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The programs in Counseling Psychology/Psychological Counseling are designed to prepare counselors who facilitate normal and optimal development of individuals, groups, and organizations that is culturally relevant and psychologically appropriate across the lifespan.
(1) The Master of Education program in Psychological Counseling (COUM, COUS, COUD, and COUP) prepares candidates to work as counselors with those who need assistance with adjustment issues both in their personal and/or occupational lives. The role of a professional counselor is to help individuals from a variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds utilize internal and environmental resources in order to live more optimally. Candidates are taught to use strategies of prevention, intervention, and remediation to assist others in developing effective coping skills and responses to their environment. (TC Catalog). There are two specialty tracks within the program
*Mental Health Counseling Track prepares candidates for the position of psychological counselor in social agencies, organizations, career counseling centers, rehabilitation agencies, mental health centers, hospitals, and other community and government agencies. The Program is dedicated to preparing counselors who facilitate normal and optimal development for individuals,groups, and organizations. Candidates are also trained in the assessment, evaluation, amelioration and treatment of socio-emotional disorders and dysfunctions (Student Handbook). Since Teachers College is a registered training program for the New YorkMental Health license, graduates are eligible for a limited license as a mental health counselor in New York.
*School Counseling Track prepares candidates to perform essential functions generally found in the counseling profession as well as services unique to school settings. Candidates are trained to work directly with pupils to help them make the most of their school years and make plans for the future. They are also trained to work with parents, guardians, teachers and school administrators in supporting candidates' success. (Student Handbook) This specialty allows candidates to develop appropriate skills to deliver services that are specific to school settings, in addition to learning essential functions generally found in the counseling profession. Graduates of this program are eligible for provisional certification as a School Counselor in New York State after completing the program, including a series of specialty-specific courses.
(2)The Ph.D. Program in Counseling Psychology reflects a scientist-practitioner training model whereby emphasis is placed on preparing professional psychologists who: (a) are competent in addressing problems associated with the adaptive functioning of human beings, (b) can successfully apply relevant research literature to client concerns, and (c) can contribute to the research knowledge base. (TC Catalog) The role of a counseling psychologist is to produce knowledge, to lead in relation to policy development and implementation, and to work in independent practice. The program prepares candidates to work in a variety of settings with emphasis on education (e.g., colleges and universities), mental health (e.g., outpatient clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.) and related agencies.
The academic curriculum of the program provides candidates with numerous opportunities to develop professional and personal competencies associated with becoming professional counselors or counseling psychologists. Extensive coursework, practical experiences, and other learning opportunities allow candidates to identify their strengths and assets with regard to their personal and professional development and take risks to develop new competences in various professional roles. The academic curriculum also reflects the importance of candidates (a) developingprofessional identities as ethical counselors or counseling psychologists, (b) being socialized into the profession of counseling psychology, and (c) contributing to counseling psychology as specialty discipline as well as to the broader field of applied psychology. Issues of human diversity are largely integrated throughout the entire curriculum and candidates are exposed to numerous opportunities to develop competence in addressing issues pertaining to cultural and identity group membership with various populations. (TC Catalog)
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- The Master of Education degree program stresses a firm grounding in the core areas of psychology, especially cognitive psychology, as well as in the tools traditionally used by school psychologists to apply their knowledge and skills to school settings. Completion of the Ed.M. program in School Psychology can lead to certification as a school psychologist in New York State.
- The Doctor of Philosophy degree program prepares candidates for certification as a school psychologist and licensure as psychologist.
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Teachers College is dedicated to promoting equity and excellence in education and overcoming the gap in educational access and achievement between the most and least advantaged groups in this country. Through programs of teaching, research, and service, the College draws upon the expertise of a diverse community of faculty in education, psychology, and health, as well as candidates and staff from across the country and around the world. Through the Summer Principals Academy, aspiring school leaders are encouraged to construct transforming possibilities for student learning, school improvement, social equity, and opportunity. We foster leadership development through an integrated set of experiences that include sound theoretical and "best practice" knowledge, problem-based coursework and field-based experiences, including an intensive and extended internship.
The following seven statements represent the core values of the Summer Principals Academy: Quality education and education leadership are central to promoting social justice and diversity and these values are central to ethical leadership;Excellent leadership development and preparation will nurture not only knowledge, skills and values, but also personal self-actualization and transformation;School leaders are responsible for nurturing not only the teaching and learning of all members of the school community, but also for nurturing their own self-actualization and personal transformation;Skillful collaboration and teamwork are essential to foster quality schools;All aspects of leadership development and education will promote the practice of intellectually and ethically reflective leadership;Active, participatory, learning that is rooted in actual school contexts, simulations, case-studies, and offers multiple opportunities to improve leadership skills is core to the curriculum; andInnovation and risk-taking play a key role creating a vision and promoting educational change.
The knowledge, skills and dispositions we seek to develop in the cohorts of candidates selected for the Public School Principals Summer Masters Program need to reflect and sustain these core competencies. They are also substantially present in the guidelines developed by ELCC and New York State for the certification of school building leaders. However, we seek to exceed the competencies of "good principals" and develop the intellectual, moral, and practical foundations that will permit principals of excellence to emerge. Excellent principals are developed over many years in the cauldron of reflective school leadership. Aspiring school leaders pursue coursework and skill development at Teachers College, Columbia University over two consecutive summers and undertake site-based research projects and internships at their schools of employment during the intervening year. The cohort program allows them to balance full-time employment with graduate study drawing on a diverse group of talented educators whose obligations preclude them from attending courses during the traditional 15-week semester or for who distance is a barrier to attendance. The program is 36 credits, is completed in two consecutive summers, and leads to a M.A.or Ed.M degree and School Building Leader Certification in New York State.
News: According to NYC DOE five current and past SPA candidates will be opening new small schools in NYC in September of 2013.
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The mission of the current Education Leadership Program is to prepare scholars and practitioners whose work will lead and transform education, especially in urban school systems and other contexts serving marginalized and disadvantaged students.
The Education Leadership Program has developed the Urban Education Leaders Program (formerly known as Inquiry in Education Leadership Practice) to be consistent with the social justice mission of the College. Recognizing that education can transform the lives of individuals, communities, and society, and that inspired, capable leaders are crucial to education, the Urban Education Leaders Program seeks to prepare a new generation of improvement-focused leaders for school systems and schools, especially to serve where reform is needed the most and where leadership can make a significant difference. Urban Education Leaders Program graduates will lead the way toward equity and social justice in schooling and will ensure quality learning and healthy development for all students, by using their knowledge, skills, and values to guide and support teaching and learning and to manage and lead educational organizations and systems effectively.
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Discussion in 'Wii - Hacking' started by fsimonp, May 31, 2008.
Just a simple Question.
Is it right, that the Wasabi Chip is temporarely the best Chip available?
Problably. The best in it that it'll work on all drives.
Oh, and I just bought the chip and soldering form the poland group MICRO_GAMES. I will report how te chip is working if you want (I'll get console in monday)
Don't know if it's indeed "The Best" but got one installed on D2B/USA and no prob's so far. Haven't tried on the D2C yet.
