Teacher Samuel: “This is Samuel.  I thank you for diligently stilling your minds and taking in what I have to say to you, and show you on this day.
 
“I understand that they are your thoughts that I was a genetic engineer in my terrestrial days, and that is correct.  My real claim to terrestrial success was something a little different from your present understanding of the laboratory-engineered changes to DNA.
 
“Your being of a decimal world—your being of a world that evolved fully from little more than ‘threads’ of DNA matter—it must be clear to you that the work of Life Carriers includes more than just the transport of beings.  It allows you to understand that one such as me could envisage an aspect of further aided evolution with the incomplete (imperfect) DNA preparations, which I made.
 
“And so my work involved the ‘setting up’ of basic (DNA) reorganizations that would then evolve with the help of Spirit, to bear the fruits, the crops, that were of so much use to my siblings on my world.  Yet, unlike on your world, there were no patents.  Information was freely shared with many others who had an interest in genetic engineering, and thus all the stops were out.
 
“In a sense, my work was vaguely similar to that which your group now does.  I shared much information far and wide, although this was not those things dealing with spirituality, but rather things of nature that would feed the multitudes.
 
“My work was the beginning of a major horticultural/agricultural change, and one might say it included creation on my part, and letting guided evolution take its course on the side of my Celestial Collaborators.
 
“Science and spirituality will overlap more and more, and on your world, too, all the stops are now out, awaiting the interested parties that will consciously do this work, together with their Creative (Celestial) Brothers and Sisters.
 
“In many ways your group, in its chosen task, is planting ‘the spiritual seeds’ from which others will evolve their useful belief systems, and from which these same others will prepare their future ascent into the higher realms.
 
“As many others took on my initial work and carried on with it, made it blossom and succeed in many places, so too, will you find that others will prick up their ears and become interested, help, assist, and donate time and effort, to make your group’s 11:11 project grow.
 
“It is there for you.  Your many helpers are prompting them.  You need but ask for their assistance.  Have faith, have trust, and it will come about.
 
“This is Samuel of Panoptia.  I greet you my dear friends, and I wish you a fare-thee-well.  Au revoir.”
 
George: “Thank you Samuel.”
 
© 11:11 Progress Group.
END


Illawarra District, Australia, June 22, 2006.
Samuel of Panoptia.
Subject: “Comparing Urantia To Panoptia.”
 
Received by George Barnard.
 
Samuel: “Greetings to you my dear friend.  In your earthly existence, you have but a limited amount of time.  You must do things in a timely way.  You must take time out. Time waits for no man . . . ”  (a long pause).
 
George: “This is George speaking.  The lesson Samuel prepared for us as part of the progress curriculum can wait.  He has received approval to go ahead and speak of his home planet, and answer the questions we posed during the last few days.  So it’s quite okay for him to speak about his planet’s past.”
 
Samuel: “This is your teacher, Samuel.  When comparing the so-called fall of Urantia with the ugly potential that threatened Panoptia, one must take into consideration the differing status of my planet compared to your home.  There was, at the time, a brilliant network of communication, very little in the way of competition, and the kind of (not audible – sounds like fractures, or factions) that existed on your planet.
 
“There was a situation where a single language was understood by the largest proportion of the population.  We were a people that lived for hundreds of years.  We had infusions of Adamic blood on two occasions.  Moreover, men and women were considered entirely equal in their status, and this had been so for many long centuries.  You need to bear in mind that Celestial contact with Teachers, with Michael, and with the Thought Adjusters was also a common thing.  And so, whereas you may well compare Ellanora with the bravest of your kind, there was a vote taken, there was agreement, and there were no losses.
 
“Compare with this your world where the Planetary Prince had only ruled for a relatively short time among the primitive races.  There was not a chance that your planet would have fared as well as did Panoptia.  You are a relatively short-lived people.  You were almost completely disorganized.  Already you spoke many primitive languages.  You were warfaring.  No agreement could have been made.  They were the Angelic forces, the Midwayer forces, on our planet that were already settled into a routine.  They were well educated.
 
“And yet in no way can we take away from Ellanora her great deed, nor look at her organizational talents and find them lacking in any way.  She is unique!  We were unique.  We will return to this subject at a later time.  This is Samuel of Panoptia.  I greet you, and send my love to you all.”
 
