So it might not be the official definition of Singularity University, but in my head it's a showcase of where we are as humans. The boundary of mankind. And it's mind blowing!
Disruption is happening, we see it over and over again, and for some reason, the company/industry getting disrupted, battle to adapt.
David Roberts took us back in history as he explained how ice disrupted the spice trade industry, and how the disruption continued until the common household fridge we know today, and then some speculation on what will disrupt the fridge.
Drones in San Francisco can now apparently deliver fresh food to your door in 2 minutes. If this becomes mainstream do we still need fridges?
Now how many fridge appliance manufactures are also into drones ? In fact, it seems like the whole logistics industry is about to be disrupted with a combination of drones and 3D Printers. Why would you deliver something you can print yourself ?
As Carlo van de Weijer explained, because of Exponential Technologies, these distributions can actually leap frog emerging countries in certain areas. The world's first drone port is being built in Ghana, allowing deliveries of supplies in remote areas that do not have roads.
Mandy Simpson spoke about Blockchain and Bitcoin and what this might mean for the financial industry in the internet age. Personally I am not sure if our banks and other financial institutions are ready for this and the disruption it will cause.
Very interesting talk on how far we are with robotics and what this will mean for us in the future.
Baxter is a cheap robot that you teach by showing him what to do, and it's disrupting the manufacturing industry. There are micro robots that can remove weeds from a farm land, basically replacing seasonal farm workers. But, like Vivienne Ming said, humans are not supposed to be bent over in the sun all day to remove weed.
We cannot outsource who we are to a phone, or AI or a robot.
Ramez Naam spoke about clean energy and how that is disrupting the fossil fuel industry. In 1977 1 Watt cost $77, now it's 30 cents.
The most scary talk of all, Ray McCauley (not the one you are thinking of) spoke about how we can already read, write and edit DNA and how that can help us in the medical fields. There is a company in Isreal that is printing a heart using 3D printing and DNA hacking !
IoT bring a whole new set of security concerns, as Jaya Baloo explained in this talk. She is also of the opinion that World War III will be a cyber war and it's already in progress… scary.


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How Does an Awakened Person Perceive the World?
"The eye is made to wonder, just as the flower is made to bloom." ~ Claude Nurdisany
Obviously, that's an important question for nondualists including Advaitins and Buddhists. 'Waking up' – attaining moksha or nirvana, experiencing satori, realizing your true nature, etc. – is the ultimate goal for both, and we naturally want to know what difference that makes to one's perceptions. In what ways is the experience of someone who is Awake (the literal meaning of 'a Buddha') transformed?
Curiously, the best description I know is not from a tradition that we normally think of as nondualist. It's in Centuries of Meditations, by a seventeenth-century English clergyman and poet named Thomas Traherne. His book was not published until 1908 but has since become widely regarded as a mystical masterpiece – and for good reason. The fact that Traherne was a Christian cleric, and apparently unaware of Buddhism, Vedanta, Taoism, Sufism, and so forth, is important because it reminds us yet again that no religious tradition has a monopoly on spiritual insight.
The passage below is one of the classic passages of world mysticism. It employs some old-fashioned language and requires some reflection in order to appreciate its deeper meaning. In particular, two words in the first sentence need some explaining. An outdated meaning of 'corn' is 'grain', which is why Traherne can say that the corn he saw was wheat. And 'orient' is used in its old meaning of 'iridescent' or 'lustrous', one of several references to the luminosity of the world he describes so wonderfully.
"The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting. The dust and stones of the street were as precious as gold; the gates were at first the end of the world. The green trees when I saw them first through one of the gates transported and ravished me, their sweetness and unusual beauty made my heart to leap, and almost mad with ecstasy, they were such strange and wonderful things. The Men! O what venerable and reverend creatures did the aged seem! Immortal Cherubims! And young men glittering and sparkling Angels, and maids strange seraphic pieces of life and beauty! Boys and girls tumbling in the street, and playing, were moving jewels. I knew not that they were born or should die. But all things abided eternally as they were in their proper places. Eternity was manifest in the Light of the Day, and something infinite behind everything appeared; which talked with my expectation and moved my desire. The city seemed to stand in Eden, or to be built in Heaven. The streets were mine, the temple was mine, the people were mine, their clothes and gold and silver were mine, as much as their sparkling eyes, fair skins and ruddy faces. The skies were mine, and so were the sun and moon and stars, and all the World was mine; and I the only spectator and enjoyer of it… So that with much ado I was corrupted, and made to learn the dirty devices of this world. Which now I unlearn, and become, as it were, a little child again that I may enter into the Kingdom of God."
I first read this description many years ago, but reflecting on it from a nondualist perspective has unlocked treasures unappreciated earlier. I am eager to share it because it is so similar to basic Advaitic and Buddhist claims about the nature of reality, when we experience the world (including ourselves) as it really is. Here are the main aspects that stand out for me:
Light and ecstasy
The world that Traherne describes is incredibly beautiful and blissful. The trees 'transported and ravished' him, their unusual beauty made his heart leap 'and almost mad with ecstasy.' And he is specific about the nature of that loveliness, referring again and again to the luminosity of things: the corn is 'orient,' the young men 'glittering,' angels 'sparkling,' and playing children are 'moving jewels.'
Mystics in many traditions have emphasized the world's radiance: things that we usually perceive as solid objects now glow. A distinction that we normally take for granted, between physical objects and the light that they reflect, no longer applies. The difference between them is actually something that has been constructed: it is a product of our ways of thinking about the world, including the names that we assign to things. I overlook the radiance when I see that as simply 'a cup.' I don't really pay attention to it: it's just something I use to drink my tea. That is how we learn to grasp the world, yet that habitual way of perceiving can also be unlearned. When we see things as they are, without unconsciously distinguishing between objects and the light they reflect, the visible world is no longer a collection of fixed, material, self-existing things but appears as a confluence of interacting, luminous processes. The cup on the table next to my computer is not just a piece of molded baked clay that just happens to be there. Its being-there is an activity. And such processes are not self-sufficient: they manifest something, which Traherne later points to.