Also, unlike Cycolwiz etc., played SSBB no problem "out of the box".
I would recommend it for sure.
EDIT: Never mind.
he said out of the box so im assuming he actually bought it, i too have a wasabi that runs flawlessly, D2B USA.
the only thing i want to do with it is playing wii and probably gcn games so its ok because of the ability of updating via dvd...
ill do it at konsoleplanet.de, a german service...
Right now, the DVD upgrade functionality hasn't still been demonstrated. It doesn't have a JTAG connector, so if their "Work-in-progress" on DVD updates won't give the hoped results, you might be stuck with a non-updateable modchip, as they still have to provide proof that the Wasabi is TRULY upgradeable.
I would trust D2Pro more. The D2Pro Team is known to be hard-working and they've said that with the next upgrade they would enable DVD upgrades... Just be sure to get the latest version (the one with the SPI on it) installed.
the wasabi has not been very stable on d2c wiis , the d2pro9 would be my choice over the wasabi . when ever i install a wasabi and i have problems , red light ,etc. i always take it out and install a d2pro9, i only fit wasabi if customers ask for them specifically.
however WASABI are releasing a new chip shortly http://www.wasabi.net.cn/index.html .the wasabi team reckon its rock solid , more than they could say about there first chip they released, they still haven't fixed the issues they have with it.
My first burn of SSBB plays perfectly on my Cyclowiz.
theyre good chips but theyre near impossible to find


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Functions Rule (Part 1 of 2)
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Objective: SWBAT understand the language of functions and identify independent and dependent variables.
Big Idea: Relations that are functions underlie so many real world scenarios. We need to speak and use function language.
Accessing Prior Knowledge
I start today's lesson by projecting Bridge Weight and my asking students to determine an equation or rule that represents the relation described. Each bridge is really 1, 2, 3, or 4 layers of wood which support different weights (measured in pounds). The weight exhibited is the maximum weight that the corresponding number of layers can hold before failing or breaking.
I ask that each student copy and complete the table at their desks and study the relation. As usual, I motivate discussion among classmates sitting beside each other. Some students may begin to give up after a couple of failed attempts at finding the correct equations. I look out for these students and motivate them to try using other values in their equations, or asking that they use more than one operation in their equation if they are not doing so already. My experience is that if allowed sufficient time, many of my students will figure out a rule and write an equation that models the relation accurately.
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Before beginning this section, I draw the table of values for the Bridge weights on the whiteboard for all to see. I like to ask students to think of the different ways in which they can name both columns. Some possible answers are "input/ output", "x/y", "domain/range".
I indicate that they will learn one more way of naming these columns. I say, "Comparing data in tables is really important so there are a lot of different ways of talking about the tables." Then, I ask:
Which value is dependent on the other? Does the number of wooden boards depend on the maximum weight they can hold, or does the bridge maximum weight depend on the number of wooden boards?
Most of my students will likely say the latter. Then I write on the board:
The maximum weight depends on the number of boards.
I tell the class that another way of naming the columns is using the terms independent and dependent variable and proceed to ask which is which in our bridge case. If students seem confused I will ask, "Which part of the bridge task can you manipulate or change?"
Most of the time, my students will find it logical that these measurements (number of boards, maximum weight) represent the independent variable and that the weight the bridge can hold is the dependent variable.
I annotate my notes on the board by writing the Function Statement and stating the dependent variable and the independent variable.
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To practice determining the independent and dependent variables in a given situation, I pair up my students randomly. Then, I provide each pair with a copy of the PPt Independent Dependent Variables.pptx. This resource contains seven slides, each presenting a real world circumstance where students must identify the independent and dependent variables. Then, they should work together to write a function statement for each situation. I ask that students write their answers on paper, or use the D and I table.
Once students are done, I will display my answers using D and I table Answers. I plan to give students time to discuss any wrong answers. My students usually have questions about the cases. For this activity I want to let classmates answer, before any intervention on my part so our review will take the form of a class discussion.
I've found that it is easier for my students to correctly identify the independent and dependent variables than to write a correct function rule. As we discuss function statements, I refer back to the New Info section of the lesson. I encourage students to interpret the phrase "is a function of" as "depends on". So, if the maximum weight depends on the number of boards used, the function statement would be "The maximum weight is a function of the number of boards used."
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This CLOSING EXIT SLIP is a good way to end and assess the first part of this lesson. Students must complete the two column table using the vocabulary they know, and they should come up with their own real-world function relation, identify the dependent and independent variables and write a "function sentence" for their relation.


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Groups meetings and hospitality events present a myriad of opportunities to build relationships. You may decide to use such an occasion to invite a Governor or cabinet-level official to visit your facility, office or plant. That can be the brass ring for a government affairs manager and an excellent way to showcase your presence in, and contribution to, the state or local community.
But turning a casual acceptance of your invitation into an actual visit can be challenging. Yes, the governor agreed to visit your facility during a reception but that commitment must be confirmed. Governors (and other electeds) make a lot of well-intended commitments; many are over-subscribed by the very nature of the job and they are frequently over-scheduled by earnest, equally-busy staff.
Now the hard work begins for you. What you need is a plan to make this happen.
Identify Staff Contact
Your first step is to identify the right staff to confirm this site visit, whether that is the governor's scheduler or chief of staff. It is important to recognize that you will probably need to extend your invitation again to the governor's staff. This usually means justifying the trip in some more detail – number of jobs, revenue or tax contribution to the local or state economy, its location in the state and how that might factor into larger state economic development plans.
Meeting with these senior staff can be especially helpful in terms of beginning to advance the visit. This site visit might be important to your program or organization but it has to make sense for the governor's office too. This can be a large time investment for a governor and staff, so begin by working around their schedule and priorities – coordinate the site visit with other travel plans, a prospective expansion announcement, significant changes to your facility or a community initiative or process change that aligns with the governor's priorities (i.e, a new sustainability initiative, a new workforce training plan, community partnership or contribution, etc.). The point is, find something to highlight that is important to the governor or his administration.
Formal Invitation
Prepare a formal invitation for the site visit. While it is likely that staff will request this from you, do not overlook it. Many governors' offices need this formality to start the calendar process. Some even have online forms that must be completed as part of the routine process. Ensure that you send the invitation to BOTH the governor and appropriate scheduling staff.
Detailed Briefing and Logistics
Be prepared to provide the staff with background briefing materials about the site and the visit logistics. Similar to the information you need to provide staff to start the process, you should prepare information about the facility, its location, number of employees, job types and skill level, taxes paid, contribution to local economy, average salaries and consider including the names of those employees who might be participating in the visit (if they are presenting in any way). And make no assumptions that the governor or his troopers know where your facility is located. Always share detailed directions.
Company Representation
Determine who from your company will participate and what their responsibilities will be. It is important that facility staff are included in the tour – local messaging always resonates. The presentation from non-local corporate executives may not be nearly as powerful as those staff who work at the site and live in the local community. Ask the governor's staff whom he/she prefers to meet with on such visits and ensure they are a part of the conversation. No one can describe the work being performed better than those actually doing the work. And do not forget to ask the local management and employees if anyone personally knows the governor – it happens. A personal relationship goes a long way in ensuring the success of a site visit.
