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Last year at this time, the Green Bay Packers had unusually good depth at defensive tackle but were weak at backup linebacker.[img_r]http://cmsimg.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=U0&Date=20080821&Category=PKR01&ArtNo=80821142&Ref=AR&Profile=1058&MaxW=318&Border=0[/img_r]
A year later, its the opposite. The Packers trade of Corey Williams and Justin Harrells back injury have been major factors in the depletion at defensive tackle.
The signing of Brandon Chillar, plus the ascending play of young linebackers Desmond Bishop and Abdul Hodge, have made for a linebacker corps that might warrant keeping as many as seven players for the first time since 2000.
General Manager Ted Thompson has betrayed no concerns about defensive tackle, but the strength of the defense last season was its ability to rotate solid defensive tackles and keep them fresh for an entire game. It has to be the Packers biggest concern heading into the final two weeks of training camp, especially with one of their best defensive tackles, Ryan Pickett, likely to miss all of training camp because of a hamstring injury.
Thompsons actions will tell more than his words, and this could be a position he tries to improve with a trade or perhaps a pickup on final cuts, though defensive tackles of any quality rarely get released theyre too hard to find.
After keeping an extra sixth defensive tackle last season because of the quality, the Packers might drop down to four at final cuts this season if Harrell is on the physically-unable-to-perform list, which appears likely, and none of the three players fighting for the last spot at defensive tackle Daniel Muir, Alfred Malone and Conrad Bolston elevates his play in the final two preseason games.
Following is a position-by-position look at the Packers roster with the cut from 80 players to 75 coming Tuesday and the reduction to the regular-season limit of 53 looming four days later on Aug. 30.
Defensive line (9 or 10 players)
# Locks: DE Aaron Kampman, DT Ryan Pickett, DE-DT Cullen Jenkins, DT Johnny Jolly, DE-DT Michael Montgomery, DE Jeremy Thompson, DE Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, DT Colin Cole, DE Jason Hunter.
# On the bubble: DT Justin Harrell, DT Daniel Muir, DT Alfred Malone.
# Long shots: DT Conrad Bolston, DT Rodney Allen.
# Comment: Harrells back injury, which required surgery in April, has created major problems at defensive tackle. Hes on the PUP list and appears likely to remain there at the start of the season, so he wont be eligible to return until after the sixth game. The Packers are saying he should be able to play this year, but thats not a given.
Pickett (hamstring) is on PUP but should be ready for the regular-season opener at the latest. Even then, he wont have much stamina early. Jolly faces a possible suspension for his summer arrest for possessing at least 200 grams of codeine in a cough syrup, but it appears he can postpone a trial until after the season if it goes that far.
Muirs play has slipped after he made the team last year as an undrafted rookie. He missed part of the offseason because of a pectoral injury and hasnt been as explosive or effective. Malone has been more stout in the middle of the line and might be ahead of Muir, but theres at least a chance neither will make the team, depending on their play the final two preseason games.
Montgomery, a defensive end by trade, has been active as an occasional inside rusher on passing downs, but hasnt made any plays in that role. Thompson is a raw fourth-round draft pick who could develop into a decent pass-rush threat before the season is finished.
Linebackers (6 or 7)
# Locks: Nick Barnett, A.J. Hawk, Brady Poppinga, Brandon Chillar.
# On the bubble: Tracy White, Desmond Bishop, Abdul Hodge.
# Long shots: Spencer Havner, Danny Lansanah.
# Comment: The improving Poppinga held off Chillar for the starting job at strong-side linebacker. The other major story is the play of Bishop and Hodge. Last year, White was the No. 4 linebacker, but this year, hes probably the seventh best behind Chillar, Bishop and Hodge. But White will be especially hard to cut because hes perhaps the best special-teams player on the roster. Bishops and Hodges primary position is middle linebacker, but the Packers at least have to consider keeping both considering their play in camp. Bishop made big gains in the offseason workout program and has transferred them to the field, where he plays faster and has been better in pass coverage than Hodge. Throw in Bishops special-teams play, and hes slightly ahead. But Hodge is running much better this season after having patellar-tendon surgery last year, and hes made a strong pitch for a roster spot with his powerful striking ability and physical play in the run game.
Defensive backs (9 or 10)
# Locks: CB Charles Woodson, CB Al Harris, S Nick Collins, S Atari Bigby, CB Tramon Williams, S Aaron Rouse, CB Patrick Lee, CB Will Blackmon.
# On the bubble: CB Jarrett Bush, S Charlie Peprah, S Tyrone Culver.
# Long shots: CB Joe Porter, CB Scorpio Babers.
# Comment: Williams has locked up the No. 3 cornerback job. Last year, the Packers kept six cornerbacks but might keep only five this season because Bush hasnt improved in his third year. Though Bush has solid size (6-0, 200 pounds) and good athletic ability, something is missing, whether it be instincts or simply the ability to play the ball.
Blackmon is developing more slowly than the Packers predicted, but he also missed extensive time the last two years because of injuries. Lee is a second-round pick who was only a one-year starter at Auburn and is being developed for the future. Peprah was ahead for the No. 4 safety job before missing the first two preseason games because of a hamstring injury. He might be the teams smoothest safety and can play some cornerback he played that position two years at Alabama but will miss tonights game. He has to get on the field next week to beat out Culver, who excels at quarterbacking the defense from the secondary.
Quarterbacks (2 or 3)
# Locks: Aaron Rodgers, Brian Brohm.
# On the bubble: Matt Flynn.
# Comment: Flynn is giving Brohm a run for the backup job, but its far from clear that either will be ready to be a No. 2 quarterback like many rookies at this position, both have had major ups and downs in their first training camp. Coach Mike McCarthy has called their development a camplong project and been steadfast hes comfortable with two rookies to back up Rodgers, but the Packers will be watching the waiver wires closely at final cuts. If they pick up a veteran, theyd have to cut the seventh-round pick Flynn.