George: “Thank you Samuel.”
 
Receiver’s notes: As early as 1992 I kept hearing the name, Sam, Sam, Sam.  Then it became Samuel, Samuel, Samuel.  Trusting few others but the Midwayers, I ignored my personal Teacher for many years, to later learn he was involved in agriculture and horticulture, yet later view his bio-engineering laboratory, and recently learn of his co-creating a new crop with the assistance of Celestials (likely Life Carriers) to improve the nutritional value.
 
11:11 Progress Group.
END



Illawarra District, Australia, April 16, 2010.
Midwayer Chief Bzutu (ABC-22).
Samuel of Panoptia.
Subject: “The Insidious Onslaught.”
              “Soul Hunger” – Part Two.
 
Received by George Barnard.
 
Samuel: “Thank you Chief Bzutu.  It is the wonder of the higher spheres’ communication that I missed not a word of the Chief’s lecture, which I so admired for its clarity and the strength of personality shining through.  The gift of personality never dies, it merely becomes refined, and so you will find my thoughts transposed to be of a quieter and factual nature as are those of Teacher Aaron, here by my side.  Thank heavens for the outspoken Urantia Midwayers.
 
“We long ago established that everything existing in time-space has physicality, including mind, thoughts, and emotions, also the soul.  It is about the Sparks of God -- the Thought Adjusters – that we may well speak of their functions, not in great detail about their nature, as much will ever remain unknown.  Suffice to say they have a task when indwelling a human being, and that task is to, together with the positive, progressive human mind, create soul growth.
 
“On normal worlds, as I at times dare to describe Panoptia of latter times– and perhaps the term ‘extra-ordinary’ should truly apply – such a thing as Soul Hunger is a well known, heartily felt, and an oft discussed quality.  Those brought by the Life Carriers to the young planet had some of the blood of their material sons and daughters.  In its own right Panoptia hosted its own Adam and Eve, and so we evolved with greater innate spiritual ability by virtue of strong soul hunger.
 
“The question now on your mind must be, ‘Are we disadvantaged?’  No question about it!  You are!  And yet there are feelings akin to envy towards you on normal worlds, where education about the human soul and the indwelling Spark of God are remembered each day, where there is no fear expressed or implied in religion, where there is no talk of hell and purgatory, where religious celebrations are just that, and where governments are progressive, by the people, for the people.
 
“There is a flipside to this coin.  There are great rewards to those who answer the call to actively seek and find in answer to even the slightest of noticeable soul hunger.  Credit is awarded to those who believe in a God when there is no Paradise Representative stationed on their planet.  There is recompense for those who endure under dire circumstances.  Indeed, my human friend, the organizers of future time-space affairs will be found amongst those of you of moral fiber.
 
“Even of a long life it can be said that time is short, so let the world and its insidious onslaught pass you by.  Meditate, and let the veil that hides the spiritual world so rend asunder that you may learn, and achieve more, as you energetically, happily, and fearlessly, co-create with your all-knowing Spark of God.
 
“Aaron and I wish you all well.”
 
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
END

 
Illawarra District, Australia, April 28, 2010.
Midwayer Mathew (3:33).
Teacher Samuel of Panoptia.
Subject: “The Value of Teamwork.”
 
Received by George Barnard.
 
Mathew: “This is Midwayer Mathew doing the honors.  It is by Samuel’s request, and Machiventa’s permission, that the Midwayer facilitators, at least, be recognized.  This, not only in this transmission, which itself will deal with interdependence, but on future occasions.  On my part, suffice it to say the Midwayers will treasure being recognized for their part in this project to bring about a greater understanding of the need to be co-workers to fulfill the mandates of the time-space universes, to progress toward perfection.  This is 3:33, Mathew.  Your Teacher now has the floor.”
 
Samuel: “Thank you my dear friend, Mathew.  More than just the ‘incidental’ Midway Worker are involved in bringing this lesson to you in a language that can be understood by many.  I speak of Primary Midwayers and Seraphim fulfilling their desired duties by being part of this communication effort, always.  The catchphrase of the time-space worlds is interdependence, yes, teamwork, my dear student, both an innate drive to gather the troops to fix whatever ails, but also a clearly understood mandate from the Creator of all to not only be perfect, but to also make perfect.
 