Company Briefing
Unless your facility is visited by your senior leadership, high profile guests or elected officials on a routine basis, the employees may be slightly uneasy about interacting with a high profile public official. Brief the entire staff about the visit and provide specific guidance to those that will directly be involved in the tour. Ensure everyone is comfortable and understands their role and the overall objectives of the visit. The facility should be at its best – clean and organized and fully aware that guests will be there.
We stated earlier in this blog that you should try to shape the site visit around a governor's priorities, but it needs to be successful for you and your organization too. Determine what constitutes success. Identify your objectives, outline key takeaways and determine who is responsible for each message point. Choreograph the discussion you want to have during the visit. Encourage employee participation but work with them in advance about what they may want to say to avoid jargon and overly technical detail. Detailing the conversation will ensure goals are met, all messages are expressed and nothing is accidently left out. And be sensitive to the governor's schedule – be sure to complete the site visit a few minutes earlier than scheduled, unless the governor continues the conversation.
Photography and Media
Ensure a photographer is present. Do not assume that the governor or staff will bring one and be sure to share photos with them. But you should also coordinate any media outreach or media advisories with the governor's official staff – they will have their own protocols about media and might want to control that focus of the event.
Expect the Unexpected
And finally, be prepared to answer impertinent questions that might be asked. Anticipate questions about growth plans and priorities that might affect the state. We have heard governors invite companies with an out-of-state headquarters to move their corporate offices in-state – even posed as a flip question, you or your executives should be able to answer that with a serious answer. Alternatively, you might be asked about expansion plans in another state – why didn't you consider the governor's home state? Again, serious answers are required here to these sometimes off the cuff questions.
Have you had a public official visit your facility recently? What can you share about your experience?


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Kansas Workforce Initiative
A Realistic Job Preview of Kansas Child Welfare
Making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families is what
inspires many social workers to enter the field of child welfare. Creating
positive change with children and families can be challenging. Not all social
workers are suited for this demanding field. If you are considering the field of
child welfare, it is important to have a realistic understanding of the work.
Child Welfare in Kansas - Where You Can Make a Difference features child
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Child Welfare in Kansas - Where You Can Make a Difference
After you watch this video, you may want to know more about what child welfare professionals do each day. Click a type of child welfare work to see a typical weekly calendar and watch a video blog to learn more about each of these different roles in child welfare. Click here first for one simple step to improve the quality of viewing.
Intake & Investigation
Family Preservation
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These calendars are based on actual weekly calendars of workers from agencies across Kansas. As you explore the calendars, keep in mind that each agency in Kansas does things a bit differently. For example, some agencies have slightly different titles for similar jobs. In foster care, workers who support families whose children are in out of home placement may be called "case managers" in one agency, "social workers" in a different agency and "permanency specialists" in yet another agency. In some agencies, workers may function in teams or specialize in a particular area such as working with the court. Despite these slight variations, the calendars should provide you with a general sense of what the work entails in each of these areas of child welfare where YOU can make a difference.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
After watching the video and exploring the weekly calendars, you may still have questions about child welfare. Those may be answered in the following list of questions asked by previous viewers.
Q. I've heard the child welfare system in Kansas is privatized. What does that mean?
The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF, formerly SRS - Social and Rehabilitation Services) conducts child abuse and neglect investigations, manages in-home services and provides system oversight and monitoring. Family preservation, foster care and adoption services are provided by private agencies through Child Welfare Community Based Services (CWCBS) contracts. To view a map of contractors through June 2013 and links to their current vacancies, click here. See Kansas Child Welfare Jobs July 2013 for new regions and contractors starting July 1, 2013.
Q. How often will I make home visits?
It is important to have regular contact with the families with whom you work, so you will make home visits often. Many agencies provide vehicles as well as cell phones or laptops to assist worker making home visits.
Q. How many families will I work with at a time?
Your caseload will vary depending upon your position. For instance, family preservation caseloads are typically lower than foster care so that you have the time to work more intensively with families. Agencies regularly review caseloads and strive to keep workloads manageable.
Q. How much time will I spend on paperwork?
The complexity of families' problems and intricate interactions between the child welfare, legal and judicial, mental health and other partners requires clear and concisely written plans and reports to ensure continuity and quality of care. Although many social workers find that they spend more time on paperwork than they'd like, documentation is a critical part of working effectively with children and families.
Q. How often will I have to respond to crisis situations?
Crisis situations are a regular part of working with children and families. How often you must deal with crises will vary depending upon your role as well as your agency's practices. Agencies provide crisis training and have policies and procedures that address crisis incidents.
Q. Will I have to deal with angry people very often?
Family members in crisis situations respond in a number of different ways including anger, confusion or fear. You will receive support, training and regular supervision to address challenging situations.
Q. Is safety an issue?
Agencies have training as well as policies and procedures to provide for worker safety. Skills include defusing anger, managing crisis, and refocusing or postponing difficult discussions when necessary. Safety procedures including informing others of your whereabouts or requesting to have a colleague or even law enforcement accompany you on a visit.
Q. How will I know whether kids are safe or not?
If you choose to work in investigation, you will receive specialized training on how to assess whether children are at risk of abuse or neglect. As mentioned in the video, you will work with your supervisor and others to make a decision about the best plan for the children. If you work in family preservation or foster care, you will learn how to consider safety and risk as you create case plans with a family and assess progress toward case goals. In most agencies, teams meet regularly to discuss each case so that you have the support of your colleagues.
Q. Why is there so much pressure to reunify families in such a short time?
Acknowledging that a year is a long time to a child, we work as intensively as possible with family members to assess and support their capacity for change and for building strengths to be able to care for the safety and well-being of their child. Having a stable childhood with as few disruptions as possible supports well-being and positive development so finding a permanent placement with relatives, kin or an adoptive family is important.
Q. How will I know when I've made a good decision about a child or family?
Child welfare is not only family-centered, but it is also team oriented. You will work closely with each family to create a plan and engage with them in achieving progress. Cases are regularly staffed with colleagues and supervisors.
Q. How closely do social workers work with the courts and legal professionals?
While the roles of social workers, attorneys and judges are very different, there is a significant amount of communication across disciplines both inside and outside the courtroom. Since parents have a constitutional right to raise their children as they see fit unless the children are not safe or their well-being is endangered, courts make decisions about whether a child is a child in need of care or whether reasonable efforts have been made to reintegrate or move a child toward permanency. Social workers' recommendations, documentation and testimony are critical to both legal and judicial partners in the process.
Q. How often will I have to go to court?
For many of the positions in child welfare, going to court is a regular part of the job. Only the courts can officially place a child in the custody of the state and make permanency decisions so child protection, foster care and adoption social workers have important roles in court proceedings.
Q. How often will I have to work late?
There will be times when you will need to work late. You may need to see families during their off-work hours, catch up on paperwork, or deal with a crisis during the evening or on the weekend. Most agencies make arrangements to limit or share after hours on-call responsibilities.
