we are returning just the more interesting properties for an instance. Future versions may incorporate additional properties.
|Image ID
|The image id of the EC2 image that this handler will retrieve details about
|Image ID
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|Image Location
|The location of the AMI.
|Image State
|Current state of the AMI. If the operation returns available, the image is successfully registered and available for launching.
|Owner Id
|AWS account ID of the image owner.
|The architecture of the image.
|Image Type
|The type of image (machine, kernel, or RAM disk).
|Kernel Id
|The kernel associated with the image, if any. Only applicable for machine images.
|Image Owner Alias
|The AWS account alias (e.g., amazon, self, etc.) or AWS account ID that owns the AMI.
|The name of the AMI that was provided during image creation.
|The description of the AMI that was provided during image creation.
|Virtualization Type
|The type of virtualization of the AMI.
|Tag Set
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Ridiculous 100 Hex Nut Fidget Spinner
100 Hex Nut Fidget Spinner Challenge
This is just insane, some of the ideas people come up with. Is this something you would like to play with? Not really? But why not just make it for fun or for the sake of it. You can challenge yourself and build something more ridiculous than this! Watch this:
DIY 100 Hex Nut Hand Spinner
It only takes one crazy idea and a man with the plan. And some super glue as well. This one is kind of heavy duty fidget spinner, not something you would like to keep in your pocket. But surely this is something very impressive due to its size and complexity. It will probably not last long while trying to perform fidget spinner tricks with it, but still worth giving it a try. For something in this size you need to come up with new types of tricks though. [read more=Read.More less=Read.Less]
Interestingly it does not take long to make it and it is easy enough, as many elements just repeat themselves. The plan at the beginning of the video shows the basic outline on which the whole pattern will be built. The bearing inside is not standard and is much bigger than a normal fidget spinner bearings. It has to be able to hold all this weight of the 100 Hex Nuts, and it is quite a lot. The only thing keeping this together is super glue, which has its limits, that's why the bearing ring's surface is roughed up to make it easy to attach the nuts.
Obviously this custom spinner has been done just for show, as a challenge. But there is no limit to human creativity and sometimes a silly idea can spark something much more serious. This challenge also shows that you don't have to stick to any standard shapes or designs and do things your own way in any size you want. Try something similar and have fun, that's the whole point. [/read]


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Spending the winter in Iceland seems like a lot of fun. A litte park riding, some urban rails and an occasional naked backflip.
Watch Jóhann Sigurðsson, Beggi Friðbjörnsson, Einar Stefánsson, Theo Hjellström, Abbe Hjellström, Gísli Gylfason and more from the Triple Six Crew enjoy life.
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Agenda for September 26, 2016 Meeting
Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees
Stone House
September 26, 2016
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Approval of Minutes, Regular Meeting August 29, 2016
IV. Treasurer's Report
V. Approval of Bills
VI. Public Hearings/Correspondence
A. Ambulance Board
B. S.M. Chamber
C. Memorial for Steve Kieffer, Former Village Trustee
D. Other
VII. Public Works
A. Monthly Report
B. Operation/Maintenance/Streets Committee Report
C. Sewer & Water Operations Committee Report
VIII. Zoning Report
IX. Police Report
X. Old Business
A. Bid Opening on Scrap Pieces
B. Compensation to Duerr for Hours Spent on Park Renovation
C. Surveillance Cameras at Park – Update
D. Possible Use of Grant Monies for Stone House for Generator
E. Fill Board Vacancy
F. Further Discussion, if Needed, on Policy Change Information from Sterling Codifiers
G. Other
XI. Other Committee Reports
A. Finance
B. Park & Special Projects
1) OSLAD Grant Update
C. Public Events & Safety
1) Halloween Trick or Treat Scheduled for October 31st
D. Trees & Sidewalks
E. Stone House Committee Pro Tem
F. Policy Committee Pro Tem
XII. New Business
A. Reminder – October Meeting is on Monday, October 24th
B. 2017 Consolidated Election Information
C. JULIE Annual Contribution Assessment Notification
D. Other
XIII. Monthly Reviews
A. Ordinance Violations
B. Website
C. Brainstorming
XIV. Closed Session
XV. Adjournment
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Never dangle a deal that you can't or won't make good on. I'd just left a meeting with two clients who were attempting to renegotiate their partnership agreement when I made my first notes about this.
They had been working together for years. They were both major contributors to the success of their business. They were very comfortable with each other, collaborating on all kinds of issues and learning from each other's perspective and experience.
Although they have entirely different personalities and leadership styles, both are highly respected by staff and clients alike.
Admittedly, this was personal. It potentially put numbers on their individual contributions to the business. So self-worth and respect would be reflected in the outcome.