“By engaging in teamwork for a common positive cause here on earth, you not only produce advancement in your personal spiritual status, as well as ample soul growth, you also contribute to the progress of your co-workers, and they contribute to you, exponentially.  More and more as you journey into higher realms, will you be able to support, thus become the recipient of, Mother Spirit’s greater, more extensive, and more capable mind endowments, allowing you to work as part of ever greater groups, taking in more information, and more complex information, at an increasingly faster rate.
 
“It is recommended that if you can make the time, you join a group with a positive common goal.  Should you find yourself so committed that you can’t, your alternative is to daily set aside a little time to meditate, and consider your Celestial Contacts, including your Destiny Guardians, to be members of your group for a positive common cause.  It could so be that your indwelling Spark of the Creator of all applies to be a member of your group!  What great progress you will make by having the ultimate in intellect, the infinite in moral values, and the supreme in spirituality as your Co-worker!  This is Samuel.  Au revoir.”
 
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
END

 
Illawarra District, Australia, May 2, 2010.
Midwayer Chief Bzutu (ABC-22).
Samuel of Panoptia.
Subject: “Apples, Oranges, and Violence.”
 
Received by George Barnard.
 
Bzutu: “I thank you for noting my (1:22 and 2:22) prompts this afternoon, and I thank you for your greetings directed at us all.  It’s good to be here, and your group Teacher is ‘online’ now.
 
Samuel: “This, I guess, is a well-timed lesson from your Teacher Aaron and also from me.  We are talking today about fruits of the spirit -- the good things of soul progress that come from both, religion and spirituality.  Not necessarily mutually exclusive, religion and spirituality can most suitably complement each other, as well as drastically, even violently oppose each other.  Religion and spirituality are like apples and oranges.  Different fruits from different trees.
 
“For many centuries, the ‘common people’ were generally too uneducated, as well as being kept very busy in everyday life to progress much in the spiritual sense.  Happily, religion was there to keep the flame of soul progress burning, whilst various codes of belief and outright dogma tended to stifle individual minds.  The bible became ‘the holy book’ for Christians, and the Koran fared no better for the Muslims.
 
“There is nothing holy about any book, leather bound, gold leafed notwithstanding.  Like the Urantia Papers, they are texts, dry texts even – Mankind’s recollection of experiences at times, outright ‘romancing’ at worst, celestial input about basic truths at best, but always still dry, dry text.  So don’t you, any of you, commence calling the Urantia Book a sacred text or a holy book!
 
“That which is sacred to you is the Spark of God which indwells you, not a book, and yet for many of you who have had ‘an awakening’ from being an indoctrinated member of any of many Christian, Hindu, or Muslim cults, there needs to be no separation from the congregation you once belonged to.  There needs to be no black or white about who is wrong and who is right.
 
“You can be there, among your religious fellows whilst your heart, soul and mind honor your God in your understanding.  It is the same God they honor in their way, and you may only touch on your new beliefs when asked, and by being a shining example to all.  These are tough perimeters to work within.  Note also that repetitive and strongly worded proselytizing as conducted by some cults is seen as verbal violence by many of your Teachers.
 
“Indeed, it is violence when it refers to purgatory, hell, and eternal damnation.  It is violence when it is designed to invoke fear in another!  That . . . . is the point we are making!  I am Samuel.  This is Aaron, also, sending you our love.  Good evening.”
 
© The 11:11 Progress Group
END

 
Illawarra District, Australia, May 3, 2010.
Midwayer Chief Bzutu (ABC-22).
Samuel of Panoptia.
Subject: “A Trickle-down Effect.”
 
Received by George Barnard.
 
Bzutu: “With all the experiences of more than 30.000 years behind me, I’m looking back on four main highlights – our time in Adamson’s village at lake Van, our discussions with Machiventa Melchizedek once known as the priest-king of Salem, our time with the Master, and this, the all-important Correcting Time, inaugurated to change the world we live in.  I am handing you over to your Teacher now.
 
Samuel: “This is Samuel.  Imagine for a moment that one could have a choice as to where and when a person could be born.  Then, I, if I had not as yet lived my mortal life, would want to be born on your planet at this most vital time.
 