Q. How do workers handle the stress of the work?
Each professional has his or her own strategy for managing stress and balancing work and family life. A recent study of social workers in child welfare indicated that exercise is a leading method for alleviating stress followed by meditation and therapy. Other coping strategies listed were gardening, listening to music, watching television, massage, camping, fishing, painting, yoga, reading, spiritual development, and martial arts. Supervisors and professional development teams pay close attention to stress levels and provide opportunities for addressing it through regular meetings and trainings.
Q. How do child welfare professionals maintain balance between work and personal lives?
Support systems, both professional and personal, that offer assistance and a sense of confidence help a lot, particularly in the first year. Your supervisor will play an important role in keeping you motivated and successful. Co-workers who understand the complexity of the work can provide support and understanding. Your family may provide important support as well.
Q. I'm not quite sure about some of the terms or acronyms that I saw on the calendars or heard in the video. How do I find out more?
We've attached a Glossary of Commonly Used Terms which includes a detailed
section of acronyms with definitions. This resource will help clarify language
in the video and on the calendars and it may help you to understand more about
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The last month of autumn saw two "Ukrainian" events. The first one was the appointment of Khatia Dekanoidze - a citizen of Georgia, a member of the United National Movement, former minister of education under Saakashvili – as the head of the new State Police of Ukraine (former "militsiya" – law-enforcement). The second: there emerged certain facts that Dekanoidze's former chief, now Odessa governor, cooperates with the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS, ISIL, banned in Russia). Odessa residents confirmed to EADaily that Saakashvili deals with IS. Contacts with IS militants were recommended to Kiev also by other representatives of the Ukrainian politics, in particular, by Arsen Avakov's aide Anton Heraschenko and the former leader of the ultra-nationalist UNA-UNSO party Dmitry Korchinsky.
Was it a coincidence that Ukraine was involved in reckless attempts with ISIL while government in that country was filled with the former members of Saakashvili's administration? This and other issues in EADaily's interview with Archil Chkoidze , a representative of the pro-Russian citizens of Georgia, the head of the King Erekle II Society.
Why did the Ukrainian authorities choose just Khatia Dekanoidze as the Police Head?
Poroshenko is no longer to decide who and where to appoint. Neither Saakashvili is. The Department of State and the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States are to decide who and where to appoint. I think America uses the staff of the United National Movement in Ukraine – the maximum tools they had in Georgia.
Within the last two-three years, U.S. had tried to revive the United National Movement. Later, it understood that it is nearly impossible in the present-day Georgia, as the people still remember "the good times" of Saakashvili's presidency.
Khatia Dekanoidze is another representative of the current "Georgian" reserve of the U.S. authorities that needed a position. Why did they appoint her as the head of the Ukrainian police? She is a "façade" minister i.e. she agreed beforehand that she would not decide anything on her own on that post. She will be implementing Washington's instructions. She is happy with such an option. In addition, no damaging information has been found on her yet.
What will the former Ukrainian "militsiya" - now State Police – turn into under such leadership?
Under Eduard Shevardnadze, corruption prospered in the Georgian police. Everyone knows it. Under Saakashvili the corruption was reduced significantly; the United National Movement told the truth in due time. The nationals fought corruption at the Interior Ministry effectively, but repressions increased significantly instead. Politicians, businessmen, representatives of NGOs, and even ordinary citizens were affected. Under Saakashvili the people were detained only for private talks against Georgia joining NATO and for restoration of good-neighbored relations with Russia. One could face arrest just for criticizing President Saakashvili's policy.
The corruption fighting under Saakashvili had a seamy side too. Traffic cop bribe under Shevardnadze averaged 3-5 GEL (Georgian lari). Under Saakashvili an attempt to bride traffic police would cost a driver an official fine of up to 50 USD (about 200 GEL)– quite a high amount for Georgia. Bribing is not a good, indeed, but an ordinary driver would prefer paying 3-5 GEL rather than 200 GEL. The same situation was at the Justice Ministry of Georgia. Under Shevardnadze, to register a passport at the Justice Minister in a day would cost an ordinary citizen 50-100 GEL, while under Saakashvili that amount rose to 500 GEL. This was the official cost of an accelerated procedure of registering documents, but in fact it was the same bribe, but legalized and increased manifold.
Actually, the fight against corruption at the Interior Ministry and other law-enforcement agencies in Georgia under Saakashvili was nothing but "façade." Such fight against corruption affected the Georgian people more than corruption did. I think, with Khatia Dekanoidze taking the post of the Police Head in Ukraine, the Ukrainian police will become fully politicized and repressive.
Dekanoidze was minister of education in the government of "nationals." The government of "the revolution of dignity," she was entrusted with managing the Ukrainian Police. What do you think of such coincidence of facts in the biography of Ms. Dekanoidze? Can it be that the top police official of Ukraine combines the post of the education minister in Ukraine?
There was such practice in Georgia. When Saakashvili came to power in Georgia, a position of 'mandaturi' was introduced at the local schools. 'Mandaturi' is a school police, or more precisely, an investigating officer and riot policeman in one person. The responsibilities of 'mandaturi' were to survey the sentiments among school teachers, pupils and their parents, and if necessary, arrest the disaffected ones. I think that Saakashvili, Dekanoidze, and Eka Zkuladze will try to introduce the Georgian repressive experience at Ukraine's schools to have full control over the education in Ukraine, the political views of Ukrainian teachers, schoolchildren and their parents. The major task was to keep teacher under permanent control so that they managed the children and their parents the way the Government wanted. In Georgia under Saakashvili, the 'mandaturi' forced teachers, pupils and their parents to attend meetings and assemblies and chant pro-governmental slogans and calls. The same will be in Ukraine: teachers, pupils and parents will be speaking and doing everything the West and NATO want.
The regime of Ukraine "Revolution of Dignity" is a pro-western police dictatorship. Such regime needs prisons. Under Saakashvili Georgia's prisons were the pride of the authorities. Will they recruit Khatuna Kalmakhelidze – former prison minister in Georgia – to modernize the penitentiary system of Ukraine?
I don't think so. When Kalmakhelidze was minister, tortures, beating, rape at prisons in Georgia became everyday things and everyone got to know about it. As a consequence, Kalmakhelidze as a state official was finally discredited. To appoint such person to the Government of Ukraine means to discredit the incumbent authorities, which is not in favor of the United States so far. The only former "national" from Georgia that may be recruited to the Ukrainian Cabinet of ministers is Vera Kobalia. All the former ministers-"nationals" were discredited, but Kobalia was disclosed the least of all. It is easier to conceal economic crimes rather than prison tortures. A person like Vera Kobalia can be appointed at any post and not just in Ukraine. I'd like to repeat that "nationals" are U.S. agents that can be sent to everywhere in the world.
Economic instability is often used to organize "color revolutions." Georgia is known to experience a very painful economic crisis. It is clear that the crisis factor will be used to bring Georgia back to the former radical anti-Russian orbit.
