With the loss of two of their strongest offensive weapons in Carson Palmer and Chad Ocho Cinco, the chances of the Cincinnati Bengals getting to the postseason this year were severely downgraded. But with a week one win over the division rival Cleveland Browns and a relatively mediocre schedule to open the year, the Bengals are hoping that they can parlay a hot start in to a nice run this season, continuing this weekend with a visit to the Denver Broncos for their second straight sports betting road start.
While the Bengals were able to capitalize on the road week one, the Broncos couldn't keep up with the division rival Oakland Raiders at home as they allowed 16 unanswered points in the second quarter en route to a 23-20 loss. Denver really struggled to stop the run on defense as well as run it on offense, and those are two negatives that are really hard to overcome.
When Cincinnati allowed 17 straight points between the second and third quarter to go down 17-13 against the Browns, it appeared as though that would be the end for their chances of winning. Surprisingly, the Bengals showed resilience and came back in the fourth with consecutive touchdowns to pull ahead by 10 where they were able to hold off Cleveland the rest of the way. Cincinnati was able to run the ball almost at will with Cedric Benson averaging 4.8 yards per carry, and will look to do the same thing against the Broncos to allow their quarterbacks to go over the top. The Bengals did have some coverage breakdowns defensively, but remained stingy against the run and held their own to get the win.
Despite 304 passing yards from Kyle Orton, the Broncos' attack looked pretty vanilla in their week one loss, particularly in the running game where Knowshon Moreno just couldn't get going. Regardless of the air attack, Moreno will need to be better and that means his offensive line will need to do a better job as well opening up running lanes. Defensively, the Broncos still can't find a way to stop the run even with new head coach John Fox now calling the shots. The Raiders gained 190 yards on 39 carries for a solid 4.9 yards per rush, and that simply won't be good enough for Denver going forward.
A trip to the Mile High for a second consecutive road game to open the season won't make things easy on the Bengals, but the fact that their strengths in the running game on offense fit the Broncos' weaknesses on defense against the run should give them an advantage. Cincinnati might not emerge from this sportsbook promo trip undefeated, but they should be able to keep it close.


