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...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b and during one hospitalization, I read an affirmation from the God Squad.

Unfortunately, I didn't memorize the quote.

What I do remember is this: "Blessings are the spiritual equivalent of ..." Could you complete the statement?

- C.H., via e-mailA .

We think what we said (this is as close as our memories can come to actually functioning) is this: "Blessings are the spiritual equivalent of breathing in, and prayers are the spiritual equivalent of breathing out." Even if this is not exactly what we said, it is what we believe.

We will pray for you!

Rabbi Marc Gellman and Monsignor Thomas HartmanSend questions to The God Squad, Telecare, 1200 Glenn Curtiss Blvd., Uniondale, N.Y.

11553; post them on the God Squad Web site www.askthegodsquad.com; or e-mail them to godsquad@ telecaretv.org.

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...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b who advanced toward them as he held two knives over his head and shouted, "Shoot me, shoot me." Police were able to retreat.

Officer John Rivers, an EDPRT member, talked with the man, who eventually dropped the knives and was hospitalized.First team in state The idea for specialized training for officers to deal with emotionally disturbed individuals began in other parts of the country about 15 years ago.

The Memphis Police Department is regarded as a pioneer.

In 2002, two people acting irrationally in Rochester died in police custody.

The police weren't held criminally responsible, but other options in responding to such incidents were explored.

Cedric Alexander, a psychologist who was director of the Police Department's officer assistance program before he became acting police chief, pushed to create the EDPRT team, the first in the state.

"A lot of the time, people do have mental health challenges," said Alexander, now deputy commissioner of public safety for the state Division of Criminal Justice Services in Albany.

"How do we train our officers to have a better set of skills if the opportunity arises where they could utilize their training to reduce the likelihood of some unfavorable outcome?

" Of the 900-plus calls EDPRT members have handled, few have resulted in the use of force, with only a minor knee scrape to one individual.

No police have been injured.

Gillian Conde, vice president of DePaul Community Services, said EDPRT has helped get mental healt...

...ba href=/bipolar disorder/a/b, Christina struggled in group situations, White said.

She dropped out of Ballston Spa High School but earned her general equivalency diploma.

At her funeral last week, White described a "very quiet, caring, loving, compassionate, thoughtful and empathetic individual.""She loved to watch the birds fly and often said, 'I wish I had wings so I could be free and fly like a bird.' " White wrote in her eulogy.

"Now Christina has her wings."Christina weighed 98 pounds soaking wet, said her mother; she wore size zero pants with a belt to hold them up.

According to police, Christina was 5 feet 3 inches and had brown hair and blue eyes.

Her nose and tongue were pierced and she often wore all black in a Goth style.Anyone with information about where Christina was after June 30 is asked to call the sheriff's office at 885-2474 or 885-6761.Hornbeck can be reached at 581-8438 or by e-mail at lhornbeck@timesunion.com.

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