Well, but even if Georgia's economy experiences big problems, lari devaluates, people will not join the United National Movement again. After Georgian Dream came to power, Georgia's economy has not experienced any drastic growth. Instead, the situation of freedom of speech has been improved significantly. Unlike the period when Saakashvili was in power, now people are free to express their opinion about everything, including the ruling party, Russia, the West etc. People no longer have to look about and are no longer afraid of being arrested and tortured for their frank talks in private. Business has begun "to breathe" as businessmen no longer feel the pressure they felt under Saakashvili – it is a very important factor in favor of the current authorities.
The pro-Russian sentiments are high in Georgia. People have made sure that the West helps only the Westward NGOs. The West invests only in those who fight the Georgian Orthodox Church, who opposes Georgia's traditions and values. The West's favorites in Georgia are the LGBT unions – they receive most assistance from U.S. Meantime, the main part of the Georgian workpeople remains pro-Russian. Rural communities, the agrarian sectors are traditionally pro-Russian in Georgia. Our agricultural products are exported to Russia. Georgians residing in Russia transfer a billion of dollars to Georgia every year.
The key question: Russian media say Saakashvili and his Georgian colleagues in power in Ukraine deal with ISIL. In particular, militants and oil are reportedly transported from ISIL via Odessa. What do you think of this information?
"Islamic State" or ISIL is made in the West. Saakashvili, as I have said above, is the conductor of U.S. influence. It turns out that even if Saakashvili refuses to help ISIL, he will be forced to do it. That is why he was given a government post in Ukraine. That was the political "order" of his patrons.
In the light of Saakashvili's contacts with ISIL, there is another important circumstance – Saakashvili's relations with Turkey. The ex-president of Georgia has always been extremely loyal to Turkey. Under his presidency, a list of the Turkish citizens was drafted. Later, Tbilisi granted Georgian passports to the persons on that list. It is noteworthy that the Georgians living in Russia did not enjoy such preferences from Saakashvili. As for the idea of dual citizens, it was harshly criticized during his tenure.
In addition, under his presidency, Tbilisi made a number of one-sided contracts with Ankara. For instance, a truck driving through Turkey was taxed in the amount of 800 EUR, while a Turkish truck driving through Georgia was not taxed at all. The same situation was with buses. Actually, the Georgian companies engaged in passenger transportation to Turkey were driven to bankruptcy and were later replaced with Turkish ones.
Under Saakashvili's tenure, Turkey's influence in Adjara was intentionally increased. There was a Turkish economic and political zone there. The entire business was sold to Turks in Adjara. A similar situation was in Tbilisi. Contracts for the key infrastructure facilities in the Georgian capital were made with Turks only. Even German and French companies knew beforehand that they would lose tenders for Georgian projects.
It is no secret that Turkish President Recep Erdogan's family business is based on oil that ISIL pumps from the oil fields in Syria and Iraq. More and more data concerning ISIL's ties with the Turkish power structures emerge. Saakashivili traditionally works for both U.S. and Turkey. Therefore, it is arguable that he deals with ISIL via U.S. and Turkey.
There is another fact testifying to that cooperation – the Salafis in Pankisi Gorge. Under Saakashivili, mosques were built in that region on the Arab and Turkish funds to promote the Jihadist ideology. In addition, there were official bases where the supporters of Jihadism that lived or flew in Pankisi were trained and sent to war in Syria. Those bases no longer exist in Pankisi. The Interior Ministry and security forces of Georgia carried out counter-terrorist operations and the strong points of the Pankisi Wahhabis were destroyed.
However, the Georgian supporters of Wahhabism are not just the Jihadists from Pankisi backed by the former authorities. There are Wahhabi communities in other regions of Georgia too. Simply, they are camouflaged. It is noteworthy that there are several currents of the Wahhabi propaganda and expansion in Georgia. We have Wahhabis from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Iraq. Formally, they are not connected. In fact, they are part of one project. Now the West is pressing the Georgian authorities to receive refugees from the Middle East. In fact, camouflaged ISIL militants may flow into the country along with refugees.


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Turning a Madrone Burl Bowl -- Part 5
I generally turn the bottom with a ¼"
detail gouge (see Fig. 15), but you could also use the small half
round and spear point scrapers. I then sand and finish the bottom
of the bowl and remove it from the maple jaws. With a small woodburner,
I sign the bowl.
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Blend all of the marinade ingredients together in a food processor until smooth.
Put the chicken in a 13 by 9-inch casserole dish and season it with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover the chicken with the jerk marinade and toss to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours for the flavors to meld. If you have the time, letting the chicken marinate overnight is best.
Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Lightly oil the grates to keep the chicken and marinade from sticking. Remove the chicken from the marinade letting the excess drip off and arrange them on the grill. Cover the grill, and grill until the chicken is fully cooked and the jerk marinade has blackened and caramelized in spots, about 5 minutes on each side. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and serve.
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Accolades from readers and fellow journalists
by David A. Fryxell
It's been a few years since we last surveyed our readership, so it's good to know "the biggest little paper in the Southwest" is still also your favorite paper. In fact, the results of our questions about reading frequency and readers per copy in the 2014 reader survey, just completed, track almost exactly the last time we asked these questions.
Some 88% of survey respondents pick up Desert Exposure every single month, and 86% spend two hours or more with each issue. A whopping 61% save their copies at least all month long, or indefinitely, and several of those who said they don't save Desert Exposure explained that's because they pass it on to friends or family. (In that case, you're forgiven.) All that pass-along readership adds up to 2.3 readers per copy, actually up a bit from our last survey. That works out to about 23,000 readers of our print edition every month.
This was the first time we've asked about readership of our web site, and it was striking how little overlap there is between our "dead-tree edition" audience and online readers. Almost 60% of survey respondents have never visited our website (www.desertexposure.com), except to respond to the survey, or read our digital edition at www.scribd.com/desertexposure. Among readers who mailed in the survey clipped from the print edition, only a couple had ever visited us online.
While we wish more print readers would also enjoy our online offerings (which include searchable back issues all the way to January 2005), this isn't entirely bad news. When we say another 10,000 unique visitors click on the website every month and 1,200 read us on Scribd, those are not overlapping much at all with our print audience. So, yes, we really are reaching more than 30,000 pairs of eyeballs every issue.
We're also being read by a lot of folks advertisers can't reach by other means. Overall, more than 15% of survey respondents didn't check any of the eight other local publications we asked if you read regularly. The Glenwood Gazette, another free paper, had the greatest overlap, at 42%, followed by the Silver City Sun-News (31%), Silver City Daily Press (28%) and Las Cruces Sun-News (27%). No other publication gets read by more than one in five Desert Exposure readers.
We've added several regular columns since we last surveyed readers, so this was the first time to test the popularity of those additions. Obviously you approve: Linda Ferrara's 100 Hikes tied for fourth overall in readership, and second only to longtime favorite Desert Diary (16%) in percentage citing it as their one favorite (14%). Vivian Savitt's Southwest Gardener roughly tied our long-running Arts Exposure section in popularity. And Scott Thomson's Talking Horses column, which admittedly targets a niche audience, found fans even among those who said they don't own a horse — and was cited as the top favorite by 6% of all readers.
Those newcomers aside, your rankings of most-read columns and departments haven't changed a lot. This very Editor's Notebook and Continental Divide by yours truly led the way, followed closely by Desert Diary, 100 Hikes and Henry Lightcap's Journal. Letters, Tumbleweeds and Larry Lightner's Ramblin' Outdoors were just a few decimal points behind.
