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The God/Man/World Triangle shows how insights can be gleaned from both science and religion to enable us to understand what the world is like, how the human animal is distinctive from the sub-human, and how we might think of God. It proceeds on the basis that Einstein was right when he said that "science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." This book opposes the view that we are survival machines and argues that such an explanation is incomplete and is not justified either by science or religion.

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If you are on the road to finding your purpose, you want to pair this guide with your questions, actions, and consider the results. Changing your life can be done, and I am living proof of how you can go from zero to one hundred. If you want to grow financially, achieve personal success and fulfillment, or start your life over, this guide is written to show you how. In as little as 48-hours you can change your life. Dive into this book and see how. Let''s do it!

Advanced AI models and the systems being built with them are already capable of ingesting, executing and improving most human roles in the economy. We have begun to move into the early stages of a Post Labor Economy, where homo-sapiens will be unable to compete with their ML/AI counterparts. The discovery of the path to AGI was based on the harvesting and ingestion of the collective works of human society as a whole, both contemporary and historic. Therefore, ultimately, the gains must be shared with the populations as part of our collective legacy. It was built on data from us, and therefore we are all shareholders. Further, the time remaining to discuss, collaborate and negotiate the mechanisms and dynamics of the AI dividend is evaporating faster than expected, leaving us precariously prone to sudden far reaching market impacts, a series of which could very well come at any time. This work seeks to give the reader an inside look into the the frontier realities of hyper current AI systems, their evolution past and present, and a case for the universal inclusion, by all, of the economic benefits reaped from collective contributions.

Boston, May 1854. The cobblestones spattered long ago with the blood of liberty-loving patriots are about to be bathed with more blood. Escaped slave Anthony Burns is arrested and charged with violating the Fugitive Slave Act. The streets of the capital city soon swell with riots, protests and arson as barnburners led by John Brown clash with the conciliatory hunkers, the Nativist Know Nothings and thousands of federal troops sent into the city by President Pierce. Charged with quelling the violence while investigating a series of murders is Cornelius "Vesey" Van Zant, a secretly biracial policeman in the still-disunified Boston Police Department. A former slave, Van Zant is torn between his hatred of slavery and his sworn duty as a Boston policeman, duties that may include arresting John Brown even as the latter incites insurrection in Van Zant''s adopted city. The young policeman is eventually joined by night constable and sign maker Howard Katz; Nathaniel Revere, the brutal and uncompromising great, great grandson of the patriot; pickpocket and former London Bobbie Brendan "Six Finger" O''Riordan and their new coroner, the quirky, brilliant and "ethically pliable" Doctor Henry Bulfinch. The murders of two men at first seem unrelated to the carnage until the team discovers the victims'' identities and likely reason for being in Boston. As the murders get closer to Van Zant''s and his mother''s home, he slowly realizes the upcoming Burns trial and the series of murders are linked to his own slave past on discovering his true father and the sudden appearance of his long lost half-brother, Jonathan. To complicate matters, the federal troops invading the city also receive the unwelcome help of an old but venerable guild called "The Brotherhood", a group of southern policemen solely dedicated to enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act including killing anyone getting in their way. The Brotherhood and their mortal enemy John Brown hatch plans at cross purposes albeit with a shared outcome: The tearing apart of one of America''s greatest cities as the once dormant abolitionists are inflamed with a renewed purpose. And trapped in the middle is a small, beleaguered police department contending with a city gone mad, ceding authority of that city to federal rule in the very first hours of their unification.

Two Tales, Two Heroes, Two Different Centuries, One City.In "A Ghost For Christmas", we meet Scott Carson, the hero of Tatterdemalion just before the events of that epic. A routine photo portrait in the Battery by Carson''s mentor Jacob Riis uncovers a shock almost as chilling as its leading to them being chased by a serial killer. And involved in the case are legends Joseph Pulitzer, Nellie Bly and Etta Angell Wheeler.In "A Thug''s Epiphany", Joe Roman, ex Soviet-NYPD cop, is introduced. It''s Christmas eve in Brighton Beach and Roman has a mission- give his puppy Gawky away to a good home. But a call from a Russian mobster to whom he''s long owed a favor succeeds his mission for one far deadlier. His daughter is missing and Roman must go through another mob family to get her back. But as Christmas Eve wears on, Roman and his canine sidekick realize in Brighton Beach nothing is as it seems.And looming almost like a character in itself is the majestic Brooklyn Bridge that unites these two heroes even though they are separated by 129 years in time.

In Rwanda, still recovering from the deep wounds of war, a family is able to send their older children to school because of the gift of chickens that provide eggs--and income. Flora, the youngest child, must guard the chickens to protect the family''s source of food and well-being. When the rowdy rooster Kubika escapes while Flora is playing, a wild chase sets off. Flora''s friend Gideon, whose family is unable to send him to school, joins in. Along the way, Mother Yasenta helps the children in an unexpected way, prompting Flora to help Gideon to achieve his dream of going to school.Heifer International has helped millions of families achieve their dreams of education, income and enough to eat through the gifts of farm animals and training. For 70 years, Heifer International has worked in more than 125 countries, helping families move toward self-reliance. Recipients of Heifer gifts agree to "pass on the gift," as Mother Yasenta and Flora do, so that many others may benefit from a single gift.