Running backs (5 or 6)
# Locks: Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson.
# Good bets: Korey Hall.
# On the bubble: Vernand Morency, Noah Herron, John Kuhn, Kregg Lumpkin.
# Long shots: DeShawn Wynn, Corey White, Ryan Powdrell.
# Comment: Its a close call between Morency and Herron for the No. 3 halfback job. Morency is a more explosive runner and excellent in blitz pickup, but even though hes been healthy, his patellar-tendon problems from last year could be a concern. Herron is as assignment-sure as they come. Lumpkin has made strides in camp and cant be discounted if the team keeps four halfbacks, though he appears more likely headed for the practice squad.
Wynns most recent injury, a sprained ankle, probably has blown his chance of making the team, considering his long history of missing practices and games dating to college. He left the preseason opener and hasnt practiced or played since.
Tight ends (2 or 3)
# Locks: Donald Lee, Jermichael Finley.
# On the bubble: Tory Humphrey, Joey Haynos.
# Comment: The Packers have stayed much longer with Humphrey than they would with most injured players near the bottom of the roster, but they like his talent enough to give him every chance to show he can get healthy and help them. Hes back from an Achilles tendon injury that sidelined him last week and will need to do something in the final two preseason games to win a spot. The 6-8 Haynos has been a nice surprise whos shown decent mobility for his size as well as good hands. He could make the team if Humphrey doesnt come through, though hes more likely a practice-squad candidate because the Packers could add someone from the waiver wire at final cuts or early in the season. Finley, a fourth-round pick, has impressive natural talent running and catching, but hes extremely young (21) and raw for a possible No. 2 tight end.
Wide receiver (5 or 6)
# Locks: Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, Ruvell Martin.
# On the bubble: Brett Swain.
# Long shots: Taj Smith, Johnny Quinn, Chris Francies, Jake Allen.
# Comment: Probably the teams best position for quality of depth, beginning with starters Driver and Jennings. Jones has built on a solid rookie year to easily hold the No. 3 receiving job, and Martins continual improvement makes him a sure bet to make the team. Hes also a favorite target of Rodgers because of their extensive work together on scout team the past two years. Nelson, the Packers top draft pick this year, has been fine but is in a major fight for playing time.
Swain looked good in the offseason then seemed overwhelmed when the pads when on he had a rough time getting off jams at the line and dropped a surprising number of passes the first three weeks of camp. But this past week he suddenly looked much sharper running routes and catching the ball while playing mostly on the scout team. The Packers will have trouble justifying keeping the seventh-round pick on the final 53 unless he does something spectacular in the final two weeks, but hes a practice-squad prospect worth watching.
Offensive line (9 or 10)
# Locks: T Chad Clifton, T Mark Tauscher, G-C Jason Spitz, C Scott Wells, G Josh Sitton, G-T Daryn Colledge, G-T Allen Barbre.
# On the bubble: G-T Tony Moll, T Breno Giacomini, C-G Junius Coston.
# Long shots: T Orrin Thompson, G Ryan Keenan, C-G Brennan Carvalho, G-T Ryan Considine.
# Comment: Wells lower-back injury and the uneven play of the young guards have made the middle of the line an issue as camp winds down. Sitton is ahead of Barbre and College for the starting guard job opposite Spitz because hes bigger and more stout at 317 pounds, and he has a major mean streak. However, Barbre has been good in one-on-one pass-blocking drills and is more athletic. Though Barbre didnt make the major jump the Packers thought he might, his play hasnt been much, if at all, behind Sittons. Sittons long look in the starting lineup might mean the Packers prefer the bigger player to give the run game more power potential, especially late in the season when the weather turns bad. With Wells out and Spitz at center, Colledge looks like hell start at left guard tonight, but Barbre is in the running there if Sitton doesnt show improvement at right guard. Colledge has played both guards and left tackle, so hes beginning to look like a utility man.
Giacomini, a sixth-round pick, has made major strides at right tackle, where early in camp defensive ends Jason Hunter and Michael Montgomery took turns abusing him as the converted tight end adjusted to the Packers blocking techniques. But the past two weeks, Giacomini has been increasingly stout and might win a roster spot. Moll has been incredibly up and down, looking slow on some snaps in one-on-one drills and playing tough and strong on others. Hes played every position on the line except center, so his versatility as a backup is his selling point.
# Locks: K Mason Crosby, P Jon Ryan.
# Good bet: LS J.J. Jansen.
# Comment: Crosbys nearly error-free camp suggests hes on his way to becoming one of the NFLs top kickers. Ryan has had more shanks than youd expect from a third-year pro and still hits the occasional long but low hang-time punt, but hes still improving and has noteworthy talent because of his strong kicking leg. The undrafted rookie Jansen out of Notre Dame has done nothing to suggest he wont have a long NFL career.
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Alright read, I personally found Bob McGinn's roster breakdown article to be better.
I don't agree with Harrell being on the 'bubble', he's a lock to make the roster simply because he is a first round pick that has been nagged by injuries and unable to hamper down and get reps to grow.
We aren't going to cut a first round pick last year at a position that is a need for us, unless Harrell does something really stupid (worse than what Jolly did).
Otherwise can't pick at too much. I think Hodge wins ahead of Bishop, his tough style and tackling will be very useful on ST.
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I think Harrell is on the bubble only in the sense that there may be some danger of him ending up on IR.
I like Hodge's bone-crunching hits, but I'm wondering if he is good enough in pass coverage. Dougherty thinks Bishop is a better special teams player, and if that's true, he may still have the edge over Hodge.
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i think this should be merged with the other roster breakdowns. no sense in having two threads
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Good to see someone else recognizes Herron's consistency. I really like Herron, and Wynn's pretty much done. Neat to see Lumpkin has a shot of making the team.
I don't see how he could say Flynn is on the bubble. He's on the team. We're not going into game 1 with 2 QBs. That's fo shizzle. And I doubt we're picking up a Vet, unless Rodgers looks like complete crap in the next two preseason games.
As I've said before, we shouldn't have gotten rid of C Williams. Everyone gets so dang defensive of TT. Come on, people, just because someone makes a mistake doesn't mean I don't like the guy. Ted Thompson made a mistake here. We need Williams, and I just knew Harrell would be a problem.
The good news though is that I see some defensive formations that will take some pressure off our DTs. Won't go into detail here, but you'll see what I mean when regular season starts. I don't think Mike McCarthy wants to show his cards quite yet.