The Health Discovery of a Lifetime?
What you're about to discover is a revolutionary discovery in the health field. If you're struggling with a health condition (or you know someone who is), read this letter carefully. If you're tired or exhausted, study this letter carefully. This is a product that could change your life. It's NEW to the U.S. but already thousands are claiming it's the greatest health product they've ever discovered. It's called PXP. And it's a major health breakthrough!
Let me ask you a favor…for the next few minutes at least, forget everything you've ever heard about nutritional products and read this letter with a completely fresh mind. I think you'll find it's that important! What you're about to discover could transform the health for you and your loved ones.For you and your family, it could be the health discovery of a lifetime!
The Demand for This New Product in the U.S. is HUGE!
The life changing results that thousands of people are getting from this product is creating a huge demand in several countries around the world—and you're one of the first in North America to hear about it. Hundreds of doctors are trying PXP and many are recommending it to their patients.
affect so many health conditions.
Many hundreds of studies have been done around PXP, with astonishing results. This product is such a paradigm shift that it can completely change the way you think and feel about nutritional supplements. I mean that.
To our knowledge, there is no supplement in the world that can do what PXP can do for you!
Only once in every 50 years or so does a health breakthrough of the magnitude of PXP come on the scene.
I'll be the first to admit it: The word "revolutionary" is way over used today. Hardly any nutritional product in the world deserves that description. But now there's one that does: PXP.
Here's our prediction: PXP will change more lives and improve more health conditions (including many serious ones) than any product that's ever existed. It's that powerful.
PXP is creating a loud "buzz" in the United States because it's changing lives quickly. Right this minute it's transforming the health of thousands of people. Many think of PXP as an incredible gift to mankind. It is!
Let's face it: If you came across something that was the REAL DEAL—something that gave you a indescribable feeling of youthfulness and a new lease on life—wouldn't you want to shout it from the rooftops? Well, I'm not going to shout. But I'm going to tell it exactly like it is. Hopefully, if you read this letter carefully, you'll recognize the ring of truth.
This product, brought to the world by a U.S. company named Enzacta, was first introduced in Mexico, Ecuador and other Latin American countries and right now it's improving the health of tens of thousands of people there. The product has changed so many lives in these countries that it's become a living legend.
In Mexico, Latin America and now in the United States, the health of the young and old are being revived. Jaws are dropping as people tell their stories and testimonials about PXP.
"I was chronically fatigued, just exhausted, most of my life. I've had many, many years of low energy and just feeling horrible. It's been a tremendous struggle for me to get through each day. I found PXP and what a change that's made in my life. I now have about a 70% increase in my energy.
"Plus, I don't have the brain fog I once had. Before PXP I had a horrible time thinking and remembering things. I now have greater focus, I get more done during my day and I can think more clearly. I've also had some major emotional problems during my life and the PXP has helped me with that. I don't have the stress I once had—I'm much more at peace now. The tranquility I am experiencing with this product is truly amazing.
Now Let's Look at What this Incredible Product Can Do For You?
So What Exactly Is PXP?
And How Can It Be So Powerful?
I'm going to ask you to read this next section very carefully, even though it's a bit long. The better you grasp the principle behind PXP, the more you will understand why it is so revolutionary—and how it can change your life (and your family's life) so much!
If you want to turn back the hands of time, "It's all about the mitochondria!!!" That's the secret to staying young—and feeling younger…day by day by day. So what the heck are mitochondria? The mitochondria are literally the power plants of your cells.
Some doctors and scientist consider the mitochondria to be a kind of "fountain of youth" within your body. They are the secret to the life force behind each and every cell.
But the real key is ATP?
Given the right fuel, the Mitochondria will produce something that's precious to your survival: ATP. And you literally want all the ATP you can get.
ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) is the energy that drives your trillions of cells. It's the cells currency. Without ATP your body would have no life at all.NONE. And guess what? That's what's happening today with millions of people who are sick, low on energy or struggling in some way with their health: Their body is severely lacking in ATP. Can many of the health solutions in this world be as simple as increasing the amount of ATP your body makes? An emphatic YES!
Here's the challenge: As you age year-by-year, your body is producing less and less ATP. As the ATP diminishes, your energy DECREASES.Many people are producing a fraction of the ATP they produced when they were younger. And then they wonder why they feel so tired much of the time. Easy answer…not enough ATP. That's it!
For millions of people in poor health, these power plants (Mitochondria) within the cells are shut down—out of operation. This opens the door for all kinds of health problems to occur. So what does it take for these power plants to stay in operation and continually produce ATP? It takes a very special, high-grade fuel! That fuel is PXP.
Here's something astonishing that you should know… Research proves that PXP provides each cell with up to 36 times more ATP than an equivalent amount of carbohydrate.
"In my 30 years in the health industry, taking one division of a company from zero to six hundred million dollars in sales, I have never seen a product like Alfa PXP Forte. Alfa PXP Forte is the best "gem" that's ever existed in this industry.
With the Person Who Introduced You to This Life-Changing Formula!
Remember this simple formula: More ATP means more energy. Less ATP means less energy. Simple as that.
The problem is most people go through their entire lifetime and never discover a way to make up for this loss of ATP. So their body just keeps aging at an unnecessarily fast pace.
Now there's an easy answer to their dilemma. PXP!
So what does PXP do? It gives the mitochondria (the power plant) of each cell the very special fuel it requires, so that it can produce ATP…energy! And the more ATP it can produce, the better you feel.
ATP is literally what's keeping you alive. You've got to have it—plenty of it—if you want to really enjoy life. Otherwise, life's a struggle. An abundance of ATP is what moves one from barely surviving to thriving. That's how important ATP is to your health and your future.
Research performed by the University Of California scientists has demonstrated that as we age, the efficiency of the mitochondria diminishes, as does their quantity of mitochondria per cell.
The Way Energy is Made – Mighty Mitochondria in Action!
Where does mitochondrial disease come from? How does your body make energy? Why are the mitochondria important for life, diseases, and aging? Learn all about it in this 3D animation designed by students from the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University in cooperation with MitoAction.org. MitoAction is dedicated to outreach and support that helps people with mitochondrial disease NOW.
Incredible…think about that. The mitochondria are the gatekeepers of the cells survival. PXP is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: To give the mitochondria a kind of SUPER FUEL so that it will go to work immediately and produce ATP. That's the secret to becoming younger.
Here's something important you should know: Practically NONE of the thousands of brands of nutritional supplements on the market can have any affect whatsoever in increasing ATP. That's how unique PXP is in the world of nutritional products.
So What's This Super Fuel Called PXP Made Of?
The results people are getting with PXP are mind-boggling! Besides helping thousands eliminate fatigue and exhaustion, it's improving dozens of health conditions. So how can one formula be so powerful? What's it made of?
There's two parts to the genius behind PXP. First of all, there's the ingredients that make up PXP. Those ingredients make up a nutritional profile that is literally UNDOING many long time chronic health conditions.
The deeper you look into the discovery of PXP, the more intriguing it becomes. You may be surprised when you find out that the life-changing ingredients in PXP are 3 special strains of RICE! But hold your horses and don't jump to any conclusions. This is rice on a scale you've never heard of before.
One of the secrets to PXP lies in the CROSS POLLINATING of these 3 special strains. This unique breeding process is a proprietary way of creating a kind of SUPER FUEL—the likes of which has never existed on this planet before. This PXP SUPER FUEL was designed specifically for the Mitochondrial power plants to create an abundance of ATP. Remember, the more ATP your cells can produce, the more your body can be regenerated—and the more youthful you can become. More ATP is the secret to life itself!
PXP Comes from the Siam Valley of Thailand—the Largest Organic Plantation Treasure on this Earth!
These non-GMO, non-hybrid native strains of rice found in PXP are organically grown in the fertile Siam Valley of Thailand—known as the largest, natural, organic plantation treasure on this earth. Along with this, the highly alkaline soils in the Siam Valley are rich in 10,000-year Spirulina, assuring a healthy, pure organic rice grain for PXP.
One of the world's top DNA rice geneticist was responsible for making PXP as powerful as it could possibly be. The rice grains in PXP produce potent polysaccharide peptides that possess unique functional characteristics easily recognized and utilized (in a magnificent way) by your DNA, RNA and genes.
The intention with PXP was to create a specific nutrient profile that could target and improve dozens of health conditions. They did it! PXP works like magic.
The makers of PXP then incorporated advanced Scanning Electron Microscopy technology for superior quality control.
One more thing that makes the ingredients in PXP so powerful: What few people know is that there's a very small part of every grain of rice, where practically all the power is. In other words, the power to rejuvenate and rebuild the human body and brain. We call it the "sweet spot" of the rice—or the "eye" of the rice. So the goal with PXP was to concentrate this "sweet spot", this "power center" of the rice, so that we could benefit from these rare strains of rice like never before. So each bottle of PXP is packed with this power center of the rice. Because of this high concentration of SUPER NUTRIENTS, it takes 100 pounds of rice to make one pound of PXP.
The Rest of the Story…With PXP you have perhaps the most powerful nutrient profile ever created for the human body. A combination of special polysaccharides and polypeptides, custom designed to focus in on and improve many stubborn, chronic health conditions. But what good is any health product, if you can't get the cells to absorb it and utilize it?
Here's a shocking truth: The vast majority of nutritional supplements on the market (possibly including the ones you're using) are of little or no use to your body—because they're very poorly absorbed and utilized. That's one of the big problems in the nutritional industry today. Research proves that with many of these products you're lucky to get 10% absorption rate. The rest is completely wasted, because they never make it into your cells.
So why is it so difficult with most products to get the nutrients into the cells? And what makes PXP different than all the rest?
Here's one of the main reasons: For most nutritional products, the size of the nutrient is too large to penetrate the cell and be used by the Mitochondria. Imagine this: You have a sieve and you're trying to get two things through it: a marble and a grain of sand. What are the chances of that marble getting through? NONE! No chance at all. And what about the tiny grain of sand, especially if it was tiny enough?
In dramatically reducing the size of the rice grain, PXP undergoes a very advanced, state-of-the-art proprietary Bio and Nano technology called "Alphaglycanology." It's a big word but it's easy to understand. This special technology can significantly increase the bioavailability of nutrients to the cells, and profoundly enhance the value of PXP to your health. It does this by milling the rice particles into an incredibly small molecular size, down to one millionth of a unit.
PXP is what is they call an Alpha Glycan, which is an extremely tiny particle. But many nutritional supplements in the world today are composed of what's known as Beta Glycans. A Beta Gylcan is a larger particle—more like the marble—too large to easily enter the Mitochondria. That's one of the reasons these products don't work.
Herein lies one of the incredible breakthroughs with PXP. The marble is symbolic of the size of the nutrient particles of many of the nutritional supplements on the market—a Beta Glycan. And in many cases (especially for people who are struggling with their health) there's no chance in the world that nutrient is going to get into the cells of the body. It's just too big. Way too big.
One of the Secrets to PXP!
As mentioned earlier PXP is the result of a huge technological breakthrough. Due to Nanotechnology and other Biotechnology methods this state of the art milling machine can mill this SUPER STRAIN of rice in PXP down to a grain so very tiny it can get into the Mitochondria (the power plant).
So every time you take a small scoop of PXP, it quickly goes into the Mitochondria and comes out on the other end as energy for your cells, organs, glands, circulatory and nervous system…precious ATP. More ATP is your solution to having more energy than you've had in years.
By the way, we're not talking just a slight increase in energy. For many users of PXP we're talking a dramatic increase of between 25% and 200% or more. That's become the new norm for thousands of people using PXP on a daily basis.
Millions of people in this country are fatigued on a daily basis. It's caused by adrenal burnout, an autoimmune disease, chronic fatigue syndrome or a host of other causes. Low energy and fatigue is of epidemic proportions in this country. Many people are absolutely exhausted. It's stealing the joy from their world.
The good news is PXP can help dramatically. It has an amazing way of increasing energy and vitality—the kind of energy that gives life to every cell in your body. We know of no product in existence that can increase energy the way PXP can.
PXP is the slayer of fatigue.
"The body needs quality energy. Cells can only provide substandard energy with poor nutrition. Only a few microorganisms of food are useable in most diets, the rest are toxins that get stored in the body. Alfa PXP Forte gives the body the biological fuel it needs and in most cases is lacking. These natural nutrients are recognized by the body to trigger the cells to do their work.
No one has ever been able to create a product to do this…until now… Alfa PXP Forte is suitable for all ages. It is easily and immediately assimilated into the cells to provide natural food with nutrients from rice that will enhance cell repair and regeneration.
Finally a product that will actually help the body do what its supposed to do…" –Dr. Leonard Rubinstein M.D.
You hear this a lot from people using PXP. Many of them are people between ages 50 and 80 (the so-called over the hill crowd) who were starting to give up on ever feeling really good again—the way they did when they were a couple of decades younger. But along comes PXP and all that changed—usually in a matter of a few weeks. Energy levels increased dramatically, memory and other cognitive powers were tremendously improved, restless nights were transformed into nights of deep, rejuvenating sleep—and many symptoms of chronic health problems just flat out went away. Just like that!
Hill, what hill. These folks got their life back—along with those incredible feelings of youthfulness. Can you imagine what that means to their family?
PXP is miracle food! Just ask them.
You hear this a lot, by users of PXP. They're like the energizer bunny that just goes and goes and goes, as if they have almost endless energy. Remember this: EVERY time you take PXP your cells get energy. But not the typical way—through coffee, exotic fruit drinks (that just gives you a sugar high) and other harmful stimulants. PXP involves no stimulants whatsoever. It's the first product we know of that creates energy by completely natural means.
Taking PXP is good for you in every way. There are no harmful side effects. Not one! While most so-called energy products gradually break down the body and make it weaker, PXP will build up your body, making it stronger. And it will give you a smooth, calm energy, unlike any other product in the world.
There's something else really important that you get with PXP. It's something that's hard to put a value on. Think about it: Why do you want energy and superb health in the first place? To get things done, right? People are increasing their daily productivity dramatically with PXP.
The difference in how much they're getting done in a day is absolutely amazing! That's what happens when you feel this good. And that's why one of the nicknames for this product is The Productivity Powder! With PXP you can get more done in a day than you've gotten done in a long, long time.
The Hidden Causes of Premature Aging!
You can see it and you can feel it. For many it's simply called "premature aging." So what's causing your body to age faster than it needs to? And how can you slow down aging to a crawl? Aging, simply put, is the net result of the trillions of cells in your body failing to run at peak efficiency—like they did when you were younger.
So what happens when you increase ATP? Your cells become younger…you feel like a younger person. Pure and simple!
PXP works from the inside of each cell, exerting its effect on the mitochondria (the power plant), which in turn produces ATP. It suffuses the mitochondria with enough power and energy to boost life and vitality to the individual cells. That's exactly what it takes to look and feel younger.
swings, weight gain, aches and pains, loss of libido and the afternoon energy crash are all signs of premature aging. Lack of focus, elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol, hormonal imbalances and poor memory are all signs of premature aging. They are your body telling you it needs ATP at the cellular level.
Here's something you should know: the symptoms above don't just signal premature aging—they are actually warning signs of impending metabolic disorders, which leads to disease.
PXP is the answer for millions to premature aging and metabolic disorders. A whole food, PXP's nano-sized micro-nutrients deliver potent glyconutrients, special polysaccharide peptides, second-generation amino acids and antioxidants at the molecular level—directly to the mitochondria, the power plants of your cells, which fuel cellular function, repair and restoration.
Q. How does PXP compare with other nutritional supplements on the market?
There is no comparison. PXP is a revolutionary breakthrough. It's very new to this world and it's quickly changing the lives of thousands. Between the special cross-breeding process of 3 rare varieties of rice and the Bio and Nano technology that makes the rice grains so tiny (and so available to your cells), PXP is in a class all by itself. This is Enzacta's proprietary process of creating a SUPER FUEL—the likes of which has never existed before. Plus the makers of PXP are always working to advance these technologies to make PXP even more powerful. If you want dramatic change in your health right now, try PXP.
Q. Is PXP made with rice that's genetically modified?
Absolutely not! Not in any way whatsoever. The specially selected grains of rice in PXP are pesticide free and organically grown in the rich soil of the Siam Valley of Thailand, far away from any genetically modified farms.
Q. How long will it take me to feel PXP?
Some feel it in a day—many feel it over a period of two to three weeks, while others need 60 to 90 days to experience the profound benefits of PXP. Give PXP time to work and it will do amazing things for you and your family. Every time you take PXP it's increasing energy (ATP) in the cells and gradually regenerating your body, cell by cell by cell. As thousands have already discovered, this is a transformational experience!
Q. How can rice be so powerful? If there's any thing we've learned through the discovery of PXP, it's that there are hidden properties in rice that have never been tapped before—that can do amazing things in improving dozens of health conditions. It took the genius of the researchers, doctors and scientists behind PXP to unleash these properties. Then it took breakthroughs in Bio and Nano technology to make these nutrients available to the Mitochondria—the power plants that make ATP.
Q: Why rice? The fact is, the researchers and scientists behind PXP tried a number of grains, including corn and soy, but rice proved to be the grain with the greatest nutritional profile by far. Plus billions of people in some of the healthiest regions of the world thrive on rice. Rice has been a cure for many ailments by ancient Thai folk medicine doctors for centuries. These ancient healers knew that the human body had an innate power to heal itself when it was fed the right quality of nutrients that the body could recognize as food for the production of cellular energy.
Q. How come other companies aren't making nutritional supplements the way you make PXP? The answer is simple: One, they don't have the technology behind the cross-pollination process, which is required to make this SUPER STRAIN of rice. Two, they don't have the knowledge and understanding of this unique polysaccharide peptide technology that makes PXP so powerful. Three, they don't have the proprietary and very expensive milling machine that mills the rice down to one millionth of a unit, so it can easily get into the Mitochondria and increase ATP—the currency of the cells, which gives each cell life. Keep in mind, there's 16 years of research behind PXP. Most supplement companies are just now finding out about it. The makers of PXP are years ahead of the rest of the field.
1.The Majority of Them Don't Work. True Story.
How many times have we taken our vitamins and thought to ourselves, "Are these doing anything?" Pay attention to your gut feelings. There's a good chance the supplements you're taking aren't doing much for you at all. In most cases, if they're working, you should feel a difference.
2.Many are Made with Lifeless Ingredients.
Most nutritional supplements are synthetic and many of the ones that are claimed to be "natural" are not really natural. When it comes to nutritional supplements, remember this: You can't get life from death!
3.Their Value is Destroyed in Manufacturing.
This is a problem all to itself. Many of the manufacturing methods used by supplement companies destroy a lot of the nutritional value within the product. There are 2 reasons: One, the companies are trying to save on costs and two, their manufacturing methods are outdated, ineffective and destructive.
We know, beyond a doubt, PXP works, because our customers feel the difference, often in the most profound way! The results with PXP are not subtle! PXP is transformational. It's changing lives by the thousands.
PXP is live food! It's as pure as pure can be. The 3 strains of rice, used in PXP, are grown in some of the most fertile, alkaline and nutritious soil on this earth.
PXP is actually ENHANCED dramatically in the manufacturing process. As a matter of fact, the manufacturing process is one of our trade secrets to PXP working so effectively. It's highly advanced and revolutionary! The size of the rice particle (one millionth of a unit) is a master key to the transformational effects of PXP.
When It Comes to Slowing Down the Aging Process!
For decades people have been searching high and low for any health product that could legitimately slow down the aging process. That's been very hard (if not impossible) to find in this sea of mediocre health products.
It's so powerful that it's having an effect upon health conditions that would normally be considered medical impossibilities.
Because of PXP there's hope, like never before that many chronic health conditions can be dramatically improved—by completely natural means.PXP is a breakthrough on a scale we've never seen in our lifetime.
If you want a smooth, even energy with a mental clarity you probably haven't experienced in years or decades, PXP can deliver that beautifully.
PXP is a game-changer when it comes to reversing symptoms of aging and profoundly slowing down the aging process. We are blessed to be one of the first in the U.S. to be able to directly experience the awesome power of PXP.


