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The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is a major stabilizing ligament in the knee. It functions by limiting forward motion of the leg relative to the thigh, as well as providing rotational control of the knee.
Q: What causes an ACL injury?
A: ACL injuries are common in sports that involve sudden changes of direction. Seventy percent of the injuries are non-contact occurring during pivoting or when landing from a jump.
Q: Are girls at higher risk of ACL injury?
A: Research suggests that girls are nearly three times more likely to have ACL injuries than boys. There are many potential causes of this finding. One example can be seen during jumping, in that girls tend to have less hip and knee flexion than boys when landing. Another example is during a soccer kick, the planted leg demonstrates more relative hip muscle weakness in girls.
Q: How do you prevent an ACL injury?
A: It is believed that athletes can reduce their risk of ACL injuries by performing training drills before sports practice. Proper warm-up and cool-down are crucial to injury prevention.
Stretching is done to help improve range of motion, reduce stiffness and soreness, and improve overall mobility and performance. Do not bounce with your stretch, but instead stretch gently to feel tension with a hold for thirty seconds.
Strengthening should then be done with a focus on technique. These exercises can include some combination of walking lunges, hamstring strengthening, and single-leg toe raises. Follow this with plyometrics, which are a more explosive type of exercise intended to build power, strength and speed.
The most important element when performing these exercises is, again, technique. The landing is very important and athletes should focus on doing it softly (accepting the weight on the balls of the feet, slowly rolling back to the heel with a bent knee and a straight hip).
Even though these exercises are basic, one should take the time to ensure safe and correct completion of each exercise. They include: lateral hops over a cone, forward and backward hops over a cone, single leg hops over a cone, and vertical jumps, as examples.
Before cool-down, some agility drills can be done, including: shuttle run (forward and backward), diagonal run, and bounding run. The above activities should be done for three to five minutes each to create a 15- to 25-minute preworkout training session that can be done two to three times a week.
Conclusion: It should be noted that even the most successful athlete may succumb to an ACL injury, even if all preventive measures have been taken. For more specifics concerning ACL prevention programs, you should contact your physician.


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I softmoded my v 4.2E wii using shadowsonic's guide and everything was working fine; i was able to play games from my hard drive through usb loader gx. Then I downloaded monster hunter tri and it didnt work.
So I went to download and install Hermes cIOS v5 using stomp_442's guide and it still didnt work. I then changed the IOS250 in cios installer and installed ios222 and 223. Then couldn't get in usbloader. So I installed ios 202, 222, 223, 224 back with IOS249 and i still couldnt get on usbloader. So what's wrong and how do I get rid of hermes v5?
Also, does wiiconnect24 do anything to the softmoding? Because sometimes I leave it on.
hi i have a 4.2e system how did you modd it im having problems see my thred gx loader problems if u have a simple answer ? heres my lase log:
well every 1 seeing this i think ive gone full circle the new gx loader dosent work eather? i even tryed using difrent ios's like 202 222, 223 249 etc i found the best 1 was 223 it loaded the wrist strap logo then nothing (again) laughable !!!! so just to re cap system 4.2e fully soft modded ya? (see previous logs) gx loader 1 not working wiiflow 222 &249 not working (but close) gx loader r81 somthing (new 1) not working i have a sea gate 250 hdd formatted partition FAT32 8GB & the rest wbfs pertition primary & active can load games to it bu not play back! if any 1 thats looknig at this thats having the same problems or knows how to fix it pleas tell me. 4 weeks at this now & the guide says 20 mins lol any1
I have mine turned off all the time useless piece of ............Also, does wiiconnect24 do anything to the softmoding? Because sometimes I leave it on.
Plus its better for your wii as well as when you power down, it fully powers down and doesnt just go into stand by.

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With school starting up again, what if parents had an application that mined public posts on Facebook and Twitter to make sure their areas are not "Sick Zones," where parents posted about their kids suffering from maladies such as the flu? Enter iPhone app Sickweather, which does just that.
Sickweather collects data from public posts on Facebook and Twitter, as well as users of the app, and presents its findings in animated radar maps that alert parents to Sick Zones.
Those maps can be viewed as single reports at the local level, or by intensity of groups of reports at the regional level, and Sickweather users will receive alerts when they travel near areas where the flu has been reported.