J Bush, if he plays one more preseason game like A***** C******, he's gone. He's not on the bubble, he's gone.
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Yup Zombie........i wish we would have kept Williams too.
And Wynn doing badly bothers me. The kid has power and can run.......but he just doesn't seem tough enough. I wish he would have got his act together. He was a beast at times last year.
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Yup Zombie........i wish we would have kept Williams too.
And Wynn doing badly bothers me. The kid has power and can run.......but he just doesn't seem tough enough. I wish he would have got his act together. He was a beast at times last year.
Wynn's loss doesn't bother me. Grant is a top 10 RB and Jackson's a capable backup with growth potential. Heh, sounds like I'm working on his resume.
Plus, we have 2 good 3rd down backs.
Lumpkin might be our pleasant surprise at RB this year.
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What is an example of a lambda-system that is not a sigma algebra?
Here is a somewhat more natural example.
Let $(\Omega, \mathcal{F})$ be a measurable space, and let $P,Q$ be two probability measures on $\mathcal{F}$. It is a good exercise to verify that $$\mathcal{L} := \{ A \in \mathcal{F} : P(A) = Q(A) \}$$ is a $\lambda$-system. (This is a common application of the $\pi$-$\lambda$ theorem : if one can show that $P$ and $Q$ agree on a $\pi$-system that generates $\mathcal{F}$, then $P$ and $Q$ must be the same.)
However, $\mathcal{L}$ need not be a $\sigma$-algebra. For instance, consider a sample space consisting of two coin flips: $$\Omega = \{ HH, HT, TH, TT \}, \quad \mathcal{F} = 2^\Omega.$$ Let $P$ be the probability measure under which the coins are independent and unbiased, and let $Q$ be the measure under which the first coin is unbiased but the second coin is stuck to the first so that they always come up the same. Explicitly, $$P(HH)=P(HT)=P(TH)=P(TT)=\frac{1}{4}$$ $$Q(HH)=Q(TT)=\frac{1}{2}; \quad Q(HT)=Q(TH)=0.$$ Then one can check that the events on which $P$ and $Q$ agree are those which only look at one of the coins (or none), so that $$\mathcal{L} = \{ \{HH,HT\}, \{HH,TH\}, \{HT,TT\}, \{TH,TT\}, \emptyset, \Omega\}.$$ This is not a $\sigma$-algebra since it is not closed under intersections.
For another example, let $(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, P)$ be a probability space and fix some event $A \in \mathcal{F}$. Let $\mathcal{L}$ be the collection of all events which are independent of $A$, i.e. $$\mathcal{L} = \{ B \in \mathcal{F} : P(A \cap B) = P(A) P(B)\}.$$ It is not hard to check that $\mathcal{L}$ is a $\lambda$-system. To see it need not be a $\sigma$-algebra, take as in my other answer a probability space $\Omega = \{HH, HT, TH, TT\}$, $\mathcal{F} = 2^\Omega$, $P(A) = \frac{1}{4} |A|$ consisting of two independent fair coin flips. Set $A = \{HH, HT\}$, the event that the first coin is heads. Then $\{HH, TH\}, \{HH, TT\}$ are in $\mathcal{L}$ but their union $\{HH, TH, TT\}$ is not.

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Whenever I try to knead (by hand) or move after kneading, a high hydration dough like ciabatta, it sticks to my hands terribly and often seems ruin any shaping I try. I've tried flour on my hands, but it comes off so quick - what can I do to keep it from sticking so badly?
Let the dough rest in the bowl for a while after mixing. Time will not only improve the flavor (insert autolyse proselytism here) but will also give the flour time to hydrate, making the dough somewhat easier to handle.
Dough will become less sticky as you work it -- witness the way dough kneaded in a mixer or food processor initially sticks to the sides but eventually forms a ball and leaves the bowl clean. So, one option is to work it a bit with a mixer first, or just with a wooden spoon in the bowl.
Anil's suggestion to oil your hands is a good one. If the kind of dough you're making allows it, add some oil or butter to the dough during mixing, too.
Flour helps, of course. Instead of trying to coat your hands in flour, throw a bit on the kneading surface and on the top of the dough.
For very sticky dough, a dough knife can help you scrape the dough off the surface and fold it over onto itself until it becomes easier to handle. This is easiest if you're working on a hard, smooth kneading surface like marble.
There are two main ways this is accomplished, and one condition which will cause stickiness.
To mitigate sticking:
I usually knead by hand, and keeping my hands generously moist is often enough to prevent sticking (I knead in a bowl). This causes the dough to be a little wetter than I aim for.
Then, while shaping, I will use flour on the surface, since I won't be knead it anymore.
I will put some oil on the baking parchment when baking, to prevent sticking.
What causes dough to stick overly much is not sufficient hydration (time) and gluten formation (time & kneading)
Oil was the answer for me when trying to shape my rye bread. As the rye flour is stickier then bread flour which in turn makes the blended flours stickier then normal. It made the dough as workable as my regular dough from bread flour alone.
My suggestion is to try it with grease or oil, similar to oiling utensils. This is what you can do when you prepare dough. If you are concerned about the amount of oil in the bread, you can try flour.
Apart from this, the dough consistency plays a major role. If you make your dough a little harder, the stickiness will decrease. If it is too loose, it will stick a lot.
An additional tip: kneading faster keeps the dough from sticking too badly. For some reason, speed makes a noticeable difference.
Also, just go with it. At the end, put a little flour on your hands and rub them together; the little dough stuck to your hands is dried out by the extra flour and crumbles off your hands into your dough, so you don't lose any dough.


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If you read enough about the Catholic Church's sexual-abuse scandal--and I do--you come across several truisms. The cover-up was worse than the abuse. Ideology was no predictor of episcopal misfeasance. Americans failed to grasp the gravity of sexual abuse until relatively recently. But that last one has never sat very well with me. I remember joking with grade-school and high-school classmates in the 1980s and '90s about priests who seemed a little too interested in engineering alone time with students. We didn't know any priests who had abused, but we were aware of the phenomenon of abusive clerics. We sensed the threat they posed--enough to develop an appropriately morbid coping mechanism. (Lots of Irish Catholics among us, naturally.)