“It is difficult for you to, over the short term, see a great deal of progress in your world.  For us in higher realms, and for centuries aware of the fact that the adjudication of the system-wide rebellion was on count-down, the picture is clearer, although in part because of our wider view of the entire scene.  You mortals involved in the grass-roots side, the groundswell of the Mortal-Celestial alliance, of clear understanding that society must change to progress, even counter a potential end to human habitation of the planet, are important, although you are only a part of the panorama we view.
 
“It is your modern day extensive involvement, your Human-Celestial interaction and cooperation that promotes the knowledge of Spirit’s existence in human lives, and it is in the arenas of the many groupings such as yours, in the channeling of messages, exchange of information, and distant healings done all over the globe that such open and most direct effort has come to the attention of many.  Hidden from your awareness is what could be seen as the trickle down aspects of the Correcting Time’s involvements.
 
“Many times have we reminded you in these lessons that the presence of a Paradise Citizen on your world, yes, his mere presence, will change the ‘spiritual economy’ of your realm.  We are apprising you of another aspect now; that of messages from above, prayer from above, if you like, changing, mellowing, yes, softening the harsh and hardened mindsets of myriad of your kind that have awakened to their spiritual reality even to the slightest degree.
 
“Next to the grass-roots changes individuals and varied mortal groups instigate, bring about, there is the trickle-down effect of countless Teachers focusing on countless individuals to effect the needed changes.  Be assured that as you go through the birth pangs of major changes to your society, worldwide, you are not alone.  All ‘in heaven’ are backing you. This is Samuel.  Good night.”
 
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
END



 
Illawarra District, Australia, May 12, 2010.
Midwayer Chief Bzutu (ABC-22).
Samuel of Panoptia.
Subject: “Only the Truly Wise.”
 
Received by George Barnard.
 
Bzutu: “This is a good time.  Almost all others I regularly deal with are asleep right now, and besides, almost all others, despite our advice that mornings are best, tend to look for us in their early evenings.  Well, there is something to be said for ‘a job of work’ having been done, and the evening being at one’s disposal.  Your brother (Midwayer) Mathew is here with me, and your Teacher is online.  Just drift deep now and take it as it comes.”
 
Samuel: “I have, at times, found there to be great wisdom and logic in the words of a very small child.  In contrast, sadly so, more often have I discovered there to be a total absence of wisdom in the greater proportion of those who have grown to a height on which they will no longer gain, whilst they have left their pitiful minds to starve for a semblance of wisdom, offering a mere façade of common sense, and tendering scarce pretense to logic, intuition, or good judgment.
 
“We cannot come to you often enough with the advice that you, all of you, are each other at your spiritual Root Source.  From the Creator of all, you came.  With a Fragment of that selfsame Creator are you meant to fuse to attain eternal life, and as a new, fused, God-like being are you destined to transpire from time-space into eternity, to finally stand in the presence of the Creator, who will have done everything on His part to make a success of your epic journey.
 
“Only the truly wise know there is no other path to take but the one that starts on terra firma, and ends in the embrace of the Creator of all.  Only the truly wise can see that for this journey to become a success there is a need for common sense to be applied, for both logic and intuition to be fostered so wisdom will result.  Only the truly wise discern that their wisdom is a touching presence from above that will lead them to idolize and love the Great One who placed them here.
 
“Only the truly wise understand that few of their siblings entertain the wisdom to see that this world is turning on itself, for there is no real west threatening war with the east, and there is no real east scurrying to arm itself against the west.  The wise understand that all are playing out an innate hatred for the selves, as the thoughtless will serve themselves no better in the wars now being planned than to amputate their own legs, pierce their own eyes, and devastate their own families.
 
“We are each other at our spiritual Root Source.  There is no separation, so the bullet you fire at others will enter your heart, the missile you launch will devastate your platoon, and the bombs you drop will ravage your lands.  This is the Correcting Time, when you must be wise, and fight wars no more.
 
“I am Samuel, who once lived on the peaceful planet, Panoptia, where I was a bio-engineer, a geneticist.  I understand fully the dangers of your modern weapons that can harm the very kernel of all life.  May the Creator’s gift of wisdom descend on you all in great haste.”
 
George: “Pfew!  Thank you Teach.”
 
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
END

 
Illawarra District, Australia, May 19, 2010.
Midwayer Chief Bzutu (ABC-22).
Samuel of Panoptia.
Subject: “Where Are the Teachers?”
                “Independent Thinking.”
 
Received by George Barnard.
 