Parents: Would you use an app like Sickweather?


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MURRIETA ---- Murrieta Valley's girls basketball team cruised to its sixth consecutive win Saturday night with a 66-40 victory over visiting San Marcos in a final tuneup before Southwestern League play begins this week.
While pleased with his team's performance, Murrieta Valley coach Scott Richards did have one regret.
"We've scored at least 70 in four straight games," Richards said. "Don't get me wrong — we played very well, but of course you want to keep something like that going."
Though Murrieta Valley (13-3) established dominance from the start, a 22-8 third quarter run gave the Nighthawks a 57-31 lead that ended any hope for the Knights (10-5).
From there, the Nighthawks cruised and got some needed playing time to reserves.
The coach also wanted to see how his team respond to San Marcos' man defense. A majority of the Nighthawks' opponents have played zone.
"I was glad that we were seeing something different and to see the team do well against it and adjust," Richards said.
The Knights, unable to match Murrieta Valley in the front court, tried to play physical with its guards and even went to a full-court press for much of the second quarter.
On each count, sophomore point guard Ariana Hernandez was instrumental in breaking down the press.
Guiding the offense amidst a senior-led group has impressed Hernandez's coach.
"I told her before the season that I just need a point guard who can get the ball up and down the court and get it to our older leaders who would do most of the scoring," Richards said.
Foremost among scorers Friday were seniors Karen Wolf (21 points) and Deshea Wilkes (15 points).
Wolf added seven rebounds and was sturdy in the post on defense.
Down by 16, San Marcos went on a 9-0 run after Cynthia Diaz hit the second of her four 3s, bringing her team to within 27-20 late in the second quarter.
But as soon as they seemed threatened, the Nighthawks answered as Hernandez hit Wolf on a fast break near the hoop, resulting in a three-point play after a layup and successful free throw.
When Diaz came out in the second half, Murrieta Valley's defense adjusted and clamped down.
Diaz scored just one of her 19 points in the game's last 15 minutes of play.


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Single taxation: Co-op members may receive a dividend from the co-op based on how much money they spend towards group purchases. Regular companies are taxed at the corporate level and again when stockholders receive dividends. Members of the co-op will only be taxed when they receive their rebates but the money invested with the coop for purchasing is not taxed.
Less independence: When you buy items through your co-op and not directly through a vendor, you lose a little bit of autonomy. You might have to adjust your buying schedule based on the co-op's rules. Co-ops may have stricter payment terms compared to the revolving credit you have with a vendor.
Weakened participation: Sometimes small business owners refuse to make purchases through the co-op, which weakens its buying power. A lack of membership or inconsistent purchases can cause a co-op to be undercapitalized, which may limit the choice of goods and services it can purchase or the discounts it can get. Additionally, if one member fails to make a payment to the co-op, everyone in the co-op bears the burden.
Mismanagement: Cooperatives must elect a board of directors and hire a staff to manage the day to day operations of the cooperative. Like any business, mismanagement is a risk. Cooperatives must be diligent to find managers and corporate boards that have experience in cooperative finance, which is different from for profit corporations. If a manager does not understand the special nature of the cooperative's patrons they may not be able to fulfill the co-ops short term and long term financial goals.
A Reference for Forming Cooperative Businesses
A Guide for Cooperative Development
Basic Guide to Incorporating a Shared Services Cooperative
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"The people's musical returns!" trumpets a poster advertising the appearance of Blood Brothers in an English theater. It's kind of amusing that a show written by blue-collar advocate Willy Russell as relief from the budget-busting spectacles of Andrew Lloyd Webber would wind up competing with Webber in both ticket prices and tenure. In London, New York and cities across Europe and the United States, long runs for Blood Brothers have made Russell a wealthy man for its portrayal of how the economic circumstances we're born into determine our futures.
Russell--also staged worldwide with his comic dramas Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine--gained prominence in theater circles during the '80s, when he was an outspoken critic of the conservative Thatcher regime, but it would be unfair to call the playwright and composer a hypocrite for stockpiling more than a few quid. One of his artistic missions has always been to make clear that poverty is not evidence of a character flaw, but since he was raised in a very modest home himself, cynics might submit that his own success story contradicts his politics. Moreover, hawking those politics is what made him rich. American conservatives, certainly, would point this out; most Brits will at least acknowledge their social divisions, while the United States fancies itself a classless society. The different approaches to marketing Blood Brothers in the two countries drive this point home. Stateside, there's less emphasis on advertising this show as "the people's musical" and more as a fable about mystical fate.