It's not that I reject the notion that it took a long time for Americans to figure out what sexual abuse does to kids--and how difficult it is for some abusers to stop. Of course, in the bad old days nobody wanted to talk about sex at all--let alone its perversion. And it's true that even when bishops were convinced that a priest had abused a minor, they tended to view the abuse as a sin, not a crime. Remove the temptation (reassign the priest), remove the occasion for sin. And yes, later, when psychologists got involved, many told bishops that chronic abusers could be treated and returned to ministry. We know better now. But didn't anyone know better then?
At least one person did. Her name is Sr. Peg Ivers. The Chicago Tribune caught up with her this week.
Ivers's name shows up in several of the documents released by the Archdiocese of Chicago in January. In a May 2005 "memo to file," Professional Responsibility Administrator Leah McCluskey recounted a conversation she had with Ivers concerning the case of Fr. Thomas Job. He was assigned to St. John Vianney in the 1970s, when Ivers was principal of the parish school. She was in her twenties. Ivers told the Tribune that in about 1974, a thirteen-year-old student approached her and told her that Job had done "something bad" to him and other students. She spoke with the boy's parents, who did not believe him, and made him apologize to Job. After Ivers received a similar complaint from another boy, she went to the pastor. But he told her not to "worry about it." More troubling, as Ivers told McCluskey, she "couldn't get anyone at the archdiocese to listen" either. "As a result of her knowledge of Fr. Job's abuse of boys," the memo reads, "and the lack of action by the archdiocese...Sr. Peg left St. John Vianney."
Four months later the police called. Job had been arrested.
Ivers may have been shocked by the reports of abuse, but she wasn't surprised. As soon as Job arrived at St. John Vianney, she found his behavior suspicious. Job was "always with boys," according to the memo, "taking them on trips and overnights at the rectory." And the priest seemed to her not to have any adult friends. He came from money. His parents bought him a summer home up in Wisconsin, where he used to take boys from time to time. In the airplane his parents gave him.
What did surprise Ivers, however, was the archdiocese's decision to move Job to another parish "shortly after his arrest." More allegations followed. "Job was never charged with a crime against a child," the Tribune reports, "but the priest complained to a church leader in 1986 that a 'second incident' of sexual abuse of a minor would not have occurred had the archdiocese provided counseling after the first, according to the archdiocese documents. He left the priesthood in 1992 and was defrocked in 2010."
That wasn't the only problem priest that came Ivers's way. According to a November 2005 memo to Cardinal Francis George--who became archbishop in 1997--Ivers left a voicemail for McCluskey regarding another abusive priest, the notorious Fr. William Cloutier. He had come under her supervision when in 1981 he was transferred to do campus ministry at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle--after he returned from treatment following an allegation that he molested a boy and threatened him not to tell anyone, with the aid of a firearm. Ivers wrote to George earlier in '05, relating the "problems" she had with Cloutier--and her frustration at the archdiocese's failure to act. (He was made associate pastor of another parish in 1985.)
Two months later, in January 2006, Ivers again contacted McCluskey about Job. A memo from McCluskey to George explains that Ivers had written the cardinal about the priest "in the recent past," and was concerned that she hadn't yet received a reply. "It seems as though appropriate for Cardinal George to reply directly to Sr. Peg," McCluskey wrote. (George wrote on the bottom of the memo that he didn't recall the letter, but he asked whether McCluskey had it and would forward it to him--and he asked for help drafting a reply.)
Throughout the Tribune piece, Sr. Peg Ivers comes off as remarkably grounded, courageous--and (no surprise) humble. "Nobody is interested in stories about old nuns," she told the Tribune. But of course that's not true. This is precisely the kind of story Catholics want to hear. I keep having to remind myself that Ivers was in her twenties (and thirties?) when she encountered these men. And it was the '70s and early '80s. "I was often told I was overstepping my bounds," she said. She sounds like she was the right woman at the right time. "With my last breath, I will remember their faces." She sounds like a person who took her role as a caretaker of children more seriously than many. "I can see him walking up to me and saying, 'Sister, do you have a few minutes?'" She sounds like someone who listened when it mattered most. In short, she sounds like a hero.
She sounds like a saint.
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Thomas Boyle started complaining in the 80's and even Bernardine came to the conclusion that they should not send abusers to work with children. John Paul II was not the only one who defended Maciel. 2002 and the Boston Globe was the defining moment. People understood Law being exiled. Neuhaus and his band, even after 2002, were defending Maciel right up to his censure. Greeley was yelling all over the place...the hierarchy tried to isolate him and make him look like a slanderer.
A lot of people knew. Too many did not want to know.
I remember Arthur Jones when he was editing NCR -- so it must have been around 1981, '82, in there somewhere -- asking me on the phone if I had heard stories of abusive priests and being surprised when I said I hadn't. At the time, I could think of only one who ever aroused my innocent suspicions.
When I was in high school (and Grant not even in utero) there would be three, four or even five priests in the rectory, and the youngest was assigned (in some cases ordered) to play with the boys -- basketball, softball, swimming, whatever -- to attract them to the priesthood. I used to think some of those guys would rather have been reading St. Augustine but, until another class graduated at the seminary, that was their job even if they couldn't hit a shot from the top of the key.
Anyway Art said it was going to be a big story some day. And it was.
What a great narrative, Grant and thanks for posting and connecting the dots.
If I may add, you list three points:
1) the cover-up was worse than the abuse
2) Ideology was no predictor of episcopal misfeasance
3) Americans failed to grasp the gravity of sexual abuse until relatively recently - and then a story of your experience.
Yes, the cover up is and continues to be the worse - it is hypocritical; it reveals fear; it places an institution above relationships of faith, hope, and love; it is clericalism; etc.
Yes, weak bishops can be found on all ideological spectrums e.g. from Weakland to Finn.
Finally, grasping the gravity of abuse.......unfortunately, this episcopal and clerical meme is tiresome and inaccurate. More than 50% of all US dioceses held sexual abuse conferences with Doyle, Mouton, Peterson in 1985, 1986. Overwhelmingly, their findings and experience was dismissed, ignored, and eventually buried by the episcopal powers to be. The failure was not information, knowledge...it was fear of the institution; self-protection; don't rock the boat; let me live in my ignornace.
