Ultrasound Resolutions

December 27th, 2008 by Ryan

Hello All,
 
            If I understand correctly, an ultrasound is just a fancy echo.  When its sonic waves hit something solid, something real, they are reflected back to the sensor.  This appears as white light on the monitor.  On the other hand, the areas that are empty, nebulous, void only appear as a blank darkness on the black screen.  Receiving the 2D print outs, we looked at the images of our child.  On the paper it was written, “3 vessels detected”.  Sure enough, there our baby floated… as if suspended… by three little vessels of life.  The membranes around our child had earlier separated.  The fabric of its world had seemed to be falling apart.  But after waiting, resting, eating and praying we had our proof.  It was proof in black and white. Sure the pictures were lacking a dimension, but still they didn’t lie.  All was healed.
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India is Burning

December 4th, 2008 by Ryan

Hello all,
 
     When the Ganga (the river Ganges) reaches the end of Varanasi the water is so polluted that it contains no dissolved oxygen,  thus eliminating any possibility of flora or fauna.  Thirty open sewers within the city limits pour into the already toxic river.  The Ganga has also been called the ‘river of life’ but as it exits India’s most holy city there is only a tide of death.   my brother mark,  his wife Nicole and my nephew Lincoln came to visit us, so we decided to make a pilgrimage of sorts to the longest continually inhabited city on the face of the earth. Continue reading India is Burning

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