It's that, too; the narrator for this story about twin brothers separated at birth into vastly different households is a seer who wields tarot cards and crystal balls and sees ominous signs in spilled salt and magpies. Most of the characters are bedeviled by superstition, especially one prophecy I hadn't heard that fuels the entire arc of action here: If either of a pair of separated twins is informed that they have another roaming the planet, both will die immediately. This one sounds a little too convenient for Russell's purposes to have originated elsewhere, but readers of this column who are interested in the arcane might recognize it.
Blood Brothers
Theatre Three, 2800 Routh St. in the Quadrangle
Through September 30; 214-871-3300
Political and cultural details aside, numerous problems plague both the book and score to Blood Brothers that Theatre Three, in a production directed by Terry Dobson, can't quite overcome. Dobson and his cast, in fact, add a couple of complications of their own in the process. But a pair of unusually clear-eyed, unfettered and forceful lead performances lends Theatre Three's version a sympathetic ardor that lingers well past the performers' final bows.
Set in contemporary England, Russell's musical follows the intertwined lives of Mickey (Michael Turner) and Eddie (Christopher Gleason) as recounted by the aforementioned mysterious Seer (Liz Mikel). Both are born into the welfare-aided, single-parent home of Mrs. Johnstone (Sally Soldo, wise and maternal but sporting an English accent that fades in and out like a weak radio station signal). Desperate to avert hunger in an already large family, she reluctantly agrees to give one of her twins to the affluent but infertile Mrs. Lyons (Julie Johnson, wonderfully chilly and equally desperate in her desire to love) and never disclose this secret. Through a series of destined accidents, the boys become best friends--literally "blood brothers," as they clasp skin-pricked hands in earnest oath--but are forced after high school to take dramatically divergent paths. Add a flirtatious young woman named Linda (Julie Stirman) who apparently has a thing for both of them, and you know it's only a matter of time before more blood is spilled.
As has been noted by many other critics, the music and lyrics in Blood Brothers betray the inexperienced composer that playwright Russell definitely is. For the most part, I found the songs unobtrusive interludes that ferry the tale along--not a bad thing, since musical writers who let their tunes take the lead often wind up penning the most egregious hokum when they switch to plot and dialogue. One irksome exception in this show is the song "Marilyn Monroe" that bookends both acts. It inexplicably stretches comparisons between the movie star and a multitude of characters and situations in this production until she and they snap.
The big numbers are reserved for the diva trio of Soldo, Johnson and Mikel. All are in unsurprisingly fine vocal form, although Mikel's Seer character--a kind of Bloody Mary knockoff--feels a bit extraneous here. Do we really need superstition personified to endow this show with portent? She often appears to have stepped in from a different musical.
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Otherwise, Blood Brothers boasts a large cast that's mostly new to Theatre Three's in-the-round space, including an ensemble of six young adults who play everything from neighbors to cops to judges to milkmen. In some cases, their enthusiasm outstrips their technique--from the ever-troublesome English accent to varieties of comic tone that waver between subdued and shrill, they're a ragtag crew that sometimes makes you feel as if you're watching a college production featuring first-year drama students.
Nowhere is this more emphatic than that fearsome theatrical tar pit in which many an able performer has gotten stuck--grown-ups playing children. The trick here is to recapture the memory of how, generally speaking, every sensory experience is more vivid and all-consuming of the attention during childhood. That's why time seems to pass so excruciatingly slow when you're a preadolescent; everyday sensations burn themselves longer and deeper into your protean psyche. This translates as an utter unawareness of self, which would presumably be antithetical to the discipline of acting. Because so few can do it, you often get the most sentimental or simply silly caricatures--childish behavior rather than being a child. Many of the neophytes here haven't found a way to pull it off.