Even today, ask lots of priests about sexual abuse (almost all have abusers in their ordination class; been stationed with one; been in the same community house, etc.) and what you will get is a defensive - *well, I never saw anything!* or *I don't know anything about that*. This typical response reveals the hypocrisy, fear, and powerlessness of our clerical class.
Two personal experiences:
- like you, in the minor seminary in the late 1960s, we had a theology student assinged as ass't dean (we now know because the theology faculty questionned his ability to go forward in training). His behaviors raised questions and alarmed us - we discussed and approached the rector of the seminary. The response was to reject our claims and suspend a number of students for the accusations they made. Nothing was said or done to this man. (now, years later and after even more allegations and now substantiated abuse, he is on a religious order safety plan)
- in 1984 as a college seminary student director, had to deal with a number of students who were threatened with death threats. It took five days to find out that the student making threats had been abused in the minor seminary including a trip to Ireland with the minor seminary student director. This student had to be hospitalized; then was directed to return home and dismissed from his studies. The religious community settled via treatment costs with the family. Nothing happened to the abuser - he was left in his position in the minor seminary as a student director. Five years later, that minor seminary was closed when the rector, the same student director, the asst director and one other faculty member were found guilty of sexual abuse (on a large scale). This never made the news as the religious community settled out of court. FYI, the student director was then stationed in Africa. When I asked the provincial if something was going to change for this abuser in 1984, he said it was none of my business (I was from a different province of that religious community working at a joint college seminary).
She blames herself for not immediately going to police but questions whether it would have made a difference given the church's influence then. Even the boy's family didn't believe him.
The victim's attorney, though, insists she is a hero.
... "She went to the people who she thought would do the right thing, and she did it at a time when nobody else would, certainly not a nun whose entire life is under the church's thumb."
Sr. Peg clearly believed the kids and tried to help. In fact, it sounds like she did help at least in the short run at a time when her superiors were doing nothing or cravenly trying to cover things up. Certainly, only a good woman who loves Jesus would carry such a burden of guilt around for so long.
But, and maybe I'm just not sensitive enough to conditions in the Church decades ago, I think a saint would have understood the damage her superiors were doing not only to children but to the Church itself. I think a saint would have called the cops.
John Cornwell in his new book just out, maintains that there is a strong link between the confessional and sex abuse. The studies indicate 29%. But Cornwell believes that the abuse on trips and other venues almost always have their roots in confession. That may have contributed to the widespread secrecy Doyle talks about. The fact that one was not supposed to talk about such secret matters.
"CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS and Church authorities have failed to identify the link between confession and the access, opportunity, and special trauma of clerical abuse. When I was in my early teens I experienced the connection at first hand. In the course of interviews and extensive correspondence, I would come across many similar instances."
Cornwell, John (2014-03-04). The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession ( Locations 2267-2269).
"According to my interviews and the letters I received from respondents, as well as official reports in many countries, abusive relationships between cleric and child have almost invariably begun as a continuation of the sacrament of confession. Although the statistics about the locations of abuse cited in the John Jay Report are an important feature of the evidence, it is only in the stories hear during a young people's retreat'. She further alleged that 'the abuse took place during the hearing of her confession which was conducted in a bedroom at the retreat house. She was instructed to lie on the bed for her confession to be heard. [The priest] then abused her.'"
Cornwell, John (2014-03-04). The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession (Kindle Locations 2337-2339). Basic Books. Kindle Edition.
I have not read this book, but have read some of his others... with some caveats, I'd recommend them but I knnow there are responsible reviewers and informed sources who do not. Neyet to reavertheless, I think this topic desedrves attention becasue of its secrecy. The various analyzations of clerical abusers make us awaare that at least some would proabbaly have used the sacrament and a symnpathetic confessor.. I have not sen accoun ts by clergy who may have innocently - or somewhat complicity - continued to absolve serial abusers.
Just anecdotally from my own experiences investigating allegations of abuse against priests, I found that when a woman or women, often a religious sister(s), became aware of the abuse or exploitation of children by priests, the abuse generally stopped or was mitigated.
Many times when considering recommendations to the archbishop regarding the disposition of abuse cases, I would tell myself that if the bishops would have had to go to some woman, serving as diocesan comptroller or something, to disperse their hush money to survivors' families, some mother or grandmother would have had an epiphany and said "No!" because "This is all wrong."
But, as you know, we Catholics have made patriarchy a constitutive element of the Trinity. We sheeple do not speak ill of the priests. My sainted sixth-grade teacher, Sister Mary Adelaide, would have said that this is what happens when "you surrender your reason and will to any man."
[Not denigrating the heroism of Sr. Peg and many others like her, I have to say that I have been surprised, shocked really, to have encountered more cases than you would think of religious women assaulting children - we're talking about a small fraction of the rate of priestly abuse to be sure.]
I find the assertion(s) of many priests and bishops who lived with and/or worked closely with the priest predators that they were never aware of the sexual assaults and exploitation absolutely preposterous.
There are two factors at work in these denials especially by priests and bishops: (1) cognitive dissonance is a powerful force in our consciousness; (2) fear and self-loathing can just simply overwhelm us humans.
Priests DIDN'T WANT to see any "abuse of children" because it was too assaultive to the dominant mythology and ideology about the priesthood and its inherent narcissism and political hegemony in the church. Sadly, too many of us sheeple participate in this corrosive silence - and this must change forever!
Why? How could all this abuse go on and on, and not be reported? Here's one illustrative story:
In 1997 in SF, Rev. John Conly, former assistant US attorney in Michigan, returned to his rectory to find his pastor, Rev. Gregory Aylward, cavorting [described by the archdiocese as a "wrestling incident" - Aylward was reported to be "sexually aroused" in his underwear during the assault] with a 14 y.o. male rectory phone receptionist.
Conly made a report of the pastor's assault to authorities immediately in concert with his prior training as a law enforcement official. For this, Conly was sternly advised by the then SF chancellor and soon-to-be bishop of San Jose, Msgr. Patrick McGrath "that's not the way we do things around here."