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A link between pesticides and attention disorders?
By Laura Blue Aug. 19, 2010
Prenatal exposure to pesticides may be delaying kids' nervous-system development, leading to attention problems later in life, a new study finds.
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley followed more than 300 California children and their mothers over several years. When the women were pregnant, the researchers took urine samples and tested them for their level of organophosphate metabolites — that is, how much their bodies were creating waste products that come from breaking down a class of very common pesticides, called organophosphates. Those metabolite levels were thought to be the best marker of a woman's pesticide exposure. Five years later, the children born to women with high levels of pesticide traces in their urine were far more likely to have been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
This is not the first study to find a link between kids' neurological development and pesticide exposure. Earlier this year, in fact, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that children with high levels of pesticide metabolites in their own urine were also more likely than average to be diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Together, studies like these raise concerns about the safety of the common pesticides used for food production. The researchers behind the new study stress that the women under review in California were mostly agricultural workers, who probably have unusually high exposure to pesticides. Still, principal investigator Brenda Eskenazi said in a statement, "I would recommend thoroughly washing fruits and vegetables before eating them, especially if you're pregnant."
The new study is published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
In truth, it can be very difficult to know whether the pesticides are really causing the developmental problems or not. It's always possible, of course, that some other factor is causing the problems, and that that factor just happens to be more common among people who are also exposed to pesticides a lot. The way to solve this problem — intellectually, at least — would be to run an experiment, exposing some people to the pesticide and some not. But that kind of experiment would be unethical; you can't test something that you suspect is going to harm people.
So for now long-term studies like this one in California may be the best available. Experiments can be conducted in animals, too, and in mice organophosphates are known to cause brain damage when given in large doses.
The federal government monitors organophosphate use and has guidelines for allowable uses.