What saves this staging of Blood Brothers--indeed, makes it memorable--is the two young men, also new to T3, who play the twins Mickey and Eddie. Turner and Gleason move from the pranks of 7-year-olds to adult responsibilities with impressive seamlessness. They're as convincing when they giggle about the word "fuck" on the playground as they are while sparring as college-aged chums. It's the details of their evolving friendship that give this production's tragic core real heft--taking in a porn film together, offering immature relationship advice, pining over a sense of personal incompleteness when the other isn't around. Turner has been given the meatier role as impoverished, embittered Mickey, and he's marvelous as he plays to the highest rows, evoking laughs and gasps.
With several caveats, I recommend Theatre Three's Blood Brothers, if only because the two star-crossed siblings build to a showdown that had the audience sucking in its collective breath. I just wish playwright Willy Russell didn't need to stack the deck so much to illustrate his opinions about the connections between poverty, crime and hopelessness. There are fine points to be scored in this seemingly endless debate, but that means a concession from both sides: Yes, poor people can raise themselves above their origins, but that process requires a daunting determination and abilities that many of us--even conservative politicians from middle- and upper-class backgrounds--don't possess. Can we realistically expect the poor to be more resourceful than, say, Dubya? Blood Brothers flirts with such complexities but is ultimately as interested in the ad hominem argument as any Webber extravaganza is in exploiting the easy, grand emotional gesture. Stoking class friction--however legitimate--is just a more noble way to go about it.


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I am an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. I received my PhD at the School of Information at University of Michigan where I was advised by Joan C. Durrance. I co-founded and continue to direct UIUC's Community Informatics Research Lab.
The overarching question that drives my research is this: Is community possible in the digital age? In posing this question, I follow in the footsteps of the early urban sociologists, who debated whether community was possible in the industrial age. In other words, I am asking to what extent are local communities sustainable in the information age, and how will they continue to support our lives. Answering this question requires insights into how and under what conditions people and institutions in local communities are using computers and the Internet—for community development, economic advancement, health, culture, and the myriad activities of everyday life. One specific aspect of this research is highly relevant to graduate library and information science education: What is the role of the public library in this process?
My scholarship makes use of five interrelated concepts:
community, social capital, public computing, cyberpower,
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A pastoral letter to the people of God of northern Colorado
on forming tomorrow's priests
+ Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Denver
September 8, 1999
To the people, religious, deacons, priests and seminarians of the Church in northern Colorado: Greetings and peace in Jesus Christ.
1. Every Christian lives a life on mission and in communion. This flows from the two mandates all believers share: to preach and teach the Gospel (Mt 28:19-20); and to love one another as Jesus loves us (Jn 13:34). These tasks reflect the fundamental equality and dignity of all persons within the Church. We are all infinitely loved by God. We are all called to be His leaven in the world.
2. But, as St. Paul observed, a body has many members, each with unique gifts to offer for the growth of others in holiness (1 Cor 12:12-13). So it is with every family. A family thrives when each member lives his or her role in joyful service to the others. The Church, as Body of Christ and family of faith, is the same. Within our shared vocation to be leaven of God's truth and love in society, we are each called to specific service in a particular state of life — lay, consecrated or ordained.
3. In founding the Our Lady of the New Advent Theological Institute, my hope is that God will build through it an environment where lay, consecrated and ordained persons can deepen their understanding of their own unique role in His plan, while also learning to respect and mutually support those called to different lives of service in the Church. Equality among the faithful does not mean interchangeability of roles. It does mean different gifts lived fully and authentically, and joined in common service for the benefit of all.
4. One of the great signs of the Holy Spirit's presence in our Church has been the renewal of the lay apostolate, especially since the Second Vatican Council. Another has been the emergence of new apostolic movements and forms of consecrated life. The Archdiocese of Denver has been unusually blessed by both. As our Institute develops new resources and grows to extend degree programs to new areas of formation, each of these signs will provide rich material for deeper pastoral reflection.
5. My task in this letter, however, is to focus on our most urgent need — a need which, if met, will most immediately advance the renewal of the whole Church in northern Colorado. The Church is not just a collection of individuals convened around a sacred text. She is a community — a community rooted both in God's Word and in sacrament. No matter how many other things bear good fruit for the Gospel in our day, there is no on-going presence of Jesus Christ in the world without the Church; there is no Church without the Eucharist; and there is no Eucharist without the priest. We need priests: good men, well formed; men of joy and courage; men who love Jesus Christ, love the Church and are eager to serve God's people. And — equally important — we need a community of faith which will foster and encourage these men, and support them as family in their sacrifices. But if we will this end, we must also will the means to achieve it. St. John Vianney Theological Seminary — at the heart of this new Institute — will provide the spiritual and academic resources necessary to accomplish this task.