When asked to name a single favorite, after Desert Diary and 100 Hikes, readers picked Editor's Notebook and Continental Divide, followed by Lightcap, 40 Days and 40 Nights and Marjorie Lilly's Borderlines column (all tied).
Not surprisingly given the strong showings of our outdoors entries, 64% of readers checked that they regularly hike, bike or engage in other out-and-about activities. That trailed only eating out at restaurants (93%) and was tied with daytrips (64%), followed by going to art galleries (52% — a figure far above the national average), and attending live music or theater performances (43%).
Many of you also added kind words, suggestions and other comments. Our favorite, though, given what pays the bills and makes Desert Exposure possible, was this: "For me, it is the greatest little paper in the Southwest and I always read the ads, too, to stay on top of where to shop or get services."
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While it's reader opinions that really count, we wouldn't be human if we didn't also enjoy recognition from our peers in the journalism world. So we're delighted to be able to report that the 2014 Top of the Rockies competition, sponsored by the Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and open to publications throughout a four-state region, recently honored Desert Exposure with four awards in our circulation category.
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This is the fifth straight year Desert Exposure has been honored by fellow journalists in the Top of the Rockies competition. But it's the accolades from you, our readers, that keep us getting out of the bed in the morning.
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Several times they say they can function.
Yes, it does say "function" and that is also misleading. By function, it does not mean the cell has any capacity to carry out any of the processes or movement associated with a living cell. The "function" these "zombie" cells accomplish is like that of a model, or for experimental purposes and research. Like a tool. Imagine studying the anatomy of a taxidermy horse; there are certain advantages over examining the real thing.
Experiments showed the cell can be used as a reverse mold from which, at 900 degrees C, a porous carbonized structure results from heating cell protein in a vacuum.
The structural and behavioral malleability of the starting material (cultured cells) provides opportunities to develop robust and economical biocomposites with programmed structures and functions.
Cells minus Protein equals skeleton cell, or in this case, Fossilized cell. Ergo Dead. Not living dead, not Zombies.
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Originally posted by Hopechest
All zombie outbreaks start with the some kind of experiment with cells don't they?
I guess its a given now, better practice my shotgun skills.
In all the Zombie films i've seen, there seems to be one common Zombie fact...they can't swim.
Why do the survivors never seem to think it a good idea to get on a boat and find a smallish deserted island to live on until the Zombies starve?
Even a cruise liner in the middle of the ocean would be better than trying to survive in 'civilisation' wouldn't it?
'Dead bodies are rising from their graves': Hackers break into TV station's emergency alert system to warn viewers of a zombie apocalypse live on air
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Someone probably already posted this, but I just searched this after listening to Coast to Coast with Jim Marrs, Feb 13.
'Dead bodies are rising from their graves': Hackers break into TV station's emergency alert system to warn viewers of a zombie apocalypse live on air
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Even if scientists were really creating something like this, who in their right mind would create such a dumba$$ thing? Why don't they create something that is.. oh... helpful/supportive to mankind!!?


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Why I Will Never, Ever, EVER Get a Tattoo
Would I have to start planning outfits around the tattoo like I plan for weather?
While I was perfectly content with my Chinese-delivery-and-mostly-not-wearing-pants plans for Thanksgiving Day, Amanda Blum (who lives on the other side of the country) put me in touch with a D.C.-based friend of hers. Suddenly not only did I have a table to join, come to find he and I knew a few other people in common independently of Amanda as well.
And then there was drunken group karaoke and it was good.
It was so good, but I honestly wouldn't have minded spending the day alone either. It's been a really chaotic and emotional month and having the time to spend in quiet, even for an extrovert like me, has been an exercise in slow-motion catharsis.
My grandfather, who had been struggling with pulmonary fibrosis, died about a month ago. It was an incredibly painful loss. There are tons of metaphors out there, already established, about the way it hurts to lose someone who is part of the fabric of your identity but I think sometimes just saying it plainly is the most accurate: it hurt and it still hurts and it will continue to hurt. And that's probably how it should be so it's okay.
All of the phone calls and negotiation that led to me taking a job in north Virginia happened at the same time as the arrangements for the funeral and spending time with family. It all got jumbled up together and I didn't have the energy to sweat the job stuff because I was spending much-needed time with, like, family members I haven't seen in years.
People, not just actual family but so many loved ones, descended on my grandparents' house. Most of them brought food, because that's what you do. (There are things to be said about the kinds of foods that we bring to homes full of mourning, but I don't have the heart to say them yet. Maybe soon. I hope soon.
) We ate and we cried.
What I hadn't ever articulated until I was trying to prepare my part of the eulogy was the way my grandfather, who never met a stranger and who knew how we were related to almost everyone, had of letting you know you were loved no matter what. He might not have approved of what I was doing (he'd have been happier if I'd stayed in that small town and also maybe never gone out dancing probably), but that didn't ever make me question whether or not I was worthy of his love. I'm still not really capable of thinking about it straight on without crying so I'm going to leave that there for now, too.
Do you ever do that? Approach things in your own head kind of sideways because they're just too tender to breathe through? Maybe it's just me and maybe I should have a phone session with my old therapist. Something to add to the list.
That's all emotional digression, sorry.
The same week as my grandfather's funeral, I attended a wedding I have been so ready for: my cousin got to marry his partner FINALLY. They've only been together since high school, you know, like, 1995. It was a beautiful night and I am so fiercely joyous that I was there to be part of celebrating them. Also, the rice crispy treat wedding cake was the cutest thing ever.
It felt appropriate to bookend the week with my cousin's wedding. I felt a little hungover afterwards from the emotional whiplash but it felt right, like there was some balance to be found between the two events.
And then I got a new job. And had a week and a half to get my shit together to move away from the home I'd spent nearly twenty years building.
(And had another wedding to attend, one with a keg and a bounce house and the family that we've built for ourselves in Orlando.)
I miss my husband Ed. I miss our pets. (I've been asking Ed for pictures of our dog literally every day.) I miss those wonderful friends I got the luxury of spending years with. I miss our stuff! At least some of our stuff. And I'm glad that he'll be here this weekend and I'm glad I got to spend Thanksgiving emulating my grandfather and figuring out the connections between me and other people because I have also never met a stranger.
But the hours alone and in the dark and the quiet mean I have had time without distraction from all of the things.
And in this temporary space, the intensity of recent events has been companionable instead of frightening or overwhelming. Grief and mourning and missing what is distant and being so joyful and feeling happiness like a splinter: that's what it all is, all at the same time.


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In reading through the items in Signs of the Times of your March 11 issue, my eyes went to the picture of the unidentified woman waving the youth day flag at the World Trade Center in New York. And yes, even from the side view I recognized her. She is Francine Guilmette, F.M.A., a Salesian sister, who is the associate director of the World Youth Day Organizing Committee in Toronto, and one of the best youth ministers Montreal has ever had on the diocesan level. She worked many years with me when I was in the diocesan pastoral office and really changed the face of what we call youth ministry. I think she deserves full identification. Much thanks for a superb magazine, to which I look forward every week.