Religions tend to be preoccupied with immortality – helping us qualify for an eternity in heaven with God, for example. Traherne describes a different type of 'everlasting,' which is not about surviving death and living forever into a never-ending future, but experiencing here-and-now in a different way: dwelling in what is sometimes called an eternal present. His most wondrous line begins:
"Eternity was manifest in the Light of the Day…" The 'immortal' wheat he sees was never sown and will never be reaped, having stood there 'from everlasting to everlasting.' In that regard Traherne doesn't distinguish between wheat, stones, trees, or humans: not only are they all radiant, each abides eternally insofar as it manifests the Light of the Day. In another Centuries of Meditations passage, he declares: "All time was Eternity, and a perpetual Sabbath."
Nondualist traditions such as Buddhism emphasize realizing the 'deathless,' and often mention 'the unborn' as well. What would it mean, to transcend life and death? Do such claims refer to an afterlife? Traherne's account suggests a different perspective. It's the nature of all living creatures that they are born at a certain time and sooner or later die at another time. Buddhism does not offer an escape from such impermanence. But if living beings, like all other things, are not self-existing – if they too are interdependent processes that manifest something – then perhaps they cannot die insofar as they were never really born in the first place.
Manifest what? According to the Buddhist tantric tradition, our minds have three inalienable and inseparable aspects: they are luminous, blissful, and 'empty' (shunya).
"Eternity was manifest in the Light of the Day, and something infinite behind everything appeared…" Traherne does not mention God, except at the very end when he refers to becoming a little child again so that he might enter the Kingdom of God. The only other place in this passage where he perhaps alludes to God, or to some other spiritual reality, is this 'something infinite.' We are reminded of a better-known aphorism by William Blake:
"If the doors of perception were cleans'd, everything would be seen as it really is, infinite."
What is striking about this infinity for both Traherne and Blake is that it is not described as existing separately from perceived things. If things are really unborn – because they do not self-exist but are always just manifesting something else – then the infinity they manifest is not something experienced apart from the 'empty' things that manifest it. The Heart Sutra says it better: "Although form is not other than emptiness, it's also true that emptiness not other than form."
Mahayana Buddhist teachings sometimes talk about 'the nonduality of emptiness (shunyata) and appearance.' The distinction between the conventional or relative 'lower' truth, and the ultimate or absolute 'higher truth,' is the difference between how things usually appear to us, and what they really are. But the term 'appearance' can be misleading insofar as it seems to imply that the world we normally perceive is nothing more than a dream-like illusion.
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche clarifies the Mahayana understanding of the relationship between manifestations (which we usually misperceive as separate, self-existing things) and that-which-they-manifest:
'Appearance' is a funny sort of word. It means some kind of surface thing, but with something else called 'reality' that is behind it. 'Presence' is a much better word. Something is presenting by itself, whose essence is emptiness. What appears is the phenomenal world, but it is empty because it has no real substance (in "Empty Splendor," Buddhadharma Fall 2013).
Presence is perhaps the best English word to describe what Traherne is pointing at. What we normally perceive as solid objects, is the luminous presencing of something infinite — something not-finite, un-bounded – which is manifesting in these ways. This 'empty' infinite has no name and form: it is literally nothing in itself, or, better, a no-thing that therefore can presence as anything.
Religious dogma often postulates a cosmological dualism: the duality between this created world and God in heaven is a common example, and the Buddhist distinction between samsara (this world of suffering) and nirvana (the Buddhist goal) is another. Salvation usually means escaping from this vale of tears by attaining access to the 'higher' reality. Such an orientation inevitably involves some devaluation of this 'lower' world, and encourages us to turn away from its problems. The spiritual path is not about fixing this world but transcending it.
In contrast, Traherne does not allude to any other reality that transcends the magnificent world he describes. The implication of his account is that this is ultimate reality. It can still be understood as transcending the way we usually experience this world, but it is still this world. As Nagarjuna put it: "The koti of samsara is the koti of nirvana." The place that we usually experience as a realm of suffering is not other than what we seek, nirvana itself – when we see this place, right here, as it really is. Traherne makes the same point by referring to Eden and Heaven: The city he tells us about, which usually appears to us so commonplace and unremarkable, now 'seemed to stand in Eden, or to be built in Heaven.' There's no need to aspire to anyplace else, for he doesn't need anything more than what's already here.
Nonduality
Traherne's account builds upon itself, becoming more moving and profound, until it reaches a climax: "The streets were mine, the temple was mine, the people were mine, their clothes and gold and silver were mine, as much as their sparkling eyes, fair skins and ruddy faces. The skies were mine, and so were the sun and moon and stars, and all the World was mine; and I the only spectator and enjoyer of it." What are we to make of this mine-ness? Is his experience solipsistic?
It depends on what we mean by solipsism. It is usually defined as the belief that the only reality is the self, yet that claim can be understood in different ways. To insist that atman (the true self) is brahman (the ground of the cosmos), as Vedanta does, is to assert that the self is the only reality – but we need to realize what the true self really is.
Buddhism emphasizes that there is no self, but if the basic problem is a sense-of-separate-self confronting that which other than itself – inside vs. outside – there may be no difference at all between an experience of all-Self and the experience of no-self. What's important in both cases in that the delusive duality between self and other has been dispelled. Nisargardatta has made this point better than anyone else: "When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that's wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything, that's love. Between these two my life turns."
The difference between these nondualist traditions and Traherne is that nondualists usually prefer to say that 'the streets were me, the temple was me,' etc. I am reminded of Zen master Dogen's description of his own enlightenment experience: "I came to realize clearly that mind is nothing other than rivers and mountains and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and the stars." It seems to me, however, that the difference between their accounts is less important than the similarities. Both have transcended the usual dualism between an alienated and anxious sense of self that is trapped within an external, objective world.
Yet Traherne says that he was 'the only spectator and enjoyer of it.' Doesn't that still dualize between the seer and the seen? No: the mind that Dogen refers to still sees itself from a particular perspective, the presencing we call Dogen. It is the same with Traherne's account: it is with him – or, better, as him – that the 'empty,' infinite Brahman/nondual mind awakens to its own true nature. For a while, anyway.