6. As Pope John Paul II writes in his 1992 apostolic exhortation, I Will Give You Shepherds (Pastores Dabo Vobis; PDV), the vocation of priesthood is literally embedded in the life of the Church. In fact, the "priesthood cannot be defined except through [the] multiple and rich interconnection of relationships which arise from the Blessed Trinity and are prolonged in the communion of the Church" (12). In similar manner, the relationship between St. John Vianney Theological Seminary and Our Lady of the New Advent Theological Institute represents the communion of the various calls or states of life within the Church.
7. In the same document, John Paul notes, "The seminary can be seen as a place and a period in life. But it is above all an educational community in progress: It is a community established by the bishop to offer to those called by the Lord to serve as apostles, the possibility of re-living the experience of formation which our Lord provided for the Twelve" (60). The Holy Father identifies four components of that experience: human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral formation. It is to these four aspects of formation that our present and future seminarians will need to apply themselves.
8. The primary goal of the total seminary formation program, however, is to provide a strong and healthy sense of identity to those who will serve the Church as priests. One source of that identity is found in the Scripture passage where St. Paul speaks to husbands and fathers of their responsibility to serve their families in love: "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her" (Eph 5:25). Paul could be speaking just as directly to priests as to husbands and fathers. And, in fact, in Christ the High Priest we see the vocations of husband and priest combined. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) pairs the Sacraments of Matrimony and Ordination, referring to them both as "directed towards the salvation of others" (1534), and goes on to say:
"Esteem of virginity for the sake of the kingdom and the Christian understanding of marriage are inseparable, and they reinforce each other" (1620). John Paul II likewise pairs the two vocations in saying, "The priest is called to be the living image of Jesus Christ, the Spouse of the Church" (PDV, 22).
9. We live in age which defines a person's worth by profession and income. But the identity of the priest is not the sum of his professional or functional competence. As the Second Vatican Council pointed out in its Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests (Presbyterorum Ordinis; PO), a priest acts in persona Christi capitis — that is, in the place of Christ, the Head — in his three-fold role as sanctifier (priest), teacher (prophet) and shepherd (king) (PO, 2). But he does so always in a spousal relationship of love. The priest is called not merely to do things in and for the Church, but to be the lover of the Church. He must love her as Christ loves her, and Christ gave His life for her.
10 Therein lies a compelling, but often overlooked, reason for the celibacy of the priesthood. As a child of the God of abundant life, every human person desires to procreate new life. For the priest, celibacy is neither a rejection nor a repression of his sexuality, but a positive choice to be spiritually life-giving for the larger family of faith. A celibate priest is "unmarried," only in that he is not married to a particular, individual woman in that wonderful union created in the Sacrament of Matrimony. But he is — through the indelible mark conferred by the Sacrament of Orders, which leaves him forever configured to the celibate Christ — married to His Bride, the Church. As such, he becomes a sign to those in the married state of the radical love God asks of them. It is in recognition of his vocation as a husband to the believing community he serves that we traditionally call priests "father." In this way, we who are born into the Church through Baptism express our love for those who are wedded to our Mother the Church.
11. How best can we prepare men for this marriage to the Church? The great Eastern Father, Gregory Nazianzus, wrote that, "We must begin by purifying ourselves before purifying others; we must be instructed to be able to instruct, become light to illuminate, draw close to God to bring him close to others, be sanctified to sanctify, lead by the hand and counsel prudently." John Paul II has echoed Nazianzus's insight in his division of priestly formation into four main areas of focus mentioned above. (PDV, Chapter 5).
Human formation: ". . . purifying ourselves before purifying others."
12. Every priest is called to be the "living image" of Jesus, and therefore "should seek to reflect in himself, as far as possible, the human perfection which shines forth in the incarnate Son of God . . . the priest should mold his human personality in such a way that it becomes a bridge and not an obstacle for others in their meeting with Jesus Christ" (43).
