There is no "God", monkey-man.

Get over yourself.










http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/09/two-years-after-leaving-spokane-renowned-leader-ca/

The Spokesman-Review


LOCAL NEWS

SUNDAY, OCT. 9, 2016, 8:40 P.M.

Two years after leaving Spokane, ‘Renowned leader’ called to advise pope

From staff reports

The appointment of Blase Cupich to cardinal in the Catholic Chuch follows a career path that rocketed ahead in the past six years – from leading a rural diocese in western South Dakota to fixing a bankrupted church in Spokane and then taking over the influential position as Archbishop of Chicago.

And the pick by Pope Francis shouldn’t have surprised anyone.

“Archbishop Cupich is a very competent man and a renowned leader, and he’ll do a great job both for the church in the United States, but now really the church throughout the world, as a cardinal and a close adviser now to the Holy Father, to the Pope,” said the Rev. Darrin Connall in the moments before Sunday night Mass at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Before he was named archbishop of Chicago, the third largest Catholic Diocese in the United States, two years ago, Cupich was called to Spokane to fix a diocese struggling with the aftermath of bankruptcy brought about by decades of child sex abuse by clergy.

He moved quickly, reviewing a flawed and controversial settlement with victims that left churches exposed to future ligitigation and parishioners disgusted by both the actions of church leaders and the approximatley $50 million used to pay victims, lawyers and other bills.

Cupich arrived, convened new legal counsel, and led changes that ultimately brought closure to the case. He sued the venerable Paine Hamblen law firm for its handling of the bankruptcy, but the case was largely dropped with a confindential and reportedly insignifiant settlement.

Cupich gained a reputation as a capable administrator open to opposing views. Though he focused on restoring the church’s finances in Spokane, he also paid attention to schools by creating what is called the Nazareth Guild, Connall said.

“Spokane will always have a place in my heart,” he said before he was installed as Chicago’s new archbishop in November 2014.

Cupich, 67, was ordained in 1975. He has been considered one of the church’s thought leaders in responding to the crisis and preserving mission. His reputation is one of a pragmatist. He chooses words and strategy carefully and has made decisions that has earned him the tag of a moderate among Catholic leaders.

Before he came to Spokane in 2010 he was the bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, for 12 years where he traveled and ministered to a rural diocese that included the tourism towns of the Black Hills to ranching communites and sprawling Indian Resevations. He was chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on the Protection for Children and Young People.

Arriving in Spokane, Blase was undaunted by the challenges of leading the cash-strapped church in the aftermath the of bankruptcy.

“The important thing is mission, not money,” Cupich said. “If you get mission right, money follows.”










http://www.dictionary.com/browse/charlatan

Dictionary.com


charlatan

a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.










https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope


James Webb Space Telescope

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), previously known as Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), is a Flagship-class space observatory under construction and scheduled to launch in October 2018. The JWST will offer unprecedented resolution and sensitivity from long-wavelength (orange-red) visible light, through near-infrared to the mid-infrared (0.6 to 27 micrometers), and is a successor instrument to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope. While Hubble has a 2.4-meter (7.9 ft) mirror, the JWST features a larger and segmented 6.5-meter (21 ft) diameter primary mirror and will be located near the Earth–Sun L2 point.


The JWST has a history of major cost overruns and delays. The first realistic budget estimates were that the observatory would cost $1.6 billion and launch in 2011. NASA has now scheduled the telescope for a 2018 launch. In 2011, the United States House of Representatives voted to terminate funding, after about $3 billion had been spent and 75% of its hardware was in production. Funding was restored and capped at $8 billion. As of winter 2015–2016, the telescope remained on schedule for an October 2018 launch and within the 2011 revised budget.



- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 9:26 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Sunday 09 October 2016