But they had dealt with these deeply personal issues in years past and reached mutually agreeable solutions.
So what was the problem?
Four years earlier the senior partner had said that he'd allow the minority partner to become equal to him in share ownership when their current agreement expired.
Now, in spite of the minority partner's outstanding performance, the majority partner was saying no to equal shares.
"I must be the sole final decision maker. I've worked 20 years building this business and I will not sign a deal that gives anyone an equal say."
The minority partner replied, "Robert, I must work with you, not for you, in building this business. That's what I've been working towards these last four years."
If equal shares had not been dangled, if the minority partner had not felt misled, this dangerous and uncomfortable situation would have never happened.
I say dangerous because this issue, if left unresolved, had the potential to completely undermine their relationship and, worse, divide the firm.
I'm sure that some readers will think, "This is obvious. Of course you shouldn't dangle a valued partner or employee with an ownership deal you can't or won't honour when the time comes."
But I've seen variations on this story time and again, often with devastating consequences.
Unhappy endings
It usually ends with the offended party leaving, often taking staff and accounts and setting up a competing firm.
A competing firm not only fueled by a desperate need for survival but also with a deep desire for revenge and retribution.
Consider for a moment the individuals who are offered deals like this. In my experience they are the top performers: sales and account directors who have deep, rich client relationships; creative directors who've received major acclaim for their work and drive business to the firm as a result; chief operating officers who run and manage offices or regions.
So why would an intelligent, thoughtful leader dangle a deal that they know they will not make good on when the time comes?
The day will come
Because they fear that the person will leave if they don't offer such a deal.
Offering it in the future seems to ensure a bit more productive time before the day of reckoning. Perhaps they think they can wiggle out of it down the line.
Or perhaps they just haven't thought through their own feelings on it. Maybe they have a self-destructive streak.
But in any case, when the day comes you can bet on the fact that unless they fulfill their promise in a manner that meets the other party's expectations there will be, at best, a difficult discussion and, at worst, the demise of their firm as they know it.
Happily, Robert and his minority partner did reach an agreement. Robert apologized for misleading his partner and his partner graciously said, "I understand why you dangled me."
He went on to say, in essence, "I forgive you." In this case their relationship was strong enough to weather the storm. But it easily could have gone the other way.


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Africans Across the Indian Ocean
Panel abstract
Africa's Indian Ocean littoral – from the Red Sea to the Cape of Good Hope – has long been a place of passage: seamen and migrants, traders and scholars from across the Indian Ocean came to work, settle, do business, teach, and convert, both on the coast and in the hinterland. Likewise, Africans moved outwards with similar aims and intentions, taking ideas and their material culture with them. For centuries, slaves were exported, but others moved of their own free will, and continue to do so, in increasing numbers: scholars and pilgrims to the Arabian Peninsula, traders and labourers to China and Japan, migrants and refugees to Australia. In a contemporary world, they come not just from the Swahili coast but from all over the continent.
How do these Africans negotiate encounters across the region? How are links maintained with homelands, and how do contemporary forms of technology shape practices and worldviews? What are the political, social, and economic implications of these transnational networks? How do these movements, the diversity of experiences of those who move, the multiple encounters with different ideas, practices and cultures, shape those who are touched by them, directly or indirectly – those who move as well as those who do not? This panel discusses papers that explore African endeavours in the greater Indian Ocean region, including but not limited to the personal and collective initiatives that prompt movements, the networks that sustain them, and links with the homelands as well as activities in the host countries.
Time: Saturday, 30/06/2018, 11 am - 1 pm
Venue: Hörsaalgebäude, HS 18
Iain Walker (University of Halle-Wittenberg)
Caio Simões de Araújo (Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland)
Anthony A. Lee (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Christoph Kohl (Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig)
Beatrice Nicolini (Catholic University Milan, Italy)
Paper abstracts
Caio Simões de Araújo
'Dancing with Africans': Afro-Asian Solidarity, African Students, and the Nehruvian Imagination, ca. 1950-1961
Recent years have seen an increased historical interest on the politics of Afro-Asian solidarity during the decolonization era. Crucially, this recent scholarship has moved away from a romantic reading of Afro-Asian politics as an expression of unequivocal solidarity to focus instead on the complexities, contradictions, and tensions inherent in this project. This paper engages with, and contributes to, this research agenda by examining a relatively understudied aspect of India's foreign policy: the scholarship programme that, in the 1950s, invited hundreds of African students to pursue university degrees in India. I will first situate the scholarship programme in the broader canvas of Nehru's 'African policy', which intended to (a) offer support to African claims for decolonization and, in so doing, (b) advance India's position as a natural leader of the postcolonial world. I will argue that, to the Indian government, the training of 'educated African elites' with strong ties to India was a strategic step in pursuing both these goals. I will then examine the challenges and difficulties in implementing the programme. On the one hand, the programme tacitly reproduced a problematic view of Afro-Asian friendship whereby India was construed as more advanced, experienced and powerful than 'Africa' (which remained ambiguously imagined). On the other hand, the lived experience of African students in India often involved disagreement, hostility, and allegations of racial discrimination. The last section of the paper will follow the archival traces of these experiences as a window into the complexities of Afro-Asian politics.