Traherne's exalted depiction concludes with a sudden deflation. The experience he has just described to us has been lost, for he 'was corrupted, and made to learn the dirty devices of this world.' But there is hope: those devices he can 'unlearn, and become, as it were, a little child again that I may enter into the Kingdom of God.' The allusion is to Matthew 18, where Jesus says: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." This verse is normally understood to refer to where we might go after we die, but we do well to remember something else Jesus reputedly said: "Behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst" (Luke 17:21; more familiar to most of us is the King James version: "The kingdom of God is within you."). In the context of everything else that Traherne has just written, his desire to enter the Kingdom of God should surely be understood in the same way. The point is not to attain some otherworldly salvation, but to 'return' to the beautiful, luminous, blissful, eternal, nondual heavenly world he has so poetically depicted for us.
'Return' is in scare-quotes because he has not really lost it. He cannot lose that world, because his experience was a glimpse into what it really is, whether we are aware of it or not. Having had a taste of it, Traherne knows what he has to do: to unlearn the 'dirty devices of this world' – the world, that is, as normally experienced by 'corrupted' people. It's not obvious what he means by corruption and the world's dirty devices. We may suppose that he is referring to immoral behavior, and that dirty devices are the ways people deceive and abuse each other. Yet corruption here might also include the types of delusion that the nondualist traditions also emphasize. Delusions collude with cravings to reify the sense of a self that feels separate from the world it is 'in.' Then I am motivated to pursue my own supposed self-interest indifferent to the well-being of others. Grasping at things in (what we understand to be) the world, we lose our birthright: the world that Traherne so lovingly portrays. But we can always return to it, because it is always there. It becomes here whenever we open up to it.
It is important to notice also what Traherne does not mention. Everything he describes is visual: what about the other senses – such as the sound of the wind blowing through the trees, and the laughter of the children? Were they also 'mine'? We wonder if he heard them nondually, like T. S. Eliot's 'music heard so deeply/ That it is not heard at all, but you are the music/ While the music lasts.' And we don't read anything about how Traherne's bodily awareness may have changed.
The biggest lack in Traherne's account is perhaps something that he would not consider a shortcoming – and that some nondualist teachers would also not emphasize. In Buddhist terms, the 'higher truth' that he describes so well is sundered from the conventional 'lower truth' that we are more familiar with. Traherne's world has no problems: each luminous thing is a way that 'empty infinity' presences, including the children playing in the street… but do they go to bed hungry at night? Although everything manifests eternity in the Light of the Day, in his day most of those particular manifestations died before their second birthday. Yes, the 'higher truth' is that they didn't really die because they had never been born; from the perspective of the lower truth, however, there is birth, and death… and suffering. Traherne's society was organized hierarchically, for the benefit of those at the top of the class pyramid. Patriarchy and slavery were the norm.
To dwell blissfully in the world that Traherne describes so well, while ignoring such problems, is 'clinging to emptiness.' It is important for us to experience the infinity he refers to, and not to rest there. We all start from an awareness of the 'lower truth:' the world as a collection of separate things, including me, anxious and insecure within it. We are eager to become enlightened and realize the true nature of the world, including ourselves: the empty infinity that presences as you and me and everything else. But it is just as important not to devalue those presences – in Buddhist terms, the forms whereby emptiness (shunyata) manifests. As William Blake also wrote, "Eternity is in love with the productions of time." Empty infinity is in love with its presencing! Because they aren't really separate from each other.
The spiritual challenge is to realize that these two truths are two sides of the same coin, and to live in the light of that realization.
Author: David Loy, scienceandnonduality.com
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MotherFatherSon: Can we trust anyone? All the burning questions from episode one of Richard Gere's stellar new drama
Adam MillerWednesday 6 Mar 2019 10:01 pm
MotherFatherSon is our new obsession and there's a lot to digest (Picture: BBC)
MotherFatherSon, Richard Gere's epic TV comeback finally aired tonight and we have a lot of questions.
The eight-part BBC thriller follows Max (played by Gere), an American media mogul who returns to the UK in the midst of a ruthless general election, with two rival parties vying for his approval, and more importantly, his influence.
But beneath the surface, Max's son Caden (Billy Howle) is falling apart at the seams as editor of his father's leading newspaper, The National Reporter, snorting lines of cocaine at every lonely moment before he was struck with tragedy: a stroke. What's more, the anarchic prodigal son has clearly found himself caught up in the disappearance of a young girl, and at this point we're guessing there's a body to be found.
Elsewhere Caden's mother Kathryn (Helen McRory) is a fascinating enigma, volunteering at a homeless centre and falling helplessly in love with an equally mysterious stranger, subsequently, as her son brutally put it, 'embarrassing the family.'
There's a lot to unpack from the introduction to MotherFatherSon and we're itching for the answers.
What's Caden's connection to the missing girl, Tanya?
Billy Howle stars as Caden in MotherFatherSon (Picture: BBC)
At the beginning of tonight's nail-biter, we heard a panicked mother desperately trying to reach her daughter, Tanya. But Tanya's phone had been tapped, and whoever was listening was swiftly bumped off, strangled by a killer and the police dubbed the incident as 'robbery gone wrong'.
When Nick, a reporter for The National Reporter, went to Caden with the story, he gave exactly the same statement as the police – word for word. Why?
Can Kathryn's lover Scott be trusted?
Kathryn's been spied on and one of Max's rival publications have threatened to leak photos of her with her homeless new lover, Scott. However, she couldn't care less – and rightly so: Scott's effortlessly charming, good looking and he makes pottery – he's a winner, right?
But did he know who Kathryn was? Someone tipped off the press and if it wasn't Kathryn or the homeless centre, there's only one person left in the frame. We know Scott had a very sudden fall from the top and somehow we think Max or Caden had something to do with it. Unless….
Can we really trust Kathryn's lover, Scott? (Picture: BBC)
Did Kathryn stage her fling as revenge?
Not only could Kathryn not have cared less that her pictures wth Scott were about to be splashed all over the press, she seemed pretty smug about it. When her son offered to write a glossy feature about her new venture in the charity sector for The National Reporter, Kathryn immediate declined.
She's holding something against Max, so it this her revenge?
What did Maggie do to Caden?