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This year we decided to spend Easter in an amazing city, Barcelona. I find Barcelona to be a happy city all year around with great weather and food, the best combination for vacation. Each time I come here I am amazed of the architecture, which is all very unique to this place, ads to the whole experience. As I have mentioned previously on my blog, this is the first trip for Greg to Barcelona and he can't stop capturing the best of this city with his vintage cameras. We love it and hope one day we will be able to stay longer so we can fully appreciate everything Barcelona has to offer.
Since Easter is all about celebration, and joy we thought it will be fun to paint these eggs with Annie Sloan Chalk paint.
Enjoy this Easter Sunday and follow us for more stories from our trip to Spain. I will add more candles poured in vintage porcelain eggs on my site soon so stay tuned.


Sam Barris his personal Milestone Custom from the early 1950s disappeared on the East Coats of the US in the 1960s. Neglected for many years, it was eventually found, restored and enjoyed as intended.
Several sources have mentioned that the Buick was owned by drag racer who used it for drag racing and promotion work. It is said that the stock straight-eight engine was replaced by a hopped-up Buick Nailhead V-8 and that the rear inner fenders were cut out to make place for big slicks. We have not been able to locate any photos of this period of the car. Then the car disappears again until it was found in the late 1960's and bought to be restored. The car was in sad condition, but most of it was still there and very restorable. Only nobody back then was really into Custom Cars, et alone restored an original Custom from the 1950's. Three photos from the early 1970's show that the car still has the same wire wheels as the photos taken in 1957 show. It is hard to tell from the pictures, but it appears the rear wheels are also wires, which makes the drag racing story a bit questionable. But who knows perhaps after the racing the wire wheels were put back on.
This photo shows the car in early 1970's. We can see the wire wheels which look a lot like the once on the car in the 1957 NJ photos. It also looks like the rear wheels are wire wheels. Notice the broken windshield. The car was now owned by Robert Bartel from Port Jefferson Station in NY.
It appears that the car was repainted (poorly) in a medium green at one point. It is amazing the 1953 Pontiac Wagon taillights are still in place.
Sad to see the once so beautiful Sam Barris Buick in such sad condition. The hood and front bumper look very crooked.
Robert offered the Buick up for sale in an 1970's Hot Rod Magazine (thanks to David Squires for the scan).
Another photo shows the car with an early 1970's Buick engine installed. That is about as far as the restoration went with this owner. Notice that the broken windshield has been removed by now.
We are unsure when these photos are taken, possibly the Buick had changed hands once again and the new owner started doing some restoration work as we can see on the front fenders.
After this the car ends up parked en neglected once again, many parts went missing in this period. It was "parked" next to a garage and left out in the open as if it was some junk. Fortunately it was discovered by Chris Carrier and saved. It ended up being for Sale correctly listed as the Sam Barris 1950 Buick at a mid 70's Hershey, Pennsylvania swap meet. It was here that Jim Walker from Dayton Ohio sees the car, and falls in love with it.
This is how the Sam Barris 1950 Buick was found by Chris Carrier in the mid 1970's. Very sad shape left behind like junk.
Chris and a friend figuring our how to get the car from its place to get some wheels and tired on it so that it can be taken to a better place.
Very sad sight to see such an Custom Car Icon being neglected like this.
These photo show that at this point there was still a bit left from the original Carson Top Shop interior, although in very bad shape. Nothing from it could be saved.
Seeing these photos make me feel very happy that Chris discovered the car and was able to get it home to make sure it would get into the right hands.
After a lot of work the Buick was out of the weeds, had wheels and tires installed and was on the truck together with all the parts they could find.
Yep… this is it… the Sam Barris 1950 Buick… the real deal. Its even amazing that back in the early/mid 1970's Chris and his friends went true all the trouble saving this old Custom. This was the area only very few people were into Custom Cars, let along finding original customs and restoring them back to how they used to look.
The early 1970's Buick engine was still in place when Chris found it.
This photo shows the rocker panels and lower rear fenders being in bad shape, and trim pieces missing.
With the hood and front fenders off it still looked sad, but already a lot better than how it sat in the weeds not too long ago.
With the front fenders and hood installed and the body cleaned up a bit it already starts to look better again.
Around 1972 or 1973, I saw an ad for the Sam Barris Kustom Buick, in the back of the then, latest monthly issue of Hot Rod Magazine. There was a small photo showing the very rough Buick. I called the phone number wanting to buy it. I think this was just when it was pulled out of the woods. The then owner told me, it was already sold, and I was too late!
I asked him to please take my name and number, just in case things change. He kindly took it.
Well, sadly, I accepted the bad news, and I tried to forget about it, but I never did.
Some time after that call, I unexpectedly received a phone call one day, from a fellow that owned Sam's Buick, asking me if I was still interested in buying it? Of course I immediately said yes! Because I really wanted to have it, buy it and restore it.
Then I remembered, I now had no place to put it, because I had since purchased a 1951 Ford Victoria hardtop to restore.
So, as it was, I regrettably had to turn it down. It was just bad timing again for me, and Sam's Kustom Buick.
Jim Walker, bought Sam's Buick after that, and had it restored. I'm glad he did it, because I've always felt sick about the outcome for me, but I'm glad people were able to enjoy that great Barris Kustom beauty again!
Although, it has always been, one of the BIG regrets in my life, it will be great however, to see it back again, for many people to view and enjoy!
Mid 1970's at the Hershey, Pennsylvania swap meet the body was in red oxide primer to prevent further damage. But as the photo shows many parts like the bumpers, rare taillights, windshield, grille, interior and various trim pieces are missing.
After Jim Walker bought the remains, the painstaking job of finding all the missing parts could start. Fortunately the February 1954 issue of Rod & Custom Magazine was a big help. The article was written pretty accurate and a lot of missing parts could be identified with the help of the magazine. Some parts, like the Pontiac wagon taillights were not easy to find, but in the end Jim and his team where able to find most of the parts. And the restoration could start.
Jim Walker with his freshly restored Sam Barris Buick in 1979. Dave Oakes gets the credit for doing the majority of the restoration work.
Jim found an 1950 Buick Riviera two-door that he used for the frame and drive train. The Sam Barris customized body was removed from the original frame which was in very sad condition by now, and set on the new in much better shape Riviera frame. Once again the Buick had a Straight-Eight engine. Jim hired Dave Oakes to do the restoration on the Buick. Dave did a great job fixing all that had been damaged over the years of abuse. Straightened the body, repaired parts, and reinstalled missing parts. The car was painted in 1970 Buick Titian Red which came close to the original paint samples found on the car. The interior was redone using all the old photos from the little magazines Jim was able to find. He only changed the white shag rug for a black one since Jim planned to use the car a lot, and white carpet might then not be the most practical. The restoration was finished in 1979. Jim enjoyed the car a lot, he visited many KKOA and other shows and the car was seen a lot driving all over.
Bob Drake who restored the Ayala/Barris created Jack Stewart 1941 Ford in 1972, took this photo of Jim Walker's restored Sam Barris Buick in the summer of 1979.
A few years later, Barris Collector Kurt McCormick, was able to talk Jim into selling him the car. The Buick has been in Kurt's amazing collection of historical important customs ever since. Kurt has driven the car quite a bit, and showed it at many shows, including a long period at the Darryl Starbird Museum in Wichita.
The Sam Barris Buick was featured in magazines from all over the world and appeared in several books. The car with the help of Jim Walker and Kurt McCormick helped put Customs back on the map again in the 1980's. This front 3/4 view show how well proportions this car is.
This side view of the Buick shows the amazing profile of the car and its wonderful tapering roofline.
Steve Boutte took these photos at the Darryl Starbird Museum in 2007. The car was on display there for several years. The photo on the left shows that the 1980's restoration was missing the chrome lip inside thee headlights as it was created by Sam originally. It also shows that the car is showing some signs of age.
Close ups of the Interior on the Jim Walker restored version.
In late 2013 Kurt decides he wants to update the drive train on the Buick with the installation of a Buick Nailhead engine. This would help him drive the car on a more regular base. The car was delivered at Manns Restoration for the update. When the car was in the shop they asked if they could repaint the car so they could use it as display piece for an upcoming show. But once they removed the interior they discover a much more rusty base than everybody had expected. Kurt then decided to go for a complete restoration. We are looking forward for the Sam Buick to get back on the road and visiting the local car shows again.
The Sam Barris Buick being completely restored at the Manns Restorations shop in 2014.
When the Buick is fully restored we hope to be able to bring you part three in this series….
And hopefully some of the missing parts in this cars history can be confirmed and filled in. Stay tuned….
Glad to see that it not only survived but is getting the treatment that it deserves.
I'm with you, guys! The slippery streamline sedanette shape that was Buick's classic statement pre-War through 52, was the perfect canvas for a quintessential Barris styling statement. Pure sculpture, from the elongated oval of the front lip to its echo in the brilliantly chosen taillights. Sam took "a good song, and made it better." His mastery of metal forming is simply, even by the measure of today's advances, marvelous. Sam's Buick cannot be denied as one best of the best.
A fleeting time, that era of creative imaginings, only now getting it's just due. Long live traditional custom cars. And long live CCC.
Question: Can anyone help clarify something about the "53" headlight rims. Rik astutely caught that in the early photos, you could see a chrome rim lining the oval Buick insert. In later photos, this piece is missing. When I frenched the oval Buick rims onto my 53 Ford (See Confessions, part 3), I used the 54 rims. Unfortunately, those were pot metal. I had to use fiberglass cloth and resin to mold them onto the Ford fenders (after reattaching my light buckets from the inside). Harry Schwartz recalled that Frenchy also used fiberglass to form them onto his 50 Mercury Monterey (See Something About a Mercury). And at that time Frenchy was working at the Buick dealership. But I think I recall that the 1953 rims were not pot metal, but stainless. This would allow them to be welded or brazed onto the fenders of Sam's Buick. But I've become confused about this point. Otherwise, Sam would have had to fabricate those shapes from round rod and sheet metal. Can anyone help?
The 1953 Buick headlights are two part stainless pieces. The outer ring is one piece, then the waffle pattern teardrop shaped piece with the hole for the lights is the second piece. But still Sam would have had to cut down the outer trim ring to create the headlight ring insert. Not sure if he custom made the outside from rod an sheet metal, or if he had welded/brazed a second stainless unit to the fenders. Perhaps they found about that during the current restoration.
i saw somewhere that 53 are not pot metal.
Wow ,,amazing pictures,, !!! Thanks !
I talked to Kurt not long ago. The metal work is all done and at the time I think the car was in the final stages of blocking and priming and should be close to paint, if it's not painted already. A whole ton of work and no doubt lots of $, and it will look just the same as when Kurt pulled it out of his garage to head to the shop. That's dedication to saving these works of art right there.
The Buick got bounced around quite a bit in the 60's and 70's, don't know anything about the drag racing story. I found it advertised in Hemmings in the late 70's, made an arrangement to get it purchased. I mailed off a deposit, and had a friend in Ohio plan on going to get it and deliver it to me in Modesto CA. But his wife became ill and was hospitalized, so I cut it loose. That's when Jack came into the picture and rescued it.
Larry that is an interesting question…… And would like to know my self about the head light trim on the Sam Barris Buick……. At one point you could get a pot metal brazing rod and you could braze pot metal at very low point…. Im not sure how Sam done his head lights and what was used…? Did you also see how the grille openings did not have the wire mesh while on its display in Riks first article. Also how the indicator holes were blank for the cover photo with the old Buick and the gal..??
I REMEMBER SEEING THIS CAR IN THE BACK ROW OF A SMALL USED CAR LOT ON THE WAY INTO LONG BEACH, LONG ISLAND.
IT WAS THERE IN ABOUT 1957- 1959. IT WAS BOUGHT BY A CHAP NAMED LENNY (DON'T REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME), HE ALSO BOUGHT MY 1949 CHEVY. HE HAD IT IN FREEPORT WHERE I LAST SAW IT WHEN HE WAS STRIPPING THE PAINT.