Anthony A. Lee
An Enslaved African Woman in Iran: the Life of Ziba Khanum of Yazd
Historians of African history estimate that between one and two million enslaved Africans were exported from the east coast of Africa into the Indian Ocean trade in the nineteenth century. Most of these were sent, at least initially, to Iranian ports. Some two-thirds of African slaves brought to Iran were women, intended as household servants and concubines. The story of Africans in the Iranian Diaspora is almost unknown. Ziba Khanum (d. 1932) was, an African woman, a slave in the city of Yazd, in central Iran, in the second half of the nineteenth century. She bore her master a son who, in accordance with Islamic law, should have inherited part of his father's wealth but did not. Information about her life and the life of her son, Ghulam 'Ali Siyah, can be recovered from family oral histories and histories of Yazd in Persian. The son, an Afro-Iranian merchant, travelled to Palestine and to India. He became a wealthy and notable person in Yazd. Ghulam 'Ali became a Baha'i, a member of a persecuted minority religion in Iran. Ziba Khanum lived in her son's Baha'i household, with his children and grandchildren until the end of her life. Some of the grandchildren now live in the United States. This paper will discuss issues of race, gender, slavery, assimilation, sexuality, and religion as experienced by an Afro-Iranian family in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Christoph Kohl
Creole Connections Across the Indian Ocean Past and Present
African connections across the Indian Ocean are not a new phenomenon. Yet, while transatlantic connections are well known and have been well researched for a long time, links between Africa and Africans across the Indian Ocean have actually lived in the shadows. Only in recent years, more scholarly attention has been paid to African migrations across the Indian Ocean. The paper starts by giving a brief overview of African migrations enforced and facilitated during colonial times, leading to the emergence of various African diasporas and creole groups. Over time, they have interacted with host societies in different contexts at different times. Some present-day communities continue referring to Africa to construct and reconstruct their identities, drawing boundaries to majority populations. The presentation will draw attention to historical and social science research on these communities –such as the Siddis in India and Pakistan, as well as the Kaffirs in Sri Lanka–, trying to examine differences and similarities regarding the construction of identities in both historical and contemporary perspectives. The paper intends to analyse how these groups have been referring to Africa, how encounters between these communities and other parts of societies have been negotiated, and if, and how, transnational links to their ancestral homelands have been maintained and imagined. At the same time, the paper will also point to gaps in scholarly research, outlining future prospects of anthropological research.
Beatrice Nicolini
African Presence Between Oman and Makran in the Indian Ocean – 19th-20th Century
During the 19th century, there was not one but numerous main slave routes in the Indian Ocean from East Africa and the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula, to Western India, and to South Central Asia. Therefore, within these long-distance trades of goods and people, Islam strongly influenced, and in many cases modified, the concept of slavery. The fluid space of the Indian Ocean was full of different forces of capital and of knowledge–power relationships during and after the colonial period. Many stories remain untold inside this cosmopolitan interregional arena. The social, political, and economic functions of African slaves in Asia were divided in the following categories: a) domestic - patriarchal, b) productive - agricultural (bonded labour directed into intensive wet-crop agriculture), and c) military - administrative. African slaves came mainly from the coastal strip of Sub-Saharan East Africa towards Oman and Makran. Considering the African presence in Asia and its further changes within local societies, this paper will try to investigate on the multiple interconnections between different groups, and the movements between the leadership and the tribal groups. It will also show the interconnections between the land and the sea, and along the littorals within slavery, society, and the maritime new economies during the 19th and 20th century. What was the African legacy in Oman and in Makran? How the regional societies reacted to African new elements and how the translocal political and religious powers behaved? These will be the main objects of a methodological challenge towards new perceptions.


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Just a few days ago, Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger doubled-down on his Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) bullishness, reiterating his "Outperform" rating on Netflix stock and noting, "We strongly object to the idea that new competition will 'take share from Netflix.'"
His point is well taken. Though other players have tiptoed into the streaming market, none have even come close to dethroning Netflix as the king of the industry. It boasts more regular U.S. users than any other similar or dissimilar digital video platform, and is showing similar leadership in many foreign markets.
Nothing is ever really permanent or guaranteed, however, when competition is involved. Just ask General Electric (NYSE:GE), which was also deemed unstoppable at one point in its history.