Bzutu: “This is Midwayer Chief Bzutu, here to do the honors, to be friendly, amenable, useful, outspoken and clear in my deliberations.  Many who receive regular messages from their Teachers have the idea that their Teacher stands right next to them.  They don’t, we do.  Former humans no longer have the body to suit this dense material environment, we have.  We may well enter your home through a wall or closed door, through your ceiling, or a window tightly shut.  We may even spring from your wardrobe, and touch you on the shoulder.
 
“Between the Teachers that are former humans, and us Midwayers, there will at least be two sets of Seraphim and a Primary Midwayer, possibly more of each. In the process of conducting these communications, the translation of languages regularly takes place.  And yet, we are capable of projecting the Teachers’ decisiveness or gentleness, their strength and humor, their intonations and more, allowing you the soul-felt recognition of their speech.  I’ll release my grip on you now (he’s joking), and hand you to your Teacher.”
 
Samuel: “Thank you my dear friend, ABC-22.  This is Samuel, a former human from Panoptia; a famous planet only second to yours.  Panoptia will always be my home planet, Mansonia Seven is my present residence, and Mansonia six and five is where I teach face to face, when my lessons are not broadcast to Urantia.  This appropriate question from a student has been well answered, I suggest.  Now we are ready to handle the rather more urgent issue of the soldier.
 
“I am familiar with loss of life in floods, death in forest fires, for in my younger years I was a volunteer when tragedy raised its head and the lively and fit became more active, still.  I’m not familiar with death in war, and certainly not the way you are familiar with it, having caused death, survived death yourself, but having been injured.  Indeed, what I am about to remind you and others of, has been covered by 11:11 Progress Teachers in earlier lectures, but there is no harm in revisiting these concepts of the stages of a slowly advancing civilization.
 
“Initially, a rather productive area may house a loose population that may not contain a single family unit, among whose members fights may break out.  The family unit comes next, but it may be weary of its neighbors.  The extended family is an improvement on this, and in this situation the members’ sharing is most important.  The clan can be considered next, the tribe a further development, but ever those outside the clan, or the tribe, may easily be seen as enemies.
 
“The last stage but one is the nation, and this is the stage you were in, young, eager, patriotic, and ready to attack and kill the enemy.  And you did kill for your country, only to become more civilized at your still young age to realize that the one you killed was your brother.  Only now do you realize that he, too, wanted a life, a wife and children, a home as a safe haven.
 
“You have done your thinking, your independent thinking.  You have progressed to personally be in that last, that highest stage of civilization, where ever more individuals see all on this earth and beyond, perceived and quite invisible, as brothers and sisters.  Congratulations!  Feel good about your progress, and leave the past behind.
 
“Stand tall, my young soldier friend, and if you wish, look down on the old and haggard failures of leaders that still see their selves as important, while they regressed in their callousness, rounding up yet more youngsters to fight their unneeded wars.   Direct your disdain at them, not the self.  This is Samuel.  I send my love to all.”
 
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
END


 
Illawarra District, Australia, June 10, 2010.
Midwayer Chief Bzutu (ABC-22).
Samuel of Panoptia.
Subject: “Home Truths.”
              “A Better World.”
 
Received by George Barnard.
 
Bzutu: “This is your friend of many years.  This is ABC-22.  I enjoy being here, and I bring you greetings from the Midwayer members of the twentieth century 11:11 emergency platoon, and all those myriad ‘latter day’ Celestials who have gotten to know about the 11:11 Progress Group and its activities.  They watch your busy-ness with interest, as does our Chief and Prince Machiventa, and as does our Universe Ruler, Michael.
 
“Carry on ‘awakening’ your brothers and sisters.  We will always be behind you in your plans for progress.  We will be walking next to you, ‘religiously,’ in the execution of your tasks, and we will continue to move well ahead of you in planning to whom next must be given the 11:11 wake-up calls.  We have something going here and it’s not too facetious to call it a numbers game, since that is precisely what it is.  Here are some home truths for you, our charges.
 
“You have the opportunity to try to communicate with us and learn; the option too to ignore us.  Your loss!  We do take our time, for we are the more or less unhurried permanent citizens here, whilst you are relatively short lived, and there will always be others to speak with.  We will carry on with our main task, which is to serve Michael to the benefit of the Planetary Supreme, Urantia, who would prefer for you to permanently shelve your planned wars, and clean up the oily mess you made in the Gulf (of Mexico).”
 