Max said it himself: Maggie was the most popular reporter at the entire paper and Caden let her go.
'She wasn't loyal,' her boss insisted, but there's more to this. We know it.
Regardless, Caden and Max are about to feel her wrath as she's teamed up with Nick to take the pair down. Maggie's dying of cancer, has nothing to lose and looks like she might get plenty of evidence to crash out with a bang.
What happened to divide this mother, father and son?
Across all the drama, the biggest question right now is what caused this family to fall apart? Kathryn, for all her flaws, desperately clung on to Caden over lunch and he could barely look at her in the eye. And as for her marriage with Max, they've clearly not even been in the same room for years – until they had to for their child.
Caden's horror has brought together a mother, father and son who seemed almost like strangers. Watch this space…
While the foundations have been laid for a gripping psycho-thriller, what's actually in store in MotherFatherSon? Naturally, Caden's stroke will dictate the course of the next seven episodes, and while we know nothing about what lies ahead, writer Tom Rob Smith told press including Metro.co.uk the ordeal will 'change the course of the country'.
We may not have any answers just yet, but we're in it for the long-haul.
MotherFatherSon continues next Wednesday at 9pm on BBC Two.
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It's four o'clock when the phone rings, right on time, and I wake as if I've never slept. Heartbeat pulsing in my ears, I grab the phone before the second ring. "Yeah," I answer, my voice low, almost reverent.
I reach for Kate's hand under the covers. Her fingers clutch mine and she looks through the dark at me, her eyes searching. "Fifteen minutes," I say when I hang up, then click on the bedside lamp.
She is trembling, her breath shallow, and I know if I falter she'll crumble. We rise from bed like rigid ghosts, slipping into yesterday's clothes, brushing teeth in the dim light from the bedroom. I don't want to see myself in the mirror. Don't want to catch her eyes in the reflection.
The hallway floor is ice, even through my socks. The living room lit only by the colored lights on the Christmas tree. Presents encircle it, a few unwrapped from the night before, paper still wadded on the floor.
We perch on sofa cushions and wait. There's nothing to say. Too much to say. Kate's face is pale and fearful. Eyes so wide they could swallow the moon. She presses her fingers to her mouth. I lean forward, elbows to knees, and jiggle my legs, until I can't sit any longer.
We put on coats and go to the driveway to watch for them. Outside the air is brittle, the sky still with winter stars. A frozen quiet. Ours the only house with a light. I shift from one slippered foot to another, clench my arms against my chest. My breath furls in gray crystal clouds. Finally, I hear a car, half a mile away, its studded tires drumming the bare pavement. We peer down the street until headlights round the corner.
It's a white SUV, mottled with snow-dirt. The man and woman who emerge are a mismatched pair. He is short and burly, dark-skinned black. She is pale and wispy with a sympathetic smile.
When we bring them inside, I hush the dog and wonder if Jesse has heard the barking, the car doors slamming. Then I remember that he wakes for nothing anymore. There isn't a clock alarm he doesn't sleep through. Besides, I slipped him a sleeping pill with his meds last night, just to make sure he stayed put.
Riley, our golden retriever, escorts us to the living room, bumping our legs with full-body wags. The stuffed toy in his mouth only slightly muffles his persistent whining.
Kate and I sit like attentive schoolchildren on the couch while Denny goes over the details. We'll wake Jesse up. Introduce Denny and Mary and say that they are here to take him to a program. We will exit quickly and go to our bedroom. We will turn on the radio, lock the door and stay there. They will call us from the road.
Denny slaps his thighs and rises, and we take the cue. I put Riley in the bedroom and come out with a Zip-Lock baggie full of prescription bottles, and an envelope of signed forms that I hand to Mary. That's all that goes with him. Everything else, from underwear to sleeping bag, will be supplied.
Kate hands Denny a stack of folded clothes for the ride: Polarfleece sweatpants, flannel boxers, wool socks, an AIDS Ride for Life tee shirt, and Jesse's favorite Oregon sweatshirt. It will all be bagged when he gets there, but she handpicked and washed each item as if it were the last thing she would ever do for him.
Jesse doesn't stir when we open his door. The room still smells of pot from the night before, when he was too far gone to even try to hide it. The hall light catches on the disarray: inflated popcorn bags spilling onto the carpet, dishes of half-eaten Spaghettios, soda cans, uncased CDs, all scattered across the floor. For once, I'm not embarrassed. Don't feel compelled to apologize. This is the place we have come to.
I'm the one who wakes him, glad now for the tenacious slumber that buys me a few precious seconds. I sit on the edge of his bed and run my fingers through his unruly black hair, freshly washed at our insistence last night. Kate kneels on the floor beside me, and for a moment, he is ours again. I cup his soft, pale cheek, and he doesn't flinch.
He slumps back down on the bed, knees to chest, and pulls the covers over his bare, skinny shoulder. At sixteen, he's still so small. He stares forward, vacant, resigned. Kate sniffles behind me, and Denny steps forward.
"I love you, Jesse." Through the blanket, I wrap my fingers around his arm. I want to explain, to remind him of all that has brought us to this, to tell him that this is not punishment, it's the help he needs. But I remember Denny's instructions, the warnings not to engage. I give his elbow a quick squeeze. "We're going upstairs now. Denny will help you get ready." I step away so Kate can say goodbye.
I linger at the doorway, unwilling to leave until I see Jesse's response. "I'm good," he answers, and the confidence in his voice surprises me. He swings his feet to the floor and pushes the hair out of his eyes while he looks around the room.
I see how this works now. It's the cool dude connection. Whether it's bravado or fear or true camaraderie, Jesse will go peacefully so as not to lose face, because it's all good, man.
Behind our bedroom door, Kate wrings her hands and paces the floor like a character in a poor melodrama. I turn on the clock radio and crouch in front of the wall heater. Let the hot air blow over me until the wool of my sweater smells scorched. But it doesn't quell the shivering below my skin. Doesn't thaw this clump of ice in my chest.
Who would do this? Send their youngest away two days before Christmas, transported by strangers in the night? Sentence him to thirty days and nights in the high desert snow?