So Far, So Good
It's not a story that needs much in the way of retelling. Netflix essentially created the streaming video industry more than a decade ago when studios realized they could monetize large libraries of otherwise unused content.
As is usually the case though, the more success Netflix enjoyed, the more content creators recognized Netflix was a middleman that may or may not be needed.
Efforts to supplant Netflix haven't been overly impressive. Its most similar competitor, Hulu, has the backing ownership of big names like Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), but for a myriad of reasons hasn't enjoyed the same degree of success.
One of those reasons is simply that Netflix was first and Hulu wasn't.
Other television and movie outfits have tried a different approach. CBS (NYSE:CBS) created CBS All Access as a means of directly delivering exclusive CBS content, and while it's getting traction, it's hardly a threat to Netflix.
Still others have taken a third approach. DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) developed Sling TV — a so-called 'skinny bundle' of cable channels — that would serve as a cheaper alternative to traditional cable television, but also include enough on-demand content that Netflix subscribers would rethink their need for two monthly subscriptions. Consumers like Sling TV, but not enough to convince them to dump Netflix.
It would be naive, however, to presume any and all of these players won't adapt as time marches on.
Threats Loom
It's a rarely-discussed reality, but all of Netflix's competition does something else besides streaming video to monetize customers.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) offers access to a large library of video and audio content, on a subscription basis, to Prime members, but the end-goal of that program is actually selling merchandise. AT&T (NYSE:T) now owns Time Warner as well as DirecTV, and leverages both to offer over-the-top-television.
Ultimately though, the plurality of its business aim to sell television customers to wireless subscribers, and sell wireless subscriptions to TV viewers. If need be, these companies can take a loss on sales of their streaming services.
Netflix, conversely, only has one way to make money… selling access to its video content.
It's not clear that's a viable business model in and of itself. Although Netflix is operationally profitable, it's still reporting negative cash flows. And, major content-spending plans suggest the company's 2019 cash flow will be roughly as deep in the red as 2018's appears it will be.
Yes, Disney and its soon-to-be-acquired Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) will collectively spend even more on content this year than Netflix will. Those companies also have more ways of distributing their content, however, than just the upcoming streaming rival to Netflix called Disney+.
Movie theaters and traditional television are other ways to monetize the very same content that Netflix (at least not yet) doesn't employ.
The true nature of Netflix's vulnerability, however, lies in what's not happened in earnest yet, but soon could. Once these other players recognize Netflix can't be toppled by any single rival, they'll recognize they can dethrone Netflix by teaming up against it.
Bottom Line for Netflix Stock
It's not a reason to shed your Netflix stock, at least not yet. But, if the 28% setback since early October has you wondering whether you should buy Netflix stock, you may want to pre-define what your strategy and timeframe is. If it's just a trade, NFLX will indeed likely bounce out of trouble sooner than later.
If you're eyeing the pullback as a chance to step into Netflix for the long haul, however, you may want to chew on the possibility that the things that made Netflix shares unstoppable through this point in the company's existence may be on the verge of radically changing.
Between competition and saturation, future growth won't be near as easy is it's been so far, and the company's still bleeding cash headed into that storm.
As of this writing, James Brumley did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. You can follow him on Twitter, at @jbrumley.


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Eight Individuals Named USTFCCCA All-Academic
NEW ORLEANS – The University at Albany track & field program landed eight individual All-Academic honorees, six women and two men, for the 2018-19 season, the U.S. Track & Field Association announced.
Among the individual honorees which include Tara Belinsky, Venique Harris, Anika Hibbard, EJ Onah, Cara Sherman, Victoria Stoffel, Walter Briggs, and Kyle Gronostaj. Belinsky, Hibbard, Briggs and Gronostaj are all repeat track and field honorees.
Belinsky, a graduate student thrower, from Locust Valley, N.Y. earned a 3.82 undergraduate and 3.77 graduate GPA studying Communications. She had a stellar career at UAlbany, especially in her final season. Belinsky became the first woman to throw 50 feet in the shot put outdoors, when she competed at the UConn Northeast Challenge and marked 53-06.50. To cap off her career, she was named America East Woman of the Year.
Harris, a senior thrower, from Portmore, Jamaica, earned a 3.37 GPA studying Economics. Harris ended her UAlbany career placing sixth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. She was the sixth ranked competitor entering the meet, having thrown a collegiate best mark of 190-01.00 to place third in the discus at the NCAA East Preliminary Championships.
Hibbard, a senior high jumper from Bedford, N.H., earned a 3.51 GPA studying Emergency Preparedness-Homeland Security & Cyber Security and Sociology. This is Hibbard's fourth-straight USTFCCA All-Academic individual honor in four years of eligibility. She finished her 2019 outdoor season by winning the high jump at the Outdoor America East Championships and the IC4A/ECAC Championships.