13. The human perfection of Christ does not make Him less fully human but precisely more so. He is what God wills all of us to become. The priest becomes more human, not less, by striving for the full human maturity which shows itself in the natural virtues. Thus the Holy Father writes that, "Future priests should therefore cultivate a series of human qualities, not only out of proper and due growth and realization of self, but also with a view to the ministry. These qualities are needed for them to be balanced people, strong and free, capable of bearing the weight of pastoral responsibilities. They need to be educated to love the truth, to be loyal, to respect every person, to have a sense of justice, to be true to their word, to be genuinely compassionate, to be men of integrity and, especially, to be balanced in judgment and behavior" (43).
14. As is the case for any believer, priests should not simply excuse or underestimate the common human failings against which they struggle, in the way some modern psychologies suggest. Especially when such weaknesses may give scandal, real humility requires that we not merely recognize our failings but call on the grace of God to strengthen us where we are humanly weak. This is what St. Paul means when he declares, "I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me" (2 Cor 12:9).
15. John Paul II particularly stresses the importance of an affective maturity which lays the foundation for the priest's whole gift of himself in all the relationships to which his ministry calls him. Without the capacity to express and receive a mature, brotherly love which embraces all the "physical, psychic and spiritual" aspects of the human person, the obligations of the priesthood become a burden. This is particularly true of the charism of celibacy, which must be built upon an "affective maturity which is prudent, able to renounce anything that is a threat to it, vigilant over both body and spirit, and capable of esteem and respect in interpersonal relationships between men and women" (44).
16. For the celibate priest, the "nuptial meaning of the body" is expressed by reserving physical sexual expression in the same way that Jesus did. Just as Christ offered Himself on the cross as a consummation of the marriage between Himself and the Church, it is by making of their bodies a spiritual sacrifice (Rm 12:1) that priests wed themselves to the Bride of Christ. "The Church, as the Spouse of Jesus Christ, wishes to be loved by the priest in the total and exclusive manner in which Jesus Christ her head and Spouse loved her" (29).
17. While grace can overcome any weakness, seminarians should strive for an understanding of self which neither discounts the importance of their God-given sexuality nor naively underestimates the demands of a celibate life. In a very real way, the seminary is a period of prenuptial preparation in which a man seeks, by the grace of God, to make himself the sort of man the Church wants and needs as her Spouse. Again, as John Paul II notes, "the priest's life ought to radiate this spousal character, which demands that he be a witness to Christ's spousal love and thus be capable of loving
people with a heart which is new, generous and pure — with genuine self-detachment, with full, constant and faithful dedication and at the same time with a kind of 'divine jealousy' (cf. 2 Cor 11:2) — and even with a kind of maternal tenderness, capable of bearing 'the pangs of birth' until 'Christ be formed' in the faithful (cf. Gal. 4:19)" (22).
18. Just as marriage requires free and willing consent, the gift of celibacy can only be received if it is freely and willingly embraced by the priest. Unfortunately, some people in recent decades resent it, hope it will be changed, or internalize it in a purely legalistic way. Yet without consent to the bride, the priestly life will never be as fruitful as it can be. This consent to the Church is expressed and consummated in each priest's loving and generous availability to God's people. As the Catechism so beautifully says, "Accepted with a joyous heart, celibacy radiantly proclaims the Reign of God" (CCC, 1579).
Spiritual formation: "Be sanctified to sanctify."
19. A proper human formation leads to an openness to the possibility of sanctity. That possibility is realized through intimacy with God in the Trinity. "Spiritual formation," declares John Paul, "should be conducted in such a way that the students may learn to live in intimate and unceasing union with God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit." (PDV, 45, quoting the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Training of Priests [Optatam Totius; OT], 8.)
20. As the Holy Father teaches, Christ is the key to entry into that divine communion of love. "Those who take on the likeness of Christ the priest by sacred ordination should form the habit of drawing close to him as friends in every detail of their lives" (ibid., emphasis added). In his apostolic letter As the Third Millennium Draws Near (Tertio Millennio Adveniente; TMA) John Paul II adds, "It is therefore necessary to inspire in all the faithful a true longing for holiness, a deep desire for conversion and personal renewal in a context of ever more intense prayer and of solidarity with one's neighbor" (42). Without daily prayer a priest cannot meet the responsibilities of his vocation. This is true for Christians in every vocation — but how much more so for the priest, who must serve as a kind of scout, guide and agent of hope for those who choose to tread the spiritual path cut by Christ, the pioneer and perfector of our faith (Heb 12:2).