For his actions to protect a child, Conly was accused by now Cardinal William Levada of "calumny," was suspended from his pastoral duties, and was threateningly told by Levada to "Think about obedience," and was compelled to undergo psychological evaluation.
Conly eventually sued Levada for "defamation and infliction of emotional distress." On appeal, Conly's defamation allegations were upheld, and in a settlement agreement just prior to Levada having to testify under oath, the archdiocese restored Conley's priestly faculties and "fully prefunded" Conley's early retirement, substituting for vacationing priests on weekends. To my knowledge Conley has never spoken about this settlement - a non-disclosure agreement, you think?
Conclusion: We Catholics all know why priests remain(-ed) silent in the face of serial rape and sodomy of children by their fellow priests.
Obeisance and support for congenitally narcissistic hierarchs by Catholics must end. It is long past time that we Catholics separate the MINISTRY from the MONEY.
As to the 3rd point, that Americans didn't grasp the extent of the abuse scandal, I actually think that is largely true if you are talking about the people in the pews. I can't believe that the people in the hierarchy weren't aware of the extent of the problem, at least within their own diocese. I guess hind sight is 20-20, but I would say that after the fact, a large number of the people I know, particularly men, who grew up in the Boston area when I did were aware of some priest or other who was "creepy." Sometimes a little, sometimes alot. But I'm not sure that until the Globe stories in 2001 we saw it in the larger context. In my case, it was a priest who often seemed to be making somewhat off color remarks about girls to us altar boys. There was a rumor that he made a pass at one of the 8th grade girls, but it was certainly never confirmed and he left awfully suddenly. He ended up on a list of abusers of both boys and girls. In my brother-in-law's parish, the pastor was always inviting fatherless boys to go on camping trips. This was viewed as a positive by most people in the parish, an attempt to provide a male role model, but among the kids was seen as at best odd and as I said before, somehat creepy. He was identified in the Globe report as a serial abuser. My cousins in another parish didn't like one of their priests. He never assaulted any of them, but he did a number of boys they grew up with. They thought he was a strange character. And much of this was also offset by the fine priests we knew. So as I say, in hindsight many of us knew or suspected that there were priests with whom something wasn't right. None of us really talked about it and none of us really had any context...but when the Globe series broke, and when we as adults discussed it, it was amazing how many of us had known the worst offenders and while we hadn't been abused ourselves, had always suspected something wasn't right with these people.
Jim Jenkins, your experience is remarkable, and thank you for sharing.
Levada incredibly went on to be head the CDF, as we here know.
What else do we need to learn about the clerical culture that Doyle and Sipe have not revealed? How can we get a whole slew of Frontline programs to wake people up? Is Francis capable of being awakened?
To follow up on Jim Dunn's comments on what di the people in the pews should have known:
I live in Minnesota. Thirty (30) years ago Jeff Anderson won his first civil suit in a state court against a priest. Looking back I have tried to understand why I hid for almost 15 years from the full scope of the evil revealed in that --and subsequent-- abuse cases. I remember relying on the following rationalizations:
1) There will always a few bad apples in every bushel. Look at the larger picture.
2) Jeff Anderson--and all those other lawyers--are motivated by "money grubbing."
3) In the US, the Catholic Church has always been under assault from secularists (i.e. Paul Blanchard) who exaggerate and over-dramatize every flaw.
4) We can rely on the Catholic press to expose this secularist conspiracy. But the Catholic press (and certainly the Bishops) should not assist the secularists by focusing on the Church's flaws.
5) The Catholic Church, to protect itself from its secularist foes, must claim the independence of canon law from civil law when disciplining its clergy and religious.
6) And haven't many civil authorities (public prosecutors and police) granted priests and religious immunity from civil punishment (from everything from DUI to alleged sexual abuse) on the assumption that the Church, as a separate institution, would discipline "its own?"
7) Doesn't it also seem logical that men and women taking vows of obedience to the Church should expect that "their" Church would treat them as members of a family and not turn them over to the civil authorities?
It is easy from the perspective of 2014 (or if you are under 35!) to scoff at these rationalizations. Yet these assumptions were integral to an ideological structure which defined for both clergy and laypeople what it was to be a Catholic in America.
In its hesitant response the abuse scandal--particularly by requiring notification of the police in cases of alleged abuse--the US bishops have shattered this ideological fortress. They are now scrambling for a replacement. Some predict a new era of persecutions; all seem to see institutional religious liberty endangered by every executive order issued by President Obama.
But shouldn't we lay people--and the Catholic press--also be required to rethink what it means to be an American Catholic? We can no longer portray ourselves as members of a divinely instituted, autonomous, and morally superior Church, free "to do its own thing," defended by the walls of canon law and the "wink and nod" of secular political authorities.
What Sister Peg Ivers' experience conveys to me is the extent to which abusers were enabled by euphemism and silence or shame about matters pertaining to sexual activity. We insist on matters of delicacy and persuade ourselves it is for the dignity and privacy of those involved, especially minors. But I wonder how many people heard something like "Father touched me in a bad way" and gave themselves the benefit of the doubt for not doing anything, by refusing to use their imagination. Would they have reacted the same way if a child had said, "Father pulled down my pants and put his hands around my penis and made me watch him while he touched his."
Even now, I feel like too many people hide in euphemism and try to make others feel guilty for stating the graphic details of what really happened. And then have the nerve to say, "but I didn't really understand what you meant. I wish you had told me!"
I imagine how brave these kids must have been to approach any adult, and how generous of spirit Sister Peg must have been for them to know that she warranted their trust.


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Looking very much like the veteran team that they are, the Aggies won both relays and 10 individual events to log a 190-102 win over the Gamecocks and a 174.5-123.5 victory over the Tarheels.
Leading the way for the Aggies with two individual wins were senior Tess Simpson and junior Breeja Larson, who both swept their specialties. Simpson was victorious in the 100-yard backstroke in 55.32 and 200-yard backstroke in 1:58.47, while Larson grabbed wins in the 100 breast in 59.88 and the 200 breast in 2:10.90.