Onah, a freshman jumper from Ithaca, N.Y., earned a 3.74 GPA studying Business Administration. In her first year as a Great Dane, she set freshman class records in the long jump during both the indoor and outdoor season, and won the event at both the America Eat Indoor and Outdoor Championships. She also earned a spot on Team USA by placing second at the USATF U20 Championships in June.
Sherman, a senior distance runner from Rotterdam, N.Y. earned a 3.91 GPA studying Mathematics. Sherman won the 10,000m run at the 2019 America East Outdoor Championships, and placed fourth in the 5,000m run at the IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships.
Stoffel, a senior jumper from Manhattan, N.Y. earned a 3.78 GPA studying Biology. She finished second in the high jump at the 2019 Outdoor IC4A/ECAC Championships marking 5-09.25.
Briggs, a senior hurdler from Kingston, N.Y. earned a 3.41 GPA studying Business Administration. The Kingston, New York native finished his Great Dane career by winning the 110H and 400H at the 2019 America East Outdoor Championships.
Gronostaj, a graduate student distance runner from East Greenbush, N.Y. earned a 3.58 undergraduate and 3.95 graduate GPA studying Higher Education. The East Greenbush, New York native holds four school records, and is the only UAlbany student-athlete to break 30 minutes in the 10,000m, doing so on three separate occasions. This past season, he earned three runner-up finishes at the America East Indoor and Outdoor Championships and one third-place finish.


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The Internet Can't Teach What The Social World Can
An avid blogger and author on race and media, Jessie Daniels' recent work looks at how students react to websites of white supremacy groups. She also teaches a class on Internet skills at City University of New York—Hunter College, where she's on the science faculty. While she chronicles her experiments in her books White Lies and Cyber Racism, here Daniels tells Contexts about how it became clear that all the internet savvy in the world can't replace actual knowledge of our society and history.
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This past week we had our first significant snow of the season. School was cancelled on Wednesday since it was supposed to start snowing in the afternoon. It started snowing around 4 or so and didn't stop until Thursday. There was a little bit of snow Wednesday morning, but we didn't go out, we were waiting for the big snow. That's why we ended up going out in the dark while it was still snowing Wednesday night (that and because it's easier to get everyone ready and go out when Bob is home). So Wednesday morning the girls and I went through their room and got it cleaned and organized. We had a box for donations, a box of stuff to pack up and put in the attic, and the trusty old trash can. The girls weren't super excited about working for as long as we did, but the payoffs in finding "lost" toy treasures and in the end having so much room to run around in made it worth it for them. I was surprised at how long the girls wanted to stay out in the snow Wednesday night. Usually Kiree is asking to go in for hot cocoa after like a minute, but I guess making their first ever snowmen was a big enough draw for staying out.
On Thursday morning, Bob and the girls went to our nearby friend's house and shoveled out their driveway. It was another day off of school.
The girls played with their little girl and then everybody came over for some sledding behind our house. I ended up watching their friend while her mom went grocery shopping and then she watched all the girls while I went shopping (we had both meant to go shopping before the snow but didn't make it). The girls enjoyed playing most of the day with their friend. The roads were pretty clear by that point and it hadn't snowed in quite a while so activity days was still on. We had a good turnout despite the snow.
Friday there was school, but it was delayed two hours. So at this point, the last day of school will be June 21st (unless there are more snow days). It's kind of lame. I wish we could make up the days sooner by having fewer random days off between now and then, but nobody asked me.
As much fun as snow days can be, I'm kind of hoping for an early spring since I like having Jaide home in summer and it's a lot easier to paint and stuff when it's not too cold to open the window. That and I like spring and dislike being cold.


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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (July 16, 2017) – Together with Western Carolina Medical Society (WCMS), Mission Health today announced it has been awarded a $750,000 grant over three years from The Duke Endowment to support and expand WCMS' Project Access charity care program.
In 1996, WCMS and its physician leaders recognized the real need to create a model of care that ensures all of our community members have access to preventive and specialty care, and to address the ever-widening chasm of health disparity in our area. Thus Project Access was born in Buncombe County—a model that has been nationally replicated in hundreds of communities with its ability to weave together a comprehensive network of care at low or no cost for the most indigent residents.
Project Access is an innovative, physician volunteer initiative that provides a way for participants to stabilize their health despite prohibitive financial barriers when health insurance is not attainable for them either through employment or government programs. Through Project Access, over 500 physicians and dozens of community partners donate their time and services to patients, receiving minimal to no reimbursement or compensation. Project Access offers a comprehensive array of free or low-cost health care services, including primary and specialty care, hospital services, labs, imaging, medications, medical equipment, mental health/substance abuse services, alternative medicine, care management, social services, and more. Project Access volunteers donate and leverage more than $8 million in services for more than 2,500 patients annually.