(Msgr.) Francis Coyle
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Positive Contributions
I want to thank you and Catherine O'Conor of Waquit, Mass., who wrote a letter to America on Healing Work (4/8). Her sentiments clearly expressed a common-sense and equitable canonical approach to the present problem. Further, her opinion not only clearly reflected my own thoughts but the thoughts of several other priest friends. We are most grateful for her positive contribution in such a media atmosphere of muckraking and veiled anti-Catholicism.
(Rev.) Paul DiGirolamo
Philadelphia, Pa.
True Intentions
Allow me to add an observation to the article on Cuba by Thomas E. Quigley (4/18). Fidel Castro's takeover of Cuba happened 45 years ago. The passage of years has obscured the fact that when he was the brave young man in the hills of Oriente Province daring to take on the powerful and corrupt dictator Fulgencio Batista, he was a Catholic like most of his countrymen. Or so many of his supporters thought. Not until he took power did he reveal his true intentions.
Many who had supported him felt betrayed and left Cuba, leaving behind their fine homes and their fortunes, carrying with them only the pittance that he permitted (I believe it was $5 American). It could have been very different. Castro did not need Communism to be a hero to the Cuban people. All he had to do was do away with Batista and replace him with an honest government.
There was no need to suppress the church in Cuba, at least not for the needs of the Cuban people.
Conchita Collins
Tucson, Ariz.
Wanting Peace
Your editorial Not the U.S. Alone (3/25) hit the nail right on the head. Six years ago, I lived for three months at the border of Jerusalem and the West Bank. Many of the things we only now hear about in our media, such as Israeli destruction of West Bank homes, have been going on for years with barely a whimper of a reprimand from the U.S. government.
When Ariel Sharon came into office, he did so with the intention of provoking war with the Palestinian people. Unfortunately, Yasir Arafat has been an all too willing accomplice in the march toward all-out war in the region. When I was there, most of the people on both sides wanted peace. Now I'm not so sure, since the situation is so polarized.
The United States is hardly an honest broker in this process. Unless someone like a James Baker can hold the Israelis' feet to the fire on the settlement issue, efforts toward peace will go nowhere.
David Bruning
Fremont, Ohio
Generous Policies
After 50 years reading about and supporting our government's generous policies toward Israel, I wonder now how or where it went so wrong. In the beginning, all liberals wanted to help secure Israel against super-powerful Arab enemies, and we succeeded. Somehow, this victory produced increasingly stubborn and irrational elements on both sides, and our own rigidly one-sided and unimaginative policies made our apparent efforts at peacemaking irrelevant.
In your editorial of March 25, your diagnosis of the problems now created by our unilateral style of policymaking and your policy suggestions were refreshingly realistic, creative and relevant. Thank you. I also thank John Kavanaugh, S.J., for his column Military Madness, for putting words to my growing anxieties over the increasingly irrational direction of our policies toward the entire world. He quietly and accurately criticizes our government's new and frightening nuclear policies; its imperial, hegemonic style; the passivity of our media; the admirably loyal but overly unquestioning support of our people; and the threat by our government to use warmaking methods that threaten our moral values.
Thank you also for the informative and jolting article about Guatemala's miseries. Your contributions are priceless, generous and brave.
John J. MacDougall
Huntsville, Ala.
Killing Us All
Thank you for the superb editorial Not the U.S. Alone (3/25).
Enough killing: 400 Israelis and 1,247 Palestinians as of this writing. There is no parity between Israel's mighty military machine and Palestinian resistance. Israel is the occupier, Palestinians the occupied. As Noam Chomsky says, It is no more symmetric than Germany was in occupied France. Yet the media continue to blame the victim in what is basically resistance to a colonialist power exercising brutality that reduces people to despairingly horrific acts of self-immolation to bring down as many of the powerful as possible.
Hundreds of Israeli armored vehicles and tanks push their way through crowded Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza and into the heart of Bethlehem and Ramallah. F-16's and Apache gunships overhead rain bombs and rockets on largely unarmed Palestinian civilians. While some Israeli soldiers round up Palestinian males 14 years or older, other soldiers rampage through what is left of homes after the tanks have rolled through, overturning food staples, messing up every inch of their home space while women, children and the elderly crouch in fear and terror. Nothing is immune from Israeli bombs: schools, hospitals, churches, residential areas, ambulances, medical relief workers.
Let there be no mistake. The brutal, inhumane Israeli military occupation is terror. And in the words of Jewish Israelis protesting the actions of their government, The occupation is killing us all. Check the Web site of the more than 350 Israeli reserve combat officers who refuse to serve in the occupied territories (www.seruv.org). Their words sum it up: We shall not continue to fight beyond the 1967 borders in order to dominate, expel, starve and humiliate an entire people.
And it is our American military and economic support of the occupation that should make us cry out, Not in my name!
Miriam Ward, R.S.M.
Burlington, Vt.
People of Good Will
Thank you for your balanced and constructive editorial, Not the U.S. Alone (3/25). I thought your analysis of the current crisis and how it has developed was accurate. New ideas are desperately needed to secure the legitimate rights and long-term security of both parties to this conflict, Israelis and Palestinians. I wholeheartedly subscribe to the five-point Tenet-Mitchell Plus formula you propose in the final paragraph and am recommending your editorial to my elected representatives in Congress. Your proposals concisely express the convictions of many people of good will. As an ordinary citizen, I (and I'm sure many government officials) feel powerless in the face of the current sickening carnage. I hope your call for new ideas and new partners will reach U.S. policymakers who are in a position to promote a just and lasting peace.
Christian Rohmiller
Fairborn, Ohio
I am somewhat surprised by the content of the article on Limbo by Gerald M. Fagin, S.J., in your March 18 issue.
Rather than ask the question, Has the church changed its teaching on the fate of infants who die without baptism? Father Fagin should have begun by pointing out that there are various theological notes for various church teachings and that the teaching on Limbo was really a theological fiction, in the best sense of the word. It was an attempt to show that God was truly loving and caring and just and would not commit to hell the souls of unbaptized children.
And certainly the answer to the question, Does this change in a pastorally sensitive teaching imply that other such teachings are also open to reevaluation and change? is a definite yes. There is such a thing as the development of doctrine. I believe Cardinal Newman even wrote about this.
One of the difficulties of church teaching in the past was an overemphasis on absolutes. We, as teachers, did a disservice to our people when we taught in this manner.
The first paragraph in the article gives a quotation from the Catechism of the Catholic Church that sums up well our teaching regarding infants who die without baptism: As regards children who have died without Baptism, the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God....
Who can contest the magnanimous mercy of God?
(Most Rev.) Joseph A. Ferrario
Honolulu, Hawaii
Spiritual Care
I was surprised to see the number of letters critical of The Rev. Robert Kress's article The Priest-Pastor as C.E.O (3/11). As pastor of a 4,300-household parish with 16 professional staff members and a $1.5 million annual budget, I don't know of any other effective way to imagine or to do my job. I write this on Good Friday, having done almost no work of preparation for the triduum other than on my homilies. The director of worship, the pastoral vicars, the adult catechumenate directors, the stewardship director and the business manager need only the lightest of occasional touches from me to coordinate their work so that we will once again have powerful, prayerful and (I hope) transforming ritual prayer.