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Q: Can't open Electron webview links with target = blank I'm using Electron I have a webview which display an external website but I can't succeed to show the additional window normally opened by links on this site and which have target = _blank.
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I tried with
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But it didn't change.

A: With a webview, you can actually handle these on the main process quite easily.
Which also allows you to disable nodeIntegration should that be a requirement.
// Listen for web contents being created
app.on('web-contents-created', (e, contents) => {

  // Check for a webview
  if (contents.getType() == 'webview') {

    // Listen for any new window events
    contents.on('new-window', (e, url) => {
      e.preventDefault()
      shell.openExternal(url)
    })
  }
})

A: After digging into the documentation I wrote this code (code located in the renderer):
const {BrowserWindow} = require('electron').remote

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    const protocol = require('url').parse(e.url).protocol
    if (protocol === 'http:' || protocol === 'https:') {
      //shell.openExternal(e.url)
      let win = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600})
      win.loadURL(e.url);
    }
  })

The line shell.openExternal(e.url) open the url of the link in a tab of the default browser.
And by using a new BrowserWindow, the new windows are Electron Window.

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timizhuofan1 acknowledges the help of George ( Hkship ) in the lyrics and translation.
This small town has many stories, filled with much happiness.
If you come here, you will be rewarded aplenty.
Humankind's perfections are all included here.
What is discussed, what is said, small town stories are really good.
Invite your friends over as this small town's guests.