The award comes at a particularly precarious time for the low-income and uninsured population, many of whom enrolled for insurance for the first time through the Affordable Care Act and who now face an uncertain future with the passage of the American Health Care Act in the House. "We are grateful for The Duke Endowment's support of Project Access services so that we may sustain, strengthen and improve access to health care services for our most vulnerable populations and those with the greatest need," said Miriam Schwarz, CEO and executive director of WCMS. "In 2017, the Project Access program, with its expertise in safety net health care, is more important than ever."
Potential changes to the health insurance landscape and unprecedented need for access to behavioral health services have required that we adapt and expand for the future. New initiatives include planned expansion of services into rural Madison County, collaboration with Mission Health Partners to address social determinants of health, and leveraging Health Insurance Application Counselors for maximum impact in the region.
"The Duke Endowment grant fills an urgent need in our community and allows Project Access to care for patients in the best setting – outside of the hospital and Emergency Room, and ideally in a primary care home," said William Hathaway, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Mission Health. "This generous funding allows us to coordinate preventive and wellness care that keeps patients' overall health at a higher level, and with Project Access these patients get a primary care home and access to specialty care. As a result, our volunteer physicians help control crisis episodes such as hospitalization or emergency care, which is always more expensive and less desirable for patients."
Across North Carolina, Medicaid expansion should have covered an additional 550,000 uninsured people. According to Buncombe County's Health and Human Services estimates, the expansion would have provided an additional 12,000 low-income, uninsured people in Buncombe County with Medicaid coverage, which in turn would have helped them with access to primary care and other needed health services. With the grant funding, Project Access is positioned to serve those uncovered by Medicaid and sustain its efforts to keep patients out of the emergency department and the hospital by providing excellent healthcare services for the uninsured upstream to the outpatient setting.
"Our founder, James B. Duke, was committed to removing barriers to health care, and improving access remains a priority for us today," says Lin Hollowell, Director of the Health Care program area at The Duke Endowment. "By supporting this community network of care, we believe families across Buncombe and Madison Counties will receive needed comprehensive health services in the most cost-efficient and appropriate setting."
Mission Health, based in Asheville, North Carolina, is the state's sixth-largest health system. For the fifth time in the past six years, Mission Health has been named one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems by Truven Health Analytics, an IBM Company and part of IBM Watson Health in 2017. We are the only health system in North Carolina to achieve this recognition. Mission Health operates six hospitals, numerous outpatient and surgery centers, post-acute care provider CarePartners, long-term acute care provider Asheville Specialty Hospital, and the region's only dedicated Level II trauma center. With approximately 12,000 team members and 2,000 volunteers, Mission Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the people of western North Carolina. For more information, please visit mission-health.org or @MissionHealthNC.
About The Duke Endowment
Based in Charlotte and established in 1924 by industrialist and philanthropist James B. Duke, The Duke Endowment is a private foundation that strengthens communities in North Carolina and South Carolina by nurturing children, promoting health, educating minds and enriching spirits. Since its founding, it has distributed more than $3.4 billion in grants. The Endowment shares a name with Duke University and Duke Energy, but all are separate organizations.


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The following poems take up the topic of innocence. Each explores the topic in a vastly different way. This is to be expected given the range of usage that we give to the word, innocence. It can be a legal term that suggests one is not guilty of a crime, or it can suggest something far deeper and more subtle like the innocence of an inexperienced child. In this manner, we can ask is innocence sheer ignorance or does it contain the seeds of wisdom? Does experience profit us or does it lead us astray? We've only begun to explore these questions with a few meager offerings of verse, but we hope to add more poetry to this entry in the future. For now, please enjoy our poems of innocence!
Artless Prophecy, a poem
by Dustin Down
The purity of a feeling;
the stain upon a heart.
The guilelessness of youth;
the cynicism of age.
The blamelessness of love;
the shame of infidelity.
The righteousness of truth;
the harsh facts of reality.
The integrity of virtue;
the fertility of sin.
The world gone sterile and utterly pure
needs the innocence of spontaneity
and the forgivance of the damned.
Innocuous, a poem
by Polly Morphus
She exudes a kind of boyish sexuality.
It is her wide all-encompassing eyes,
that always draws the men in—
they are a magnificent magnet
that none of them can withstand,
especially the pure ones,
the naive who see her as a hurt soul
in need of redemption.
She knows how to play the part,
how contrive her smile just the right way
so that it feigns a hidden sadness,
a desperate emptiness needing to be filled.
This is why they come to her,
the way flies come to honey.