21. The obligations of the priestly state in fact include daily recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours, with and for the whole Church. Priests should above all seek to offer the Eucharist daily, since it is "[from] this unique sacrifice their whole priestly ministry draws its strength" (CCC, 1566). A regular recourse to the Sacrament of Reconciliation is also a requisite to any advancement in the spiritual life.
22. Seminarians should never think of these anchors of the priestly life as burdens from which one might need a break or respite. They are not just things that a priest does, but integral to who the priest is. The priest cannot be just a man who prays; he must be a man of prayer, a man transformed by constant prayer. The life of prayer must also include daily reading of and reflection on the Sacred Scriptures, the Word of God. Without a deep familiarity with the "plan of the mystery" revealed in Christ (Eph 3:9), a priest cannot disclose that mystery to others.
23. Of course, celebration of the Eucharist, recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours and the reading of Sacred Scripture form the solid foundation for meditative prayer. This, too, needs to be a daily part of the life of a priest. Many use the Rosary as a springboard for deeper meditation. This staple of Catholic piety deserves a place in the daily regime of priests. One great advantage to the Rosary is that it generates in us a Marian, and, therefore, maternal outlook which can bring the priest to a deeper sense of the complementarity and ultimate unity of the masculine and feminine dimensions in
the plan of God. Our modern schedules can make time for prayer a scarcity — but a priest must schedule God first and other duties second. Without the first, he won't have much to offer those which follow.
24. A few words should also be said about what used to be called "mortification." Fasting and other forms of self-discipline are essentially a form of practice in self-giving. If we are constantly allowing ourselves the many luxuries which the modern world places before us, we will not be ready to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of those we ought to love: God and neighbor. This is particularly difficult for young men today who have been raised in a culture — new to human history — in which news, food and all forms of entertainment are constantly available. These things can rob us of the time, space and silence we need to grow in the spiritual life. They can also subtly distance us from the suffering of the poor at home and abroad. Little, quiet gifts of self to God in the form of small sacrifices go a very long way toward reorienting us away from an addictive concern with the consumption of things toward a loving availability to God and neighbor.
25. Prayer and fasting, along with constant dedication to the service of God's people, teach priests to draw close to Christ as a friend in every detail of their lives. In every detail, because through the disciplines of prayer and the self-offering, whether formal or spontaneous, Christ is explicitly invited into every circumstance of the priestly apostolate, into every circumstance of a priest's life. "Through this identification with Christ crucified, as a slave, the world can rediscover the value of austerity, of suffering
and also of martyrdom within the present culture, which is imbued with secularism, greed and hedonism." (PDV, 48).
26. The "Spirituality Year" which we have established in the Archdiocese of Denver as the first year of vocational discernment builds on the success of similar efforts elsewhere, especially in the Archdiocese of Paris. Our first two years of experience with this program have been uniquely fruitful in acquainting men with the joys and challenges of priestly commitment before they begin formal philosophical and theological studies on their road to ordination. The Spirituality Year has captured the hearts and minds of the men who have experienced it, leading them to a deeper intimacy with Jesus, the Church and particularly with Christ's presence in the Eucharist. It is therefore a program we will gladly and gratefully continue. Intellectual formation: "We must be instructed to be able to instruct, become light to illuminate."
27. One of the greatest challenges faced in opening any new seminary is the design of a sufficiently strong academic program. As an archdiocese, our sincere gratitude goes to Regis University for generously enabling us to complete the college education of some of our undergraduate seminarians through its programs. Moreover, by the good graces of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, we have been extended affiliate status as a theological institute. This is a marvelous honor, and it means that the Lateran itself will grant all degrees conferred at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary. That status is based upon what the Lateran's theology faculty perceives to be the quality of the program of studies we will be offering. The Church, of course, supplies specific guidelines for seminary studies. These stress that intellectual formation is not a thing apart from human, spiritual or pastoral formation. The desire to know is, after all, a central part of being human. Seminary study aims at an ever deeper understanding of the mysteries expressed in the spiritual life; and it prepares the seminarian to offer the pastoral guidance to those who need to find in those same mysteries the meaning of their joys and sorrows.