Just admit it, you have assumptions and/or reservations regarding the hiring process as a recruiter. This is fair, as I'm sure we all have preconceived notions about the entire process. But don't fret, I'm about to debunk five big myths regarding the recruiting process, and some may come as a big surprise.
1. Recruiters utilize the same resources as HR.
Not necessarily. While there may be some overlap depending on how your company tends to operate, these are two distinct roles and they are not one and the same. HR might have to fill a position once every few months, but recruiters are constantly searching for the best candidates to fill a variety of positions all of the time. The constant search for suitable candidates can be a laborious process, and nowadays recruiters can benefit from utilizing text messaging in the application process. Recruiters deserve to have their own tools and strategies at their disposal, allowing them to optimize the search for candidates.
Recruiters are rude and unresponsive.
Sure, we may come across a rude recruiter every now and again, but maybe it isn't all their fault. They could have a large number of candidates that they need to keep in contact with, and maybe they don't have the right tools available to them to be able to provide good communication with all of these individuals. With text message recruiting and live chat, you can easily provide that dialogue from the very beginning of the hiring process. If a candidate has a question while viewing your career page, a live chat window can pop up where they can communicate with a chatbot to answer any questions the candidate may have. Keep in mind, if the candidate is able to engage with the page, this could ultimately reduce your bounce rate as well, which is always a plus!
Recruiters don't care about long-term relationships.
Well, if you're dealing with a good recruiter, this surely isn't the case. The purpose of using a recruiting platform and bettering your recruiting strategy is to create a long lasting relationship with that candidate. Engagement should not end with the recruiting process. A similar kind of relationship should be maintained throughout the employee's time at your company, ensuring that they're as engaged as possible.
Recruiting software takes care of all the work for you.
Again, this is false! As a recruiter, you don't want the software doing all of the work for you, or else you'd be out of a job! Luckily, people still value human interaction, and therefore it must remain a part of the recruiting process. Even if you recruit using a software platform with text messaging campaigns, there is still someone behind those campaigns creating the appropriate, personalized messages to send out. Although a lot of your work may be eliminated by utilizing a recruiting software, technology can't take care of an in-person interview for you. Human interaction is still imperative for understanding one's fit for the company.
The entire recruiting process takes several weeks, or even months at least.
This is totally false! If you use the appropriate strategy or solution, you could make contact with a candidate and bring them in for an interview within just 24 hours! Yep, you heard that correctly. With text messaging yielding such high response rates in so little time compared to phone calls and email, the time to complete the recruiting process can be accelerated exponentially. Imagine how much work and time that can save you as a recruiter with a high-volume candidate pool.
Well, there you have it! Five big recruiting myths, debunked. Of course, this is not an exhaustive list and there are many more concerns about the hiring process that could be touched on. If you feel that I've missed anything, go ahead and add it in the comments! If you're looking to transform the way you hire, check out our eBook on improving candidate engagement by clicking the button below.