She is a vamp to be sure,
but she doesn't hate her prey.
She truly revels in feeding off
their complete and total innocence—
They always shiver in her embrace,
and when the bite comes,
no matter the pain,
they always enjoy it.
She can feel the innocence
slowly seeping away in her arms
as their bodies weaken.
She is utterly sure
that all of them die
than they've ever lived.
Not Guilty, a poem
by Emma Blue
When the police came for him
to read him his rights,
he stood there frozen and unbelieving.
Innocent men don't get arrested,
and they don't go to jail,
but he did.
It was like a nightmare
he had once had
of running in the slipping sand
to escape an advancing tide
that just kept coming and coming
until his feet gave way
and he was pulled under it,
a black suffocating emptiness.
he was going to prison,
how could he possibly survive this?
His little sister came to him at once.
She was his first visitor,
and the first thing she said was
I'm going to get you out.
It was a comment
detached from reality
but if she needed to believe it,
then he would let her—
I can't take it in here,
I don't know how long I can last.
If you don't give up on me,
then I won't give up on you.
She said this—
and then he grasped at it,
because he had nothing else.
The passing years hardened him,
because eighteen years
is a long time to be behind bars—
it's an infinite stretch of boredom
that disappears down the memory hole
in the wink of an eye.
At times, he even doubted
his own innocence,
so unreal had his world become.
But she kept on fighting.
She got her GED first,
then a bachelors,
and then a law degree.
It was at that point
that the fight began in earnest—
she was no longer just his little sister,
but she was his lawyer,
and he her only client.
She poured through every record
and every shred of evidence
until she found a discrepancy
that forced the case back open.
With her foot in the door
she insisted on DNA tests,
and she got them.
The real murderer's hair, skin, and blood
had been found under the finger nails
of the butchered victim,
and when they were tested,
it was not her brother's DNA,
but that of a known serial killer.
Finally, the nightmare was over.
His innocence was declared,
and the state issued an apology.
He was free.
At first it was a media circus.
He couldn't escape the cameras—
famous reporters interviewed him
and strangers asked to shake his hand.
None of it mattered,
what mattered was the tearful embrace
of his little sister
the day he walked free.
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
— William Blake from Auguries of Innocence
We hope you enjoyed these poems of innocence. We hope they inspire you to write your own poetry of pureness. We cannot have enough ballads of blamelessness or sonnets of spotlessness! Don't forget to subscribe to our poetry updates, or you might miss our next exciting poem!


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The White House just sent out the president's official Christmas cards this week and everything looked in order except for the absence of one family member: Barron Trump. Donald, Melania, Ivanka, Eric, and Tiffany Trump all made the holiday greetings card, yet Barron was surprisingly MIA. Why didn't Barron make it on the family Christmas card?
Closer Weekly reports that Barron did not make it on the Christmas card because of privacy reasons. Earlier this year, the White House sent out a special memo asking the media to give Barron some space after a misfortunate incident involving online bullies.
I just received my favorite 2017 Christmas card from @POTUS President Trump, @FLOTUS First Lady Melania and son Barron! #MerryChristmas #MAGA #TrumpDelegate pic.twitter.com/IUC15hmB8o
— Amy Tarkanian (@MrsT106) December 10, 2017
Previous presidents have sent out similar requests and the media usually allows the children to live largely outside the realm of the political limelight. In fact, Barron had few appearances during his father's campaign run, though he ignited the internet when cameras caught him napping on the eve of the election. That said, there is a good chance that Barron will be featured on holiday cards in the future as he adjusts more to his new life in Washington.
In addition to the Christmas card, Us Magazine reports that Trump and Melania released their own set of White House photos for the holiday season. The pair posed together in elegant style, flanked by American flags and a set of frosted Christmas trees.
Prior to the Christmas photos, Melania has been spotted wearing several holiday outfits while decorating the White House grounds.
Fans have generally reacted positively to the holiday photos, though Barron's absence did raise a few concerns about why he wasn't included in the family's event. Fortunately, it sounds like Trump had a perfectly good explanation for why Barron wasn't a part of the photo op.
For those who don't know much about Barron Trump, there are quite a few surprising things to learn about Melania's first son. For starters, Closer Weekly reports that Barron is Melania's only child and was born in the spring of 2006.
Melania and Trump tied the knot in January of 2005. Although most people call him Barron, Melania refers to him as "Little Donald," especially whenever he spends a lot of time with his father.
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— /RBLACKPEARL (@RSEXY108) December 5, 2017
Barron is also Trump's youngest kid and has four half-siblings, including Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric, all of whom are from Donald's first marriage with Ivana Trump, and Tiffany, whom Trump shares with his second wife, Marla Maples. All told, Barron is the uncle of ten different nieces and nephews and he's not even a teenager yet.