28. The particular social problems of our day, the high level of educational achievement among many Catholics in America, and the demands of prudent leadership in the Church all require that seminarians receive "an extremely vigorous intellectual formation" (PDV, 51). That kind of a formation is especially needed for those who will serve as future agents in the Church's diakonia [service] of the truth (see Pope John Paul II's encyclical Faith and Reason [Fides et Ratio], 2). Therefore, for most of those who come to our vocation program with a bachelor's degree in some area other than philosophy, their intellectual formation will include two years of philosophy study and four of theology.
29. Like good stewards of the Kingdom, we intend to draw out both the old and the new to present to our seminarians. They will be exposed to the masters of intellectual history in the areas of philosophy and theology, from the ancient Greeks and Apostolic Fathers to the most contemporary authors. We will aim at a combination of philosophical, theological and practical pastoral training that will result in the "unified, internally coherent curriculum" that the Church calls for in seminaries (see the U.S. bishops' Program of Priestly Formation [PPF], 351; see also Pope John Paul II's apostolic exhortation, Christian Wisdom [Sapientia Christiana; SC], Art 67.2). Of course, that must include an approach to theology which is "comprehensive and extensive, covering the range of Christian doctrine" (PPF, 339). And, in keeping with the declaration of the Second Vatican Council that "the 'study of the sacred page' should be the very soul of theology" (see the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation [Dei Verbum], 24, and SC, Art 67.1.), we seek to make the Scriptures the very foundation of the curriculum.
30. It is vital that the various components of seminary life, classes, liturgies, service in parishes and to the poor, as well as the time set aside for personal prayer, all contribute to a unified vision of the Gospel message in all its beauty. By this means "a purely abstract approach to knowledge is overcome in favor of that intelligence of heart which knows how 'to look beyond,' and then is in a position to communicate the mystery of God to the people" (PDV, 51). Pastoral formation: "Draw close to God to bring Him close to others . . . lead by the hand and counsel prudently."
31. As John Paul II writes, "The whole training of [seminary] students should have as its object to make them shepherds of souls after the example of our Lord Jesus Christ, teacher, priest and shepherd." (PDV, 57, quoting the Second Vatican Council in PO, 4). The formation of the candidate for ordination must aim at inculcating a pastoral charity which will enable the priest to be the "living image of Christ" he is called to be. To image Christ — the Good Shepherd and Spouse of the Church — the seminarian's formation must have a specifically pastoral orientation. It is not enough that one be emotionally, spiritually and intellectually mature. All these attributes have to be placed at the service of others in the priesthood.
32. Thus, add-on "ministry" courses are not enough in the pastoral formation of young men for the priesthood. Pastoral formation requires that the seminarian be able to integrate what he has learned by study, with what he has learned by experience. Every moment of the process of growth in the seminary should make reference to the pastoral setting. In addition to specific classes in areas like pastoral counseling, parish management and homiletics, we will rely heavily on our pastors and people in this process of introducing and preparing men for work in parochial ministry. It is my sincere hope that summer placement with the pastors of the Archdiocese of Denver and with the people in the parishes of northern Colorado will be real occasions for growth for our seminarians. In these places above all, they will learn how to love the Bride of Christ as she needs to be loved: as Christ Himself loves her.
33. It is particularly appropriate that our new seminary is named in honor of St. John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests. He had a tremendous esteem for the priesthood while, in his great humility, he always seemed to distance himself from the dignity he recognized in the office he had received. Whenever others offered him compliments or praised his holiness, he always deflected those toward the office of the priest. We can do no better in our reflections on priestly formation than to pray over his own words as they appear in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: "If we really understood the priest on earth, we would die not of fright but of love . . . The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus."
34. Inviting, fostering and encouraging this love in young men is the work of the whole Catholic community. We live at a unique moment in the life of our local Church. The Institute and Seminary we inaugurate this fall offer us the opportunity to bring the "new evangelization" alive in a fresh and dramatic way. But this cannot be achieved in a vacuum.
35. I ask every Catholic young man of the archdiocese to listen deeply for God's will in his life, and to consider the priesthood honestly and sincerely. I have