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Feast Week Mission Briefing: Kansas in the Maui Invitational
Posted by Chris Stone on November 23rd, 2015
It's Feast Week in college basketball. To get you ready for the Big 12's representation in the various holiday tournaments this week, our Feast Week Mission Briefings begin today.
Catching Up: It's already been quite an eventful beginning to the season for Kansas. The Jayhawks pummeled Northern Colorado in the opener, 109-72, in a game where they knocked down 15 three-pointers. In their first real test, though, Kansas again stumbled at the Champions Classic. The Jayhawks couldn't handle a second half explosion from Michigan State's Denzel Valentine and did themselves no favors on the offensive end. Some good news came last Friday when freshman big man Cheick Diallo received a waiver from the NCAA to travel with the team to Maui, but Diallo has yet to be cleared. As a result, head coach Bill Self has now begun to unleash his wrath against the sport's governing body in public settings. Whether Diallo will be cleared to play this week (or this season) remains a mystery, but it's becoming apparent that Self is tired of the distraction of waiting for an answer. In between the Jayhawks' loss to Michigan State and Self's campaign against the NCAA, Kansas also suspended guard Brannen Greene for six games as the result of a playing time dispute. Kansas, it seems, is in a bit of a mini-crisis heading into today's Maui Invitational.
Bill Self and Tom Crean could meet on the court in the championship game of the Maui Invitational. (Photo Credit: KU Sports/Nick Krug)
Opening Round Preview: The Jayhawks will have an opportunity to work out any kinks relating to Greene's suspension in their first round game against host Chaminade, by far the easiest opening round matchup. The Division II Silverswords are currently 0-2, having already lost to Alaska-Anchorage and Alaska earlier this month. Chaminade averages 32 three-point attempts per contest and they convert 14 of them, so Kansas will need to do a good job of protecting the perimeter. In general, though, this is the type of game where Self's squad will pound it inside and wear down the overmatched opponent. The Jayhawks' much tougher tests in the islands will come on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Key Resume Opportunities: After Chaminade, Kansas' path gets much more interesting. Assuming the Jayhawks advance, they'll face either UCLA or UNLV in the semifinals. Despite losing Norman Powell and Kevon Looney from last year's group, the Bruins probably represent the better resume-building opportunity for Kansas. They were a Sweet Sixteen team last season and are picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 this year. If the Jayhawks make the championship game on Wednesday night, they should have a chance to pick up a really nice win there. The other side of the bracket features St. John's, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and Indiana. The Commodores and the Hoosiers are both Top 25 teams that feature NBA talent and should compete for regular season titles in their respective conferences.
Outlook: A Kansas victory at the Maui Invitational would be a solid way for the Jayhawks to move past their Champions Classic woes. Even without Diallo and Greene, Self's team certainly has enough talent on hand to win this tournament. It's reasonable to expect Kansas to make it to the championship game in Lahaina, but the Jayhawks will face a very tough test at that point assuming Indiana or Vanderbilt breaks through.
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Let's say there's still 2,000 pounds left when he's done and that the remainder of the junk car is 90% metal. This gives him a scrap rate of 148 for the remainder of his vehicle, plus the 480 he got in parts, for a total of 628 on a car that is completely nonfunctional.
Depending on the make, model, condition and metal content of your scrap vehicle, you might be able to expect anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to potentially upwards of one thousand dollars. So, based on a few key variables, you may be sitting on a nice pile of cash.
If you're being offered a per pound rate and you know that you have this steel scrap, then subtract 20% for the scrapper premium and you'll know what your payment rate should be: per pound. The only problem is that the average local scrap yard is going to take more than 20%.
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Letting you know Cowboy UP Cowboy Church is doing great. Fifty-five people and three horses in attendance this last service--that is about the average attendance in our 16th service held in CPH arena.
We are enjoying what God is doing. Our last service was great--the music just set the tone for the day and the new faces there with smiles and afterward them telling me that this is great! Just made a smile on my face that I can't get rid of. PRAISE GOD for that.
We are making plans to do some fun things here. The men really enjoyed the bowling a few weeks ago and are looking forward to joining up again. We are gearing up for the arena events and the trip to Falls Creek is going to be huge.
Keep praying for us 'cause we are for all of you. Thanks for the support. And call on us for anything at anytime.
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Is God in Our Midst or Not?
Several years ago when I was in campus ministry at South Dakota State University, I got a late evening phone call from campus security. They asked if I would make my way to a student residence a couple blocks from campus. A young man who lived there had just committed suicide. He shot himself. Several friends and neighbors of his were gathering at the house, sharing their shock and grief.
I went to try and offer some comfort, if not understanding. It was a night I won't forget. Talking with one of the students, she told me this was the third suicide of friends in the last year.
Then there was the young man who shot himself, a member of a congregation I served. It was not easy going to see the rest of the family when the call came. It was a complete shock to all. There were no warning signs that anyone could see. No noticeable depression. No broken relationships. And the gun made it quick and easy.
And then there was the sixth grader in another community. All of the clergy were called to the school the next day to spend time in different classes. We did our best to answer questions the young people had and strained to assign some rationality to the irrational. But it was tough, tougher yet for his friends and classmates.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people in the U.S., ages 15 to 24. One can never be sure how many other adolescent deaths, like automobile accidents, are the result of self destructive, if not suicidal, behavior. It's not an easy age in any culture.
Fortunately, the South Dakota Legislature had the good sense to reject the recent bill that would have allowed weapons on campus. Administrators didn't want it. Faculty and staff didn't want it. Students didn't want it. And if it had passed, I would have hoped many students would do what the one young woman from the University of South Dakota threatened to do, go to school someplace else. If all the colleges in South Dakota lost even a tenth of their student population, the idea of guns on campus might be reviewed.
One wonders if those who are so intent on putting a gun in everyone's hand, especially young people who are known to have ups and downs and emotional swings, have ever been close to an adolescent suicide? Or I wonder if they've ever been in a fire fight, where they didn't know who was the "good guy" and who was the "bad guy", since all they saw and heard in a few seconds of response time was retreating bodies and noise? It seems these "would be white hats" have a movie set version of how they would protect themselves or another. Like the recent road rage case in another state, where the armed son goes out to protect his mother and she gets shot in the head and killed. What utter tragedy! Why in heavens name do we pay police (usually not enough) to protect and serve, and then not use their services but make their job more difficult?
But there has to be something deeper going on in the culture besides National Rifle Association lobbying, arms manufacturers making obscene profits and politicians pandering to the political right wing. Maybe the fear mania started before 9/11, but certainly since, we've been fed fear for breakfast, fear for lunch and fear for dinner. The government promotes it. The politicians run on it. The media sensationalizes it. Racism and nationalism thrive on it. Religion will often capitalize on it with "end times" theology. The American culture has become so permeated by fear that everyone seems to think they need a gun, just in case they need to kill their neighbor (before their neighbor kills them). Maybe our nation's new policy of permanent and pervasive war, often against unseen enemies with lots of "collateral damage," is coming home to haunt us. Increasingly, maybe we're the collateral damage, not just in Yemen, or Afghanistan.
And somehow, many have taken to heart the idea that there are only two alternatives in a conflict, fight or flight. We either stand our ground with our gun and fight, or take the cowards route and flee. I prefer Gandhi's idea, a third option. How about standing one's ground and not fighting. Gandhi writes, "Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together. I can imagine a fully armed man to be at heart a coward. Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not cowardice. But true nonviolence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness." And again, "I see neither bravery or sacrifice in destroying life or property for offense or defense."
In my mind, the real hero at the Sandy Hook massacre wasn't the guy with the gun. It was the principal who gave her life for her kids. Talk about guts!
There's an alternative to living in fear and arming ourselves to the teeth. It's that place in all of us that exercises love and compassion. It's a place in all of us that allows us to look danger in the face and sacrifice ourselves for another. It's that hard but true calling to love the neighbor, like the self, not threaten or kill them.
As the week's blizzard came to end, we went outside to begin to clear up. One of my favorite activities is running the snow blower, which is owned collectively among three households on the street. In part, that is what I love about it, delighting in the gift of its collective ownership. Every time it snows, we need to be in touch with each other, coordinating schedules and prioritizing needs. Mieke and I got the little machine that we call "Mighty Mouse" at our designated time. Adding to the excitement of running it, Mieke made a video of me driving the red machine down the driveway. The video was for two and a half year-old Leo, so he could see the snow flying and zayde (Yiddish for grandfather) hard at work, calling out to him and yelling "mush" to urge on the imaginary dogs. It was a great hit! We had our first real phone conversation with Leo after he saw the video. The first thing he said was, "I want one for my house." At some point in all of the fun with the video, we suddenly all had an amazed realization; Leo had no idea what snow is! Living in Los Angeles, he had never seen snow, never experienced its cold or its gently falling flakes, neither its drifting depth nor its wind-swept bite.
I thought about our efforts to explain snow to Leo as I went through the week. I began to notice lines of connection to similar questions about being and existence, naught and nothingness, people helping or not helping each other, manifestations of God's presence or absence. How to explain, how to know, of that which we see and of that which we know only through manifestation of its essence in the world around us? I thought of such questions as I came to a line in the week's Torah portion, B'shallach (Exodus 13:17-17:16). It is a line that I had never thought much about. The people of Israel have crossed the Sea, finally on the journey, "free at last, free at last, thank God all mighty, free at last." They have seen amazing signs and wonders, some breath-taking and some horrifying, some one and the same, as in that very crossing of the sea, their redemption entwined with the destruction of the pursuing Egyptians. All so confusing, what to think, what to feel in the face of life's contradictions churned up with the muck of the sea bottom? Fearful, needing water, they argue and complain, challenging Moses, testing God. And then they ask a powerfully profound and poignant question, timeless in its yearning to know, as real for us at times as for them, is God in our midst or not/ha'yesh Ha'shem b'kirbenu im-ayin?
It is an amazing question, so real in its immediacy. Is God in our midst or not? How do we know? What does it mean to affirm the reality of an unseen presence? What if we have never felt God's cool kiss upon our brow, or the warmth of God's presence upon our heart? What about the swirling bite and blur of life when it seems impossible to see beyond what is? In a world of so much evil, what is the place and power of goodness and of God's role and ours in its expression? How do we know then, when all seems blurred, if God is in our midst or not?
Unlike snow in warm climates, God's presence can be felt everywhere. Also unlike snow, experiencing God is not a matter of sight, or touch, or taste, but of something deeper. After all that the people have experienced of God's miracles, the fearsome plagues, the sustaining gift of mannah, the parting of the sea, we realize with their question that knowing God is deeper than the impact of miracles occurring outside the order of nature. Awareness of God comes through the ordinary miracles of every day, that which is within nature, within and among our selves. It is knowledge acquired over time, found in our ability to see beauty in spite of all that would deny it. There are times when we are blessed to know God as a still small voice rising from within. In the weave of humanity, God is found in the interconnection of people become as God's angels. God works through us.
Beyond signs and wonders meant to convince, but which really don't, the deeper teaching that points to knowing God in the day to day and in the experience of life lived with people is hinted at in the very wording of the people's question. The people ask if God is b'kirbenu/in our midst? Ultimately, it is only a question that they will be able to answer, only when they experience the manifestation of God's gentle touch in the way of their relationships with each other, and so for us. B'kirbenu is from the root karov/near or close. The answer is in the way of our drawing near to each other, finding God's presence within and among our selves. There are times when we know the sweetness of God's presence in solitude, when our hearts are open to God's longing, or in the gift of God's response to our yearning. In the social context, it is in the manner and way of our being with each other that we find nearness with God, meaning and purpose in life. There is an equation and a choice framed in the first word and the last word of the people's question. The first word is ha'yesh/is there? Taken by itself, yesh means there is! The last word, ayin, means naught or nothingness, there isn't. That is the choice, whether we choose to draw near or not, whether we approach life with optimism and a sense of possibility, whether we live in the way of there is or there is not.
Ultimately, it is a choice that cannot be explained in the abstract. Understanding the consequence of each way of being, to live with hope and possibility or with a sense of naught and nothingness, determines our ability to sense God's presence among us, and within our own selves. As hard as it is to explain snow to a child who has never seen snow, it is both harder and easier to explain God's presence, especially to a child. In the caring and cooperation of people with each other in the common use of a snow blower, there is something much more than the exhilaration that comes with its use. In the nature of our relationship with each other, and in the stillness of falling snow, is an intimation of what is possible, of yesh/there is in the face of naught, of God's presence among us.
Once again the headlines are full of the news of the destruction of human life –this time through immolation. I sit with the horror – and I sit and I sit and I sit. How do I come to a nonviolent response to what has come to be a most visible scourge in the life of humankind in the present moment? What do I do with the notion of the deliberate, planned, intentional and public destruction of a human being. How do I relate to the humanity of the perpetrator?
As I write, I realize that these are questions that reside at the periphery of consciousness most of the time as I contemplate the tacit permission I give to military violence done in my name just by being a citizen who pays taxes.
It is an ugly question to confront, I think. One that I would rather avoid at all costs. In the mists of meditation, I come to understand that something is coming to be revealed that I would rather not see – but that is absolutely necessary to understand if we are to have any hope for humankind's wholeness.
In a very fragmentary, and perhaps over simplified way, I understand from the work of Carl Jung that there is such a thing as a collective consciousness and a collective unconscious – that just as humans have an individual consciousness particular to each one, the human species has a collective consciousness – one in which we all participate because we have evolved over eons and carry that evolutionary process within us together. It follows that there is a collective unconscious in which we participate as well.
From Jung's further work, I also understand that there is what he referred to as "the shadow" – those aspects of the self that remain hidden – that I deem unacceptable for polite company – the parts of my psychological and spiritual and emotional self that cause me shame and embarrassment - - the parts I tend to bury out of sight.
Over the years, I have been learning the discipline of recognizing and welcoming my own shadow, of drawing it into the light. It is a life work and extremely unpleasant at times – but seems to be what is required in order to fulfill the great command to "love your neighbor as your self." If I cannot love and extend compassion to what is unacceptable and disconnected within myself, I cannot possibly fully extend compassionate love to another.
I have been reflecting on this and wondering - - and it is a huge wondering. I wonder if, in the very public beheadings and the incineration of humans beings, are we being forced to witness the shadow of the collective unconscious of humankind? Are we being given a glimpse of what humanity is capable of in ways that we have not been able to entertain in consciousness in quite the same way before the immediacy of all the communication technology we now have available to us? Do these very specific and particular acts of destruction of human life serve a purpose in forcing us to come to terms with the collective shadow in which we all participate simply by virtue of being human?
I recently listened to Krista Tippet ("On Being" – an offering on NPR) interviewing Brene Brown, author of The Courage To Be Vulnerable. Brown noted that humans have the capacity to act from courage and vulnerability or from fear. When we act from fear, we do terrible things to one another.
When I can ask this question, I can begin to formulate a different response to what I witness. They are me. They are not "other". They are my shadow. And perhaps they serve as a visible reminder of the shadow of our collective unconscious as well. If this is possible, and the master teaching is "love your neighbor as your self", do we not have a responsibility to find a way to love this terrified and terrifying shadow into the light? Does this tiny fragment of humankind do us a service by revealing the depths to which we have buried our collective shadow? Does it force us to wake up and come to terms with what we are afraid of?
Jungian theory suggests that the only way to "disarm" the shadow is by relating to it and with it. The great spiritual traditions teach that "loving your enemy" is a possible, if untried, path. Are these most recent acts of terror an unwelcome invitation from the depths of the collective unconscious to awaken to another way?
There's been an interesting development in science over the last couple of decades that never seems to make the headlines. There are more and more scientific studies being done on the dynamics of forgiveness. That's right, forgiveness!
For instance, a couple of researchers discovered 58 scientific studies of forgiveness in 1998. By the year 2005, that number had grown to 950. One of the researchers is a well known professor, Everett L. Worthington, Jr. He plays a major role in the film "The Power of Forgiveness" and is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.
He and others are looking at forgiveness scientifically. In the process, they are discovering that the religious admonitions to forgive may well make sense for all those involved.
One of the tools used in the studies is biofeedback. Participants, after initially being in a state of rest, are invited to revisit an event and time when they were in the presence of someone they haven't forgiven and to describe that situation to the researcher. In the meantime, they are measured for blood pressure, heart rate, breathing patterns and sweat.
What the studies have shown is that the intensity of the anger and dislike of that unforgiven person determines the stress level one sees in all the measurements. Some people who are holding onto hate sweat profusely and their blood pressure goes off the charts. On the other hand, the forgiving person has little change in heart rate or the other indicators.
When one recognizes that research has also established a connection between hostility and a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease, one begins to get the picture that holding onto grudges and bitterness toward others is not healthy for the hostile one. Some researchers believe the unforgiving person may compromise the immune system, throwing off the production of important hormones or disrupting the fight against infections.
Research has also shown that especially in older age groups, forgiving persons cited greater satisfaction with life and were less likely to report distressing symptoms like nervousness, sadness and restlessness.
Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, says one who has committed an offense against another needs to ask that person for forgiveness three times. If after the third time, forgiveness is still refused, the moral burden falls on the other and they are the one that needs to be forgiven in the larger scheme of things.
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche said, "It is much more agreeable to offend and later ask forgiveness than to be offended and grant forgiveness." Probably many would agree with him. Offering forgiveness is difficult. Different people have different requirements.
Some expect the offender to grovel. If they crawl on their hands and knees, begging, perhaps they can be forgiven. Others require at least an apology, an admission of wrongdoing, some degree of repentance, a promise not to offend again. Still others need an appropriate level of punishment for the sin, even to the point of the death penalty.
Forgiveness is not forgetting or even excusing or pardoning an offense. The idea of forgiveness is to help us move past the negative emotions of anger, hostility, resentment, bitterness and hatred, toward the positive. Otherwise, how can one be truly healthy, loving and compassionate, when those old hurts lie just below the surface, just waiting on a memory or a similar circumstance?
That's not to say there may be some horrific circumstances where it is almost impossible for someone to forgive. They need not be identified as we can all think of examples. But in the end, the one who ends up hurting the most is the one who harbors the hate or anger.
And no one can coerce forgiveness from another or chart out an appropriate time line. If its truly forgiveness, it happens in its own way and good time.
Ultimately, the most challenging act of forgiveness is to forgive ourselves. It can be the road block to forgiving others. If we can't get past our own complicity in an act done or undone, it's doubly difficult to forgive some one else.
It's no wonder Jesus suggested we pray regularly, "forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." Sometimes, prayer may be our only hope of transformation.