Barron actually decided to remain in New York after Trump won the presidency. In fact, Melania stayed with Barron in the Big Apple until he finished his fifth year at a prep school in the city. Barron now considers Washington his home and is currently attending school in Maryland at St. Andrew's.
As far as his net worth is concerned, Trump's fortune is estimated to be worth around the $3.1 billion mark. Of course, he'll have to split this up with his five children, which will set up Barron Trump quite nicely for the rest of his life.


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Disqualification Limit Case: Ex-PM Nawaz's counsel gets time
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Wednesday (today) resumed hearing of the petitions related to the determination of time-period of disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution.
A five member larger bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprises of Judges Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Azmat Saeed Justice Sheikh, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Ijazul Ahsan took up the case.
In today's proceedings, Azam Tarar, the counsel of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before the court and pleaded the court for time to prepare for the case.
The CJP accepted the plea and directed Azam Tarar to come prepared next week.
Munir A Malik, the top court's amicus curiae in the case while presenting his arguments regarding Article 62, 63 of the constitution mentioned basic rights and said that the basic rights are the heart of the constitution, adding that the lifetime disqualification is a violation of the basic rights.
Presenting his aruguments, Sikander Mehmund, the counsel of PTI leader Jahangir tareen said that Article 62, 63 of the constitution do not mention lifetime disqualification.
Justice Mian Saqib Nisar remarked that the limit of Article 62(1)(f) is vast and asked to check the definition of dishonesty.
He observed that dishonesty means cheating and a dishonest man could become the prime minister of the country.
Justice Umer Atta Bandial asked if a traitor can contest the election after five years and come to the parliament.
While presenting his arguments, Waseem Sajjad, the counsel of Allah Dino said that there is confusion in Articles 62, 63 of the constitution.


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At one time my family used a lot of paper plates and towels. Talk about literally throwing away money! Paper towels were being used to wipe counters and paper plates routinely replaced real dishes and dish washing. If you are serious about saving money, paying down debt, or just being more responsible about what you send to the landfill, there comes a time when you need to wash some dishes and do a little extra laundry.
This household economy didn't grow out of environmental self-righteousness or plain old cheapness. It grew out of just not having money! I had to pick between food and stuff.
Here are some of the easy and simple things I did that saved our family money in the area of disposables:
· Switched from disposable to real dishes and silverware
· Switched from paper towels to rags and newspaper (for cleaning glass and mirrors)
· Switched from paper to cloth napkins
You may be thinking that this is all a "no brainer," and maybe it is to most of you, but not everyone knows the difference between what is a need and what is a want anymore. We have become such a throwaway society from the cradle that a lot of us don't know there is another way.
Do I ever use paper towels? Yes, for draining fried food (I still don't feel good about using newspaper for that!) but not for cleaning the counter or floor! Do I ever use paper plates and plastic silverware? Yes, but only when I get the stuff free or at a garage sale (and my sisters insist that we not wash any dishes that day).
I hope this has helped you save some money that could be put to better use. Begonia
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Poll: YAIAA boys' Athlete of the Week | Oct. 26-Nov. 1
It was quite the year for Gus Minkin, the Central York senior golfer who took home a ton of hardware in 2015.
Minkin won a YAIAA championship, a District 3 title and then won the Regional tournament as well. This past week, he finished fifth in the PIAA state competition after firing a two-day score of 150 at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York.
Minkin was in the hunt going into the second and final day of the tournament, sitting just two strokes off the lead. He then took the lead on the final day at one point. But a triple-bogey on hole No. 9 and a double bogey on No. 10 ultimately hurt Minkin's chances of taking home the crown.
No worries though. The senior had a standout season and and a top-five finish is nothing to be ashamed of in his position.
He was joined by teammates Joe Parrini, who finished ninth overall in the tournament following a two-day score of 154.
Also joining the two Central York Panthers on the leaderboard were two Eastern York Golden Knights: Kevin Crumbling finished tied for 15th place with a two-day score of 158. And Andrew Davis tied for 24th place with a two-day total of 163.
Vote for Minkin or any of our other nominees for this week's Athlete of the Week poll, which closes Monday at 5 p.m.:


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The article by Schwartz and coworkers (1) in this issue serves as an effective reminder that some passengers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can markedly reduce their arterial oxygen tension (PO2) to 30 to 40 mm Hg at altitudes commonly flown by high-flying, pressurized jet aircraft (1500 to 2400 m). This information is particularly relevant because air transportation today is relatively expeditious, popular, safe, and often economical for both healthy and ill passengers. It has been estimated that 5% of commercial airline passengers are ambulatory patients with some disease or illness (2), including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Whereas some patients
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