Not us, surely. We were the parents who let a gift certificate to a bed and breakfast expire because we couldn't bear to leave our little ones overnight. Who found ways to live on one income so we wouldn't have to put the boys in daycare. Who walked our children to school every morning and stood waiting by the gate at 3:00.
Riley pushes his muzzle into my shoulder, whining again. I wrap my arm around his neck and pull him close, shush him in a low voice.
There is an unfamiliar noise and Kate clicks off the radio, stands by the door. It sounds like keening, or a distant dog howling. "He's crying," she says and presses her palms to her heart, eyes filling. But I hear it again and step closer, listening.
Kate presses her ear to the door, and we can hear them moving up the stairway now. It must be Denny, warbling a bold, slow song in a baritone whistle. Kate and I exchange cautious relief. Could it be this easy? No fight? No tears? No pleading for another chance?
Only after we hear the front door close do we venture out of hiding, edging down the hall like timid stowaways. I wait until headlights sweep across the front windows before I rest my forehead on the glass, watching red lights receding in a cloud of fumes.
Then comes the silence. Voluminous silence that drums my ears and pushes at my throat. It's a silence that will dog me for months to come. Follow me from room to room, mocking the starkness of my life.
Kate's chin presses into my shoulder and I reach behind me for her hand. I turn, eventually, and fold into the circle of her arms. It's safe to cry now, but neither of us do.


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Q: How to determine which are the best predictor variables given a known classification? Given the dataset below:
RockType  Porosity  ShearFactor SandContent WaterContent PoissonCoef
   1        0.10       0.78        0.06        0.19         0.77
   1        0.14       0.71        0.03        0.25         0.76
   1        0.10       0.73        0.05        0.17         0.76
   1        0.08       0.75        0.09        0.11         0.76
   2        0.23       0.72        0.08        0.28         0.75
   2        0.27       0.66        0.13        0.12         0.76
   2        0.29       0.64        0.11        0.09         0.74
   2        0.25       0.67        0.12        0.07         0.73

I'd like to know which variables are most relevant in classifying rock samples in Rock 1 and Rock 2.  Porosity seems an obvious choice given that simple example.  But real-world data sets are not quite simple.  Is there a method so I can perform some kind of relevance test?
Thanks in advance.

A: A logistic regression model with either logit or probit link function would be the best choice for you.
You include all your possible predictive variables for classification in the model as regressor variables, as long as they are not highly correlated with each other. The explained variable is the dichotomous rock type 1 or 2.
From the estimated model you obtain a prediction which is rock type 1 or 2. The predicted rock type is then compared to the original rock type of each sample and you obtain the false positive, true postive, false negative and true negative rate of your prediction. In the model you can select variables based on underlying tests or by AIC or BIC based model selection methods.
The choice of what is "positive" and "negative" is arbitrary and depends on what you wish to declare as positive or negative. Rename it as "True 1s", "True 2s", "False 1s" and "False 2s" instead. "True 1s" are when you predicted type 1 and the original rock also was type 1. "False 1s" are when you predicted type 1, but the original rock was type 2.
For a formal estimation how well your model works these rates are compared in the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve which is a measure of quality for your whole model and its predictive value.

A: Well, the first and most simple thing you can do is to compute a good old correlation matrix, to find which variables have a higher linear correlation with the one you want to predict.
From the data you provided, in seems that not only the Porosity is linearly correlated with the rock type, but also the SandContent.

A more interesting question, however, is which variables would result in a higher test accuracy if provided to a given classifier. For instance, maybe the ShearFactor has no linear correlation with the rock type, but perhaps some nonlinear transformation of this feature is super informative about the rock type, and maybe the right classification model can find that source of information.
In general, there is no straightforward way to  know this without trying. And the best performing features might depend on the classification model. Nevertheless, a common approach is to use the feature "importance" as determined by some tree ensemble classification model. For instance, check out sklearn's RandomForestClassifier and its feature_importance_ attribute.
Nevertheless, you will need far more data to get any meaningful results.

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Correlation of cyclin D1 mRNA levels with clinico-pathological parameters and clinical outcome in human breast carcinomas
Toshiaki Utsumi, Noriko Yoshimura, Morito Maruta, Shinji Takeuchi, Jiro Ando, Yoshikazu Mizoguchi, Nobuhiro Harada
In order to evaluate the prognostic significance of cyclin D1 mRNA expression in mammary neoplasia, its levels were measured in 97 breast cancers by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using fluorescent primer and standard RNA along with estrogen receptor (ER). The median value of cyclin D1 mRNA was 1.60 amol/μg RNA (range, 0.01 to 5.63 amol/μg RNA). ER mRNA was detectable in 70 breast cancer samples (72.2%) and cyclin D1 mRNA levels were significantly higher in ER mRNA-positive than in ER mRNA-negative tumors (p = 0.009). Furthermore, cyclin D1 mRNA levels were significantly (p = 0.001) lower in patients who experienced a recurrence during the follow-up period (mean of 40.8 months, median of 39 months) compared with those with no evidence of recurrent disease (mean of 49.2 months, median of 48 months), and in those who died from disease (mean follow-up period of 30.5 months, median of 26 months) than in the survivors (mean of 50.5 months and median of 48 months) (p = 0.005). Setting the median value (= 1.60 amol/μg RNA) as the cutoff point, expression was significantly associated with relapse-free survival (p = 0.002). Similarly, a significant correlation was observed between the cyclin D1 mRNA level and overall survival (p = 0.015). The expression was found to be an independent factor for predicting relapse-free survival using multivariate analysis. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Utsumi, T., Yoshimura, N., Maruta, M., Takeuchi, S., Ando, J., Mizoguchi, Y., & Harada, N. (2000). Correlation of cyclin D1 mRNA levels with clinico-pathological parameters and clinical outcome in human breast carcinomas. International Journal of Cancer, 89(1), 39-43. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000120)89:1<39::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-T
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From Our Member Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR), Kazakhstan – Open letter to the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan calling for improved protection of women at risk of domestic violence during the COVID-19 crisis
17 April 2020 2:04 pm
Open letter to the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan calling for improved protection of women at risk of domestic violence during the COVID-19 crisis
14April 2020
This letter is written on behalf of the Coalition of NGOs against Torture in Kazakhstan a structure which includes amongst its members human rights organizations, lawyers and forensic and psychiatric experts, and our Brussels-based partners International Partnership for Human Rights.