The Aggies dominated several events, taking the top three spots in the 50 freestyle and the 3-meter dive. In the 50 free, Erica Dittmer won in a time of 23.56, followed by Sammie Bosma (23.63) and Lili Ibanez (23.72). In the 3-meter, Rebecca St. Germain narrowly edged teammate Jessica Macauley, 302.40-301.80 with Cherie Hammond taking third (281.55). A&M grabbed the top two spots in the 200 IM with Sarah Henry winning in 2:02.26 and Dittmer finishing in 2:04.06.
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What is the appropriate ratio of Medics to team size for most non-pro games? I'm fairly sure one medic in twelve players isn't effective.
A straight ratio isn't the best, because there are some classes that the medic doesn't synergize well with (engineer, spy). A better metric would be 1 medic for every 4-5 offensive classes, so 2-3 medics on a 12 person team.
There's not a set ratio, but they key is to at least have 2 because medics are exponentially better when they can heal each other. 1 medic is bad not because they can't heal as many targets (though of course that's bad), but because when they get hurt, they have to back off the line to heal themselves.
I'll add one more answer: it depends on what stage of the game you're in and what mode you're playing. In Attack/Defense, if you're on BLU, it's very helpful to have more medics than usual at the beginning of the round (as long as each of them has an offensive player to buddy up with) because they can all build up an Ubercharge before the round starts. Then when the gates open they can Ubercharge more than one offensive class player at the beginning, or extend an Uber started by another Medic on a Heavy or Pyro (which is what I usually do, RED is usually ready for Ubers out of the gate with their own Uber but they don't expect yours to last twice as long). I'll often start a round as a medic and then switch to another class after that first uber is spent, assuming there's another medic on my team.
In CTF, the Quick Fix is handy for buddying up with Scouts, since it speeds up the Medic to the Scout's speed and its super-healing Ubercharge doesn't prevent the Scout from grabbing the intelligence (which the normal Medi-gun uber does).
If you're playing with a team of 12 people and someone else has your role, then become a medic and support him. My ratio would be 5-1 or 4-1 depending what class they are.
It's very tough to give a hard-and-fast rule about this, since it varies by map and game type, and also depends on what classes / tactics the enemy team is using, as well as what classes your teammates are already playing. It also depends on how many medics the other team has.
Generally speaking the team with more medics will win, as long as there are ample "offensive class" players to heal. Generally Heavy, Soldier, Demoman, and Pyro are the classes that pair well with medics.
If you have one medic on a 12 player team, and the other team has zero, you'll probably win faster if you go for one of the powerful attacking classes than if you decided to switch two players to medic.
For example, if the enemy team has decided to turtle with a lot of sentries, and your team is full of scouts, snipers, engineers, and spies, you probably will help out a lot more by switching to Demoman or Soldier to counter the sentry positions than you would by trying to heal those other classes as a medic.
I usually switch to medic if one heavy is present and no medic support him. I would say 1 medic foe 2 heavys.
On the other hand, like Raven Dreamer said, 1 medic for 4-5 offensive players is nice.
At least 1 per every 5 players, with 3 of them being offensive is usually what we roll with.


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Union Local made it two straight wins in the Bruce Stiles' era via an impressive 45-6 defeat of Buckeye Local Friday night at Yorkville's War Memorial Stadium. The Jets executed superbly in all phases in proving too much for the youthful Panthers.
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I have a set of functions that map square matrices with $n$ rows and columns to square matrices with $k < n$ rows and columns. Is there a name for this property? I know that 'projection' would be the wrong word. Also I don't mean that the function only changes the size, it might also do other things.
Well, projection could be the right word, depending on what you want to do with the matrices. Note that matrices with $n$ rows and $m$ columns form a vector space of dimension $n \times m$. If you now restrict to matrices of $k < n$ rows, you can treat them as a $k \times m$-dimensional subspace of the original vector space, having entries in rows $i > k$ set to zero.
Also note that the dual operation of reducing the number columns might be called a restriction. This comes from the fact that you can treat $n \times m$ dimensional matrix as a representation of an operator mapping $m$-dimensional vector space to a $n$-dimensional vector space and reducing number of columns restricts this operator to a subspace of the original vector space.
If the space of nxn and kxk matrices are viewed as vector spaces, then functions mapping between them would be called "operators". That's probably not as specific as you want since it doesn't take into account the matrix structure, only the vector space structure.


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Let $P$ be a poset and denote by $Hom(P, \mathbb N)$ the set of all monotone functions from $P$ to natural numbers $\mathbb N$. Under what conditions on $P$ Is it possible to recover the order on $P$ from the knowledge of $Hom(P, \mathbb N)$?
I should mention here that the only example I am interested in is the poset of prime ideals in a commutative Noetherian ring.
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For me I am C# and Java person. I find these 2 languages are quite similar so its easier for me to crossover each other. I'm not sure if its good idea to pick up other different languages. Any thoughts?
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I can think of at least five reasons to learn a language, and it seems like you should eventually learn one for each of these.
It's not about how many languages you learn. It's about learning new concepts. Some languages might be able to teach you many concepts, while others might be able to teach only one.
If you know C#, you probably wouldn't learn anything terribly new by learning Java. But you would if you learned Haskell.
So when you pick a new language to learn, pick something that will teach you concepts you don't already know.
I'd say the most important thing is the ability to learn fast. That said it's important to know different languages that are used for different purposes. For example I know:
1) Python and Perl for the scripting languages category
2) C++ as "framework" language
3) Java for mobile application
4) C for the huge amount of legacy code
5) Some obsolete languages I used to know when I was young (Basic, Pascal, Clipper etc)
I'd say that you need at least a main language and a scripting one. Knowing C# I'd say you need to learn Python or Perl or Ruby next. (I'd go with Python but that's just a matter of preference).
It is good to learn one new programming language each year. But rather than learning something similar to what you already know, I will advise you to learn something radically different like Scala or F#. It will show you new ways to do things and eventually enrich your programming skills.