Samuel: “For countless millennia, the Midwayers -- Primary Midwayers and their distant Secondary relatives – have been instrumental in upholding some degree of civilized behavior on this planet each time you threatened to sink yourselves into a morass of moral misbehavior.  This now is the beginning of the Correcting Time, the post-Luciferian rebellion, and the very first signs that a lengthy period of Light and Life will one day be in the making.  Your Midwayers have come to the fore, but it is truly up to the humans to make this a better world.
 
“We, residents of, and or ascendants to, higher realms await the signs that you intend to make this a better world – a world of peace, a world of scientific, ethical and spiritual progress, a world where hatred and war are banished for good.  We, your Teachers, want to see your lawbreakers masquerading as lawmakers held to account by those they represent – the common people.  We want to see you treat each other as equals in this world.
 
“Put away your religious and racial prejudices for a time, and discover, quite abruptly, that by far the majority of you will want peace, happiness, and a nourishing environment for relatives, friends and offspring.  Do this, and do this soon, as the clock is ticking towards a time when the dust of your earth and the waters of your oceans will be so toxic that life will be a struggle to no avail.  I am Samuel the Panoptian.  My sincere prayers are with you all.”
 
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
END


Illawarra District, Australia, July 8, 2010.
Midwayer Chief Bzutu (ABC-22).
Teacher Aaron.
Samuel of Panoptia.
Subject: “Mindsets.”
 
Received by George Barnard.
 
Bzutu: “We understand that it is increasingly more difficult for either of you to be available at predetermined times, and so we tend to wait for that window of opportunity with you before we alert your Teachers should they wish to convey a message.  Whilst we now greet both Teachers, Aaron and Samuel, my personal take on mindsets will perhaps be covered later.”
 
Aaron: “Teacher Samuel and I have been associated in the studies and teaching we do for longer than what you would understand to be a lifetime of many years.  We could think of this as a coincidence; the fact that a human couple share Teachers that have long been friends, co-students, and colleagues in the same Correcting Time Progress Group.  Not so, my dear friends.  Whereas you may well discern chaos in the machinations of your world, we recognize the events that ‘are meant to be,’ rather, divine organization, although in retrospect.
 
Samuel: “We, Aaron and I, discussed and now speak about mindsets, which in your world are greatly time-related, as well as, hopefully, success-oriented.  There is for us, for those who direct and aid us, no other task as important as bringing you closer to your Creator – to the Midwayers, perhaps, your Angels, but to the Fragment of the Creator indwelling you in the end analysis.  For this to succeed, many of you may need to alter your mindsets to allow for more patience during meditation and also more appreciation of the self.
 
“So much of your lives is ruled by routine, the decision to actually involve yourselves with regular meditation, or no, can seem like a big decision to make.  In reality it is certainly more important than having your third meal for the day on time, if indeed having that third meal at all.  Are you good enough to converse with the Gods?  Indeed, you are their children, all.  Are you making progress by stilling your mind?  Yes, you are producing soul growth.  Is your mind scattered, and do you run out of patience?
 
“Truly, don’t let this stop you.  Persevere, yes, persevere, because it is the intent that really counts, and the eventual success will bring you greater satisfaction.  So often do we note you going far too deep, even become sleepy and drift right through the shallow level of meditation (Alpha) that is required for us to work with you.  Take heart, for so many that long saw themselves as failures, did well in the end.  A change in mindset may be required for you to succeed.
 
“The Spirit that indwells you concerns Him or Herself neither with the passing, of time, nor with success achieved, but rather with the effort put towards the venture of your mind and soul reaching up to God, as God reaches ‘down’ to you, and no effort goes unrewarded.  Change your mindset if you find yours to be in error.  We send you our love.  Good day.”
 
Bzutu: “You are human, and think of birthdays, deadlines, hours till nightfall, available time and obligations.  We Midwayers have a different mindset in that we look forward to the next assignment whatever ‘long minute’ or ‘short century’ it may take.  We too, will at some distant point in time make our way to higher spheres with you, but until then we will be task oriented, not time oriented, patiently working with the sincere and progressive-minded among you, and reaching out to you much further than halfway.  This is ABC-22 signing off.”