Since the introduction of quarantine measures on 15 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries across the world are facing a sharp rise in incidents of domestic violence, as outlined by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in his statement of 2 April 2020. He said "We know lockdowns and quarantines are essential to suppressing COVID-19. But, they can trap women with abusive partners. Over the past weeks, as economic and social pressures and fear have grown, we have seen a horrifying global surge in domestic violence. In some countries, the number of women calling support services has doubled." He added "health‑care providers and police are overwhelmed and understaffed. Local support groups are paralyzed or short of funds. Some domestic violence shelters are closed; others are full."
The Union of Crisis Centers ALE is a Coalition member and a network of 18 organizations from 11 regions of Kazakhstan which aims to prevent gender-based violence. The Union of Crisis Centres reports that since the state of emergency was declared on 15 March and people were confined to their homes, the number of reports of domestic violence in the cities of Nur-Sultan and Almaty has risen sharply. In March 2020, 199 complaints were received regarding incidents of domestic violence, over 25 % more than usual. The Department of Social Welfare of Almaty has provided a separate room for newly arrived victims of domestic violence to be placed in quarantine.
In March 2020 in Kazakhstan, the horrific case of Aunagul Bekenova, whose ex-husband attacked her and slashed her face from mouth to ear in the bar where she worked, highlighted the issue and spread of domestic violence in the country, and there are fears that the state of emergency will only worsen the tensions and violence in families.[1]
Aigul[2] had to take refuge in a crisis centre in March 2020 after her husband beat her. She says "I always thought that we had the happiest family, my beloved husband and I and our children. Everything was fine and the sky seemed cloudless to me… Our only problem was with housing, the six of us living in a small one- room house with a kitchen… I loved my husband very much and always took care of him. But in March, he began to make comments about my appearance, saying I have grown fat, and look bad. My husband began talking about how much he would like to bring his second wife to the house. I always thought he was joking – until it really happened. He said that due to my constant worries about housework and children, I wasn't paying him enough attention… At the end of March, he brought home a young woman of about 20 years old. There were constant fights with my husband, he shouted, cursed, started to beat me. The last time he beat me in front of children. The police brought me to the crisis center".
The fact that domestic violence is not a criminal offence in Kazakhstan means that the perpetrators are not punished adequately; there is no deterrent effect and a perception of impunity which leads to an increase in domestic violence. Zulfiya Baisakova, director of the Union of Crises Centers says "The home is a place where everybody should feel safe, but domestic violence destroys this main right. We have had enough of solemn speeches and statistics – now is the time to criminalize domestic violence in Kazakhstan".
The situation is worse now because of the state of emergency. Courts can issue warnings or order administrative detention for up to 10 days, but due to the shutdown court activities have been suspended or limited and the courts often prioritize cases involving violations of quarantine rules.
The restrictions on movement during the emergency situation also mean that it is impossible to conduct a forensic medical examination, or to gather evidence of domestic violence.
In order to effectively combat this problem, which affects an estimated 34 % of women and 28 % of children (as victims and witnesses) in Kazakhstan, it is necessary to criminalize domestic violence and end impunity for perpetrators. This will send a strong message that domestic violence is not acceptable. The NGO Coalition of Kazakhstan Against Torture and IPHR also recommend that the government take the following immediate measures as a matter of priority:
– guarantee a swift response to reports from victims of domestic violence from both local police officers and the 102 service;
– inform law enforcement officers that issuing protective orders and intervention in cases of domestic violence should be treated as a priorities, along with cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic;
– ensure the continuation of court hearings on cases of domestic violence;
– ensure that measures are taken to allow victims of domestic violence to access timely forensic examinations when necessary;
– provide informational support to the 150 service to ensure the public is informed about the provision of round-the-clock psychological and information support.
We support UN Secretary General Guterres's call to the authorities of all countries to include the prevention of violence against women and redress a key part of their national response plans to combat COVID-19.
We trust that you will swiftly take all the necessary measures to address the problems outlined above, and we would be grateful if you could provide information about your plans to ensure that women are protected against domestic violence while the state of emergency lasts.
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Hi folks, Doc here. In the early 1990s a latecomer to the metal construction toy industry appeared in the form of Steel Tec, a system manufactured in China and produced and marketed by the Remco Toys division of Azrak Hamway International, Inc. (most baby boomers will recognize the Remco® brand name). First introduced in 1992, the Steel Tec system had a short and troubled lifespan, lasting only until 1997 when the Remco® brand name was purchased by JAKKS Pacific, Inc. However, it has been reported that the Steel Tec name may yet again appear on a new line of construction sets under development by 4Kidz, Inc.
The Steel Tec system was somewhat unique for several reasons. Most of the over 30 different sets that were produced during its five year run were designed to build just a single model. In addition, many sets featured an unusual combination of traditional metal parts (strips, plates, brackets, etc.) and molded and painted polystyrene components. Models built from these sets look like a strange hybrid of plastic scale model kit and metal construction toy (see image at right). These featured models were often vehicles of some type (planes, trucks, spaceships, etc.) and tended to be small in size, since the largest standard metal part included in most sets was an 11-hole strip.
The "traditional" building parts in the Steel Tec system were based on the same ½" (12.7mm) hole spacing found in the Meccano and Gilbert Erector systems. As a result, the parts are generally compatible with either system (compatible is a relative term here, since it was the use of this word in Steel Tec advertising that resulted in legal action by a competitor). The fasteners are compatible only with Meccano, since they feature the same 5/32" Whitworth scale threads (Gilbert Erector fasteners have 8-32 threads). The standard Steel Tec part inventory was more limited than Meccano or Erector, however. Parts were nearly as often molded plastic as they were made from metal, and were of good quality. As might be expected, strips, brackets and small plates were bright nickel plated metal. Pulleys, larger plates and other specialized parts were either plastic or painted metal; colors were typically red, blue, yellow, or orange. Gears, also plastic, included a ½" worm; a 19T pinion, a 57T gear wheel, a 50T contrate with attached ½" pulley, and a 57T/19T. The longest typical angle girder was a 4-hole, although the Parachute Ride set (shown below) included 17-hole slotted angle girders - an odd size to be sure! Small battery powered electric motors with plastic housings were included in larger sets. Several accessories could be purchased separately for use with Steel Tec sets, including a battery operated Power Wrench and a Work Center/Storage Case. Set manuals were large, sturdy, and well illustrated, with step-by-step model building instructions and part diagrams usually shown in full color (see examples below).