You should concentrate on the languages you need and use for what you're doing. Really learning a language comes from practice, so you get the benefit of that language when you're practicing it. If you are going to learn a new language in your spare time, then do it by implementing it in tasks of increasing complexity, so that you really get a handle on it.
concentrate on none. focus on learning and writing clean code; clear, expressive, simple and, most important, not duplicated.
go for the principles of that type of programming, the basics (for example, encapsulation for OOP; what is means and what it implies) and learn some principles
this stuff will make your job easier. this will even make it easier for the people that work with your or after you.
ya, you have to know the syntax pretty well, too. but that not something what takes your focus a long time
and ya, you must understand pretty well the technologies you use, too. but those can be prioritized according to the level of complexity your business requires.
the last two are not of a main focus, but of some focus
A programmer need to concantrate on programming not on a spesific language/s.
As many as is needed to do your job.
But C# and Java are as close as UK English and US English. You might learn something new by going for Finnish or Navajo.
I don't think you can necessarily master a language without having enough understanding of other languages to see that language "from the outside" as it were. Each different language brings something else to the table and the concepts they bring are things you can take back to the main languages you work with.
So time spent learning to use other languages is never wasted even if you are not planning to use them commercially.
The old adage is to learn a language every year and I'd certainly say for the first ten years or so you need to do that. Maybe beyond that you could choose between exploring some of the ones you already know in more depth ( perhaps updating your knowledge of ones you learned a few years back ) or working with particular libraries rather than just accumulating new languages endlessly, but keeping an eye on exploring the practice of programming through working with different languages is certainly an aid to your development as a programmer.
Popular programming languages like C# and Java will keep you gainfully employed most places, but neither are different enough from each other to learn new ways of solving problems. I think there are some languages that you eat with (the ones you use to do your job), and others that you play with. Both have their purposes.
I've found that by learning new programming languages, I've also learned new and more elegant ways to solve problems. It's not about the number of languages, or how often you pick them up. Each programming language worth learning has a unique point of view, which forces you to approach your problems with a new mindset. Many times the value comes from learning that mindset.
I've played with Smalltalk, and I loved it. The language was just a pleasure to develop with. Once you got used to the idioms, they helped you be more expressive with your code. I didn't miss the static typing you have in Java/C++/C# at all. The generics we live with in our statically typed languages are really constructs to work around the limitations static typing imposes.
I use Ruby and Ruby on Rails regularly, although not for paying jobs right now. Ruby's designing principle was "increasing programmer happiness". You gotta love that sentiment, and for the most part I think it delivers.
Eventually Java will go the way of lisp and Smalltalk, and C# will follow suit. What will be there to take their place remains to be seen. At the end of the day, if you know how to solve problems, and you have a number of ways to slice and dice the problem, you will be able to find a job and pick up whatever language you need for it.
When it comes to keeping skills up to date, and flexible, I think you should try to learn at least one completely new programming language every 6 months or so. And I mean a language that is very, very different.
So while learning more of the .net framework while using C# or the Java frameworks helps in keeping limber, learning Haskell, Smalltalk, Scala, Clojure or Ruby will expand your technique and help you think in different ways, some of which you may take usefully back to your main language, and some of which may help you move on if Java ceases to be king of the hill.
If you've never learned C, then although it's syntax has been brought to Java, the mindset can be quite different. It is worth knowing it, in depth, and even better, understanding how OO code can be written in this language which seems only procedural.
I recommend reading Bruce Tate's book "Beyond Java", which highlights only too well the dangers of being only on one language, noting the rise and fall of C++. Although C++ is far from dead yet and has decades left, it is becoming restricted more and more to use only in situations that cannot benefit from productivity gains in other languages. To contrast, Sinatra, a ruby framework, allows you to build a simple web service in about 6/7 lines of code, the C++ equivalent may be an order of magnitude larger than this.
When you're not a native English speaker, at least you must concentrate in improving your English. I'm saying that based on my experience. Understanding that language helped me a lot.
All good materials(books, articles, code, etc.) for learning programming languages, technologies and new concepts are written in English.
Languages are tools to get work done. Some languages are good for some types of problems, others are generally good at all sorts of problem solving. I recommend learning new languages as they come out. Don't get obsessed with what is fashionable this month, but learn what they can do, what they are good at. My advice is 1 new language per year. They come out faster than that, but you are looking to put new tools in your toolbox, not be the fashionable new kid on the block.
One essay that talks about the differences in languages is Paul Graham's "Beating the Averages." I recommend reading it, but one important part is here (he uses "Blub" as a hypothetical language so that you don't go arguing about what your favorite langage can do):
Most of the applications we ship are written in C# or VB. When we needed to add scripting to an application, we chose Python (Lua was the runner-up choice). We're learning F# because that can do some hairy new things that are hard to explain and understand if all one knows is C#/Java/VB.
well first of all there are a number of languages that are very hard to avoid for most programmers: javascript, sql, c, etc. so you might as well get acquianted with them, they aren't going away.
it is also a good idea to know a duck-typed scripting language...e.g. one of perl, python, ruby, lua etc. these are incredibly useful for a huge array of problems including automating much of your own daily drudgery
for better or for worse you will also likely run into c# and/or java at some point too, they're quite pervasive.
in any case, don't limit yourself artificially. those coders i know who explicitly avoid picking up interesting tools seem to have cloistered worldviews and limited impact.
This could become another specialist vs generalist debate in a sense. Some people may spend a long time knowing one language to great depths which works fine for them. Other people may like to know a little about a bunch of different languages which works fine for them. Most people are between these two extremes.
If you want suggestions of languages to explore here are a few ideas:
These are just ideas and depending on where you want to be these may be useful or useless to you. Good luck with whatever choices you make.
A programmer needs to know three languages: C, English, and Something Else.
C is very much a core language, it's close to the machine and has syntax rules that are common to several high level languages. C forces you to think about things like data structures in a very different way than Java. Also, the Python and Ruby vms are both built in C, and you can inline C into both languages when you want to boost your speed.
English is the common language of programming. Most books, technical reports, technical websites, and journal papers come out in English first, and sometimes English exclusively. Furthermore, if English isn't your first language, learning English will expand your toolkit for manipulating concepts (this goes for English speakers learning some other language as well, of course).
The Something Else should be a language that isn't procedural, or isn't statically typed, or is strongly object oriented, or in some way is just fundamentally different from C. Haskell, Scala, Python, Ruby, some Lisp dialect, whatever.
After that, you can learn whatever your specific situation calls for, likely C# or Java.


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