There are only seven more weeks of classes left. I am thankful God has helped me through this semester. The girls' volleyball team that I coach has played two games and lost both. The high school guys' soccer tournament finished this week and the championship will be on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. This year's tournament was so close and competitive, but the staff will be competing against 11th grade for the title. Right now I am teaching ultimate frisbee and getting ready to start a sports challenge with 3rd and 4th grade during lunch. A few weeks ago I led my first soccer class in Spanish with the ministry I am volunteering with. The kids there are really awesome.
I visited the soccer ministry in Medellín on March 21-24 to see if I want to work and live there after this school year. I felt the Lord was urging me in that direction, so I was expecting to be sure it was the place. I had a good time visiting and seeing the different parts of the ministry, staying with a family, and seeing more of the city. Reflecting on that trip, I am not sure if that's where I want to go as I have mixed feelings. However, it would be a great opportunity to learn Spanish and grow in many things. During that time I realized how much my Spanish had grown and was able to have deeper conversations with people.
One cool testimony is that I sat beside guy from Ecuador who lives in New York on the plane to Medellín. I asked him at the end if there was anything I could pray for him about, and he told me he has had problems with his liver. I prayed for him, and I believe he is healed! Another divine encounter happened on the plane coming back as I met two girls sitting beside me. Turns out they were staying with a friend who lived very close to me and they didn't know how to get there. I got to lead them there, had breakfast with them and their friend, and we hung out talking for about four and half hours!
Right now I am still unsure about my future. School ends in two months, so I need to decide fairly soon what I am going to do. I honestly feel a bit lost and confused, but it's yet another lesson of trusting the Lord and choosing to be joyful. This week (April 7-10) I will be visiting a ministry in the smaller city of Armenia in the coffee region where I visited over Christmas break a few months ago. This is a soccer ministry, but on a much smaller scale. This could be a good opportunity to work with a ministry that is growing and looking for help. I also have an "offer" in Barranquilla on the coast, but at this point I don't feel led in that direction. I know my future is in God's hands, and I know I have the freedom to choose, but in the end I really want what God wants even if it means simply choosing between two options. I believe He is refining me through this process of discernment.


Sharon Shaffer (Ph.D. '04 Soc Fdns) As a leader in museum-based education and pedagogy for young children, my work takes me around the world. I am currently an independent consultant with projects in traditional museums such as the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and also travel to countries just beginning to think about young children and museums. Currently, I have a three-year appointment as a senior advisor to the Beijing Normal University in China, working with the Children's Museum Research Center in developing children's museums and early childhood programs in China.