As I mentioned previously, there were over 30 different sets in the Steel Tec line. Several of the largest and most interesting sets are shown in the images below. Set boxes were almost always made of thin cardboard, with glossy full color photos of the feature model(s) on the cover. Larger set boxes, like those shown below, could be opened at either end by way of an unusual folded tuck-in flap. Set contents were arranged in molded styrofoam trays. At the center of each tray was a flat rectangular plastic box with a snap on lid that contained most of the small strips and brackets (see below). Beneath this box in a compartment in the styrofoam tray, the screws, nuts and the remainder of the small parts were stored in plastic bags.
At 1001 pieces, the No. 7097 X2000 Space Station & Shuttle (shown above) was the largest Steel Tec set. Its signature model was motorized and lighted, and stood over 18" tall when completed.
The No. 7096 Amusement Park Parachute Ride set (shown above) contained 695 pieces. The feature model was motorized and fully operational, with two parachutes suspended from a horizontal arm. I'll be presenting this model in the Model Gallery in the near future. The set contents, manual cover and part diagrams are shown in the images below.
One of the few multi-model sets was the 564-piece No. 7130 Mega Sized Planes and Copters set (shown below).
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Dennis Baker: New license plate offered for the good of veterans
by Helping Florida Veterans | Aug 31, 2022 | Front Page, Helping Florida Veterans
The Florida Veterans Foundation is here to set the record straight about Florida's newest license plate featuring the Gadsden Flag.
In 2019, the Florida Legislature gave Floridians a way to help better meet the needs of Florida's veterans through the passage of a new specialty license plate. The Gadsden Flag plate will raise funds for the Florida Veterans Foundation and give the nonprofit organization greater opportunities to serve the state's more than 1.5 million veterans in need and enhance their quality of life.
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One of those details being is that a bezel must be easy to grip, easy to operate, and easy to read. The Core Divers bezel was very easy to grip with wet hands while I was in the water and out of the water. The bezel has a combination of eye shaped notches and line marks on it that act as both aesthetic details and as functional details. Gripping the bezel to operate its precision 120 unidirectional clicks is done without fail no matter what environmental conditions you are in. The same can be said for whatever the lighting may be because the sapphire crystal bezel has BGW9 markers that make it easy to read in low-lit and dark environments. I mentioned its precision clicks and by precision I mean no extra play in this bezel.
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There's something so incredibly magical about the water and how the shades of blue appears to change so easily, that magic has been captured by the sunburst blue dial on this Core Diver. So much magic in fact that I found myself playing with my wrist in all different lighting. The hands, with their orange borders and 7 layers of BGW9 lume guarantees optimal legibility in all lighting situations and in all weather conditions. The applied markers and bezel insert also are received that same lume treatment. I personally think that placing a date window at 6 o'clock is more aesthetically pleasing if you must have a date window on a watch. Even more aesthetically pleasing on the Core Diver because it is a round date window. I would love to see companies stepping it up on date windows though. In the case of the Core Diver, having a blue date wheel with orange numerals would look fantastic in my opinion. I like Christian's design choice here by the fact that his Core Divers date window didn't eliminate the 6 o'clock marker. It helped maintain a nice balance to his dial here. I also like the depth on the Core Divers dial that is created by the laid silver minute track and the applied markers that are both set against the blue ocean depth style dial.
Someone posted a question on one of my Facebook posts questioning what does testing a dive watch in cold weather have to do with a dive watch? My response basically was this: in my experience in my years of collecting watches, reviewing watches and as an active member in the watch community, I would say that maybe 1 to 5 percent of people who buy dive watches, actually use them to dive with. Yes I do take my watches diving to test them, not for depth testing but for legibility, durability, ect. I also like to see how they handle themselves in extreme weather conditions, because if they hold up and perform well in these conditions, they are definitely going to hold up for guys who buy watches for every day use. No, I am not saying that I am better than anyone because I test my review watches to the extremes, I do it for the people so that they have peace of mind knowing that their watch isn't going to fail them when they use them for the important things that they purchased the watch to do. Whether it is for office use, outdoors use or weekend play use. The Core Diver easily handled -30 F temperatures for 24 hours without fail.
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Thanks for sharing my obsession and passion for watches.
Thank you Christian for making such awesome watches.
•	Automatic, precise diver watch – no batteries needed. Watch winds itself with the movement of your wrist.
•	Thick sapphire crystal glass with 4.0mm thickness. An anti-reflective coating is applied to the glass to prevent any reflection under water.
•	Guaranteed to keep precise time for at least 5 years.


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The Seoul Metropolitan Government will implement additional quarantine measures from the 5th. Public transportation in subways and buses will also be reduced, which is expected to cause inconvenience to citizens.
"We will stop Seoul after 9 p.m. from the 5th," Seo Jeong-hyeop, acting mayor of Seoul, said in an emergency briefing on the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at the Seoul City Hall on the afternoon of the 4th, announcing additional quarantine measures that will take effect for two weeks from midnight on the 5th.
"Considering the two weeks of the Corona 19 incubation period, we expected the distance-keeping effect to occur through last week and this weekend, but the increase in the number of confirmed cases is exponential beyond expectations," Seo said. "We have taken measures to stop after 9 p.m."
According to this measure, general management facilities such as stores, movie theaters, PC rooms, arcades, reading rooms, study cafes, amusement parks, beauty parks, marts, and department stores should all be closed at 9 p.m. from the 5th.
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By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service |
Sony shows futuristic 3D head-mounted display
Sony is working on a futuristic head-mounted display that immerses the viewer in 3D video.