This, as I see it, is the pastor/C.E.O.'s job: to be a cheerleader for the vision and mission of the parish, to coordinate the work of other talented people, to ensure that good systems are in place so that all the people of the parish can work together, and to do the (few) tasks for which he alone is uniquely qualified. Parishioners are often surprised to get a response from me to a phone message or an e-mail within a few hours, expecting that my desk is piled with work. But it's not; an excellent staff does that, and I can be in personal touch whenever there's a need.
A few years ago Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk said that pastors of large parishes would have to start to act toward their parishes the way bishops do toward a diocese in order not to exhaust themselves. I believe he got it exactly right. At least in corporate-sized parishes, the pastor's spiritual care is most often exercised through hiring and coaching good people, caring for the systems of the parish and having the time to think about and preach about the big picture of the parish's work for the Gospel. Is it our individualist bias that keeps us from imagining that contemporary pastoral care by pastors will often be exercised through attention to systems rather than through one-to-one contact?
(Msgr.) Vincent Rush
Huntington Station, N.Y.
With people such as Sr. Francine at the helm of the Organizing Committee, the World Youth Day in Toronto promises not only to equal but to surpass even the World Youth Days that have preceded it.
The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (popularly known as Salesian Sisters)were co-founded by St. John Bosco. They are the second largest congregation of women in the Catholic church (after the daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul), and they do for girls what the Salesians of Don Bosco do for boys in their 3,000 schools and youth centers the world over. The Salesians, priests and brothers, are today the third largest order of men in the church, after the Jesuits and the Franciscans. End of commercial.
Congratulations, Sister Francine, and thanks for your constructive and encouraging comments, Msgr. Coyle, all the more welcome in this period of relentless criticism of the church and of its ministers.
With people such as Sr. Francine at the helm of the Organizing Committee, the World Youth Day in Toronto promises not only to equal but to surpass even the World Youth Days that have preceded it.
The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (popularly known as Salesian Sisters)were co-founded by St. John Bosco. They are the second largest congregation of women in the Catholic church (after the daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul), and they do for girls what the Salesians of Don Bosco do for boys in their 3,000 schools and youth centers the world over. The Salesians, priests and brothers, are today the third largest order of men in the church, after the Jesuits and the Franciscans. End of commercial.
Congratulations, Sister Francine, and thanks for your constructive and encouraging comments, Msgr. Coyle, all the more welcome in this period of relentless criticism of the church and of its ministers.


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Malbun is a tranquil, lovely mountain village in Liechtenstein. Small clusters of Alpine homes on green meadows look adorable from above.
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For most, Liechtenstein is a quick stop to check off yet another country on their list. They only stop for an hour at most, in the capital Vaduz – and leave with a very incomplete impression of this ancient Alpine country. The little principality has much more to offer, so I recommend you spend a […]
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Border bridge: Liechtenstein to the left, Switzerland to the right. I jump: Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland…
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Sports Pages Extra: Tyson vs. Lewis
Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis rumble in Memphis Saturday night for the heavyweight titles. Tyson has promised to "put a world of hurt on Mr. Lewis in a devastating and spectacular manner." Mr. Lewis has claimed that Tyson "fears" him. How are the sportswriters betting?
ESPN's Al Bernstein likes Lewis to win between the third and fifth rounds: "Tyson is not the same fighter he was even seven years ago and I don't think he ever really wanted this fight." USA Today's Jon Saraceno says Tyson will fall in the sixth: "To compensate for his inactivity and lackadaisical training habits, the stocky challenger has worked himself into a frenzy for this fight, so much so that the whispers are that he may have peaked a couple of weeks ago and staleness has set in." The Philadelphia Daily News has Lewis with an overhand right in the seventh.
The Dallas Morning News' Calvin Watkins likes Lewis, too, but says Tyson will survive for 12 rounds. Ditto Sports Illustrated's Richard Hoffer, who gives the fight to Lewis on a decision or disqualification.
The London Sun's Colin Hart picks Iron Mike: "For me Tyson is still the most dangerous three-round fighter on Earth." The New York Daily News' Bill Gallo agrees: "I look at Lewis' record and those two one-punch knockouts he suffered keep staring at me. That and Tyson's hammer makes me say, Tyson by KO."
Other writers wager that Kid Dynamite won't even make it to the ring. "Until the opening bell sounds, there's no reason to believe Tyson-Lewis will happen," the Kansas City Star's Jason Whitlock writes. "I'm not flying to Memphis to cover the fight until four hours before round one, and I'll land in Memphis fully expecting Tyson to set off a ringside riot before Lewis gets ready to rumble." The San Jose Mercury News' Mark Purdy agrees: "The fight is Saturday night? Sure. You bet. I'll believe it when I see it."
Plenty of good seats still available! On May 7, promoters announced that they had sold out all 19,185 seats in Memphis' Pyramid Arena, netting more than $23 million in revenue. (Ringside seats sold for $2,400; the upper rafters for $250.) But earlier this week, the Associated Press revealed that the "sellout" was a fraud—thousands of unsold tickets remained. When Slate checked TicketMaster's Tyson-Lewis site on Tuesday, we found available tickets in every price range—including, amazingly, 19 seats together on the lower level (Section 123, Row LL, Seats 1-19; cost: $26,600). Expect plenty of empties Saturday night.
Has Tyson knocked out Lewis before? USA Today's Dan Rafael recounts the strange history between the two men. Back in 1984, Lewis, 18, mixed it up with the Tyson, 17, during sparring sessions in Catskill, N.Y. Tyson's handlers claim that Iron Mike knocked out Lewis, and they say they have the photos to prove it. Lewis denies the story. In either case, the two men were friendly and spent the evenings talking and watching old fights together.
Then, 15 years later, Tyson threatened to eat Lewis' children.
In a related story, Iron Mike chatted with underprivileged kids in Memphis this week. Sample exchange:
Kid: "How long have you been strong?"
Tyson: "Muscle or smell, which one?"
Is the fight fixed? The fix-is-in rumor swirls around every championship fight, but it really picked up steam in Memphis as the week progressed. The Boston Globe's Ron Borges reports that Panama Lewis has appeared in Tyson's camp. Lewis was last seen rigging another fighter's gloves, which landed him in jail for a year and got him banned from ever working as a corner man again.
ESPN.com columnist Wally Matthews says that after the fight, Lennox Lewis' promoter, Gary Shaw, plans on leaving the Lewis camp to form a partnership with Tyson's manager. So, gee, wouldn't it be in Shaw's best interest for Lennox to drop the bout? The Memphis Commercial Appeal's Michael Katz hears the same rumor, and points out that Shaw approved all three fight judges. Shaw is also the referee's former boss.
Memphis has seen worse: Finally, the Memphis Commercial Appeal's Geoff Calkins ranks the city's five greatest bouts. Among them: Elvis Presley vs. a filling station attendant, and singer Al Green vs. his girlfriend.
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