The device, which is still only a prototype, was unveiled at a Sony news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening. (See video of the device on YouTube.)
"We are working on prototypes of new 3D personal displays to keep us ahead in offering a better personal experience to consumers," said Hiroshi Yoshioka, executive deputy president of Sony. "The first prototype is this Sony headmount display."
Inside are two OLED displays that provide a high-quality, high-contrast image.
"You can enjoy a theater-like experience on the couch or in flight, with a virtual large screen and powerful sounds," he said, joking that it allowed him to chase higher scores on the PlayStation 3's Gran Turismo 5 without getting bothered by his wife.
A test of the prototype after the keynote backed up Yoshioka's claims of a clear, vivid 3D image. The glasses required a quick calibration, so the images from the screens were correctly aligned to each eye, but after that they worked without a problem.
Sony has no launch date for the display, which is still being developed.
Two years ago at CES, Sony showed off a prototype head-mount display that showed 2D images. That device still hasn't come to market.
It wasn't the only 3D prototype on show. Sony also had no-glasses 3D televisions and a Blu-ray Disc player with 3D screen.
Just like the head-mount display, Sony says the no-glasses 3D TVs and Blu-ray player are prototypes. There's no word on when they might be available.
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February 16, 2018 ancient artifacts, Biblical prophecyali siaditan, altar of zeus, Biblical prophecy, throne of satanconspiracy-unlimited
Richard Syrett welcomes a documentary filmmaker to discuss an ancient artifact uncovered in Pergamon in the late 19th Century and whether or not The Altar of Zeus is the Throne of Satan mentioned in Revelation.
GUEST: Ali Siaditan is the founder of Think Again Productions in Canada—a multimedia teaching ministry shedding light on mysteries and treasures of scriptural knowledge which is making the Bible more real than ever. Siadatan has found evidence keeps agreeing with the Bible's tale, from biblical cities peering through the sand to "alien" abductions and prophetic events.
In 2006, Think Again Productions released the groundbreaking documentary, UFOs Angels & Gods. On Google video, it received 270 thousand views in nine months.
His research into UFOs has inspired him to write a work of fiction (in progress), as well as a second documentary on the rise of the Antichrist titled Goliath Rising : Hybrids Nephilim & Titans.
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024 The Ark Hunter: A Real-Life Indiana Jones Believes He Knows Where The Long Lost Biblical Artifact Is Hidden
January 31, 2018 Ark of the Covenant, Biblical prophecyark of the covenant, harry moskoff, lost arkconspiracy-unlimited
Richard Syrett welcomes an Ark investigator who discusses the history and awesome power of the Ark of the Covenant. He'll also reveal the location of the Ark which has been lost from the pages of history since the days of the Old Testament.
GUEST: Harry Moskoff is executive producer and writer of The A.R.K. Report – Secret of the Century. He is a Canadian-born Investigative Archaeologist and Managing Director of Moskoff-Media (Israel), MMLC, now living in Ramat Bet Shemesh, having moved to Israel with his family in 2005. After completing Talmudic studies, he later worked in Patent/Trademark law in the Tel Aviv area. His true passion though is something quite different than intellectual property. He has a secret.
Moskoff is known as the "Ark Expert" in all matters having to do with the Ark of the Covenant. In fact, the press has dubbed him as the "Real-life Indiana Jones" for his research and book on the subject, as he travels to Qumran, Jordan, Egypt and other places to discover, and film, the location of the Holy Ark and other Temple vessels. He is author of The A.R.K. Report: The Ark of the Covenant and the Tunnels of Israel.
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011 Alien Abductions and The Bible: Who Or What Is Piloting UFOs and Abducting Humans, An Advanced Race of Extra-Terrestrials or Fallen Angels?
December 27, 2017 alien abduction, Biblical prophecy, extra-terrestrialsali siadatan, alien abduction, Biblical prophecy, extra-terrestrialsconspiracy-unlimited
Richard Syrett speaks with a documentary filmmaker and student of the Bible who makes the case that the modern day UFO/ET and Alien Abduction phenomena are part of the Biblical narrative and play a pivotal role in spiritual warfare and End Times Prophecy.
GUEST: AliI Siadatan. Ali Siadatan is the founder of Think Again Productions in Canada — a multimedia teaching ministry shedding light on mysteries and treasures of scriptural knowledge, which is making the bible more real than ever. Siadatan has found evidence which agrees with the Bible's tale, from biblical cities peering through the sand, to "alien" abductions and prophetic events.
In 2006, Think Again Productions released the groundbreaking documentary, UFOs Angels & Gods, on Google video and it received 270 thousand views in nine months. Another DVD, currently unreleased, is titled Goliath Rising: Hybrids, Nephilim and Titans.
In 1996, Siadatan completed a Masters degree in French Language and Literature at the University of Toronto. In September 1999 he answered a call and opened a center to minister to urbanites through martial and healing arts as well as spiritual studies for seekers.
Siadatan has a Black Belt in Kung Fu and has been training since 1991. He is married and has two wonderful daughters.
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I will refer to him here as "Strong One". For it is by God's strength and doing that he is here, and even though he is a little guy (at just 6 pounds) he is indeed strong; in body and spirit. I will refer to his birthmother as Brave One; for indeed she is. We hold her in high esteem and were able to meet her and tell her how very brave we think she is and how grateful we are that she gave him life and chose to entrust us with this amazing, precious gift.
Honestly, it all feels a pretty surreal. I keep looking at him to make sure I am not dreaming.
The last few days have been a whirlwind; we are now a family of 6 (oh how I love the sound of that)! The kiddos are so in love with him. Darling Daughter was up at 4am the first night with Hubby, wide awake, helping with his feeding. Sometimes I have to put my foot down so I can have time alone with him.
I will keep this short, because it is almost 4am now and I really should try and get some sleep; and because I think these pictures do all the talking.
In many ways this adoption journey is just beginning; but this "waiting for baby" chapter has come to a close. Thank you for joining us on this faith journey, thus far- for your countless prayers, loving support, and cheering us on- encouraging us to not give up. It is all by His grace alone that we are here.
#4410 Thank You God, STRONG ONE, for this amazing gift of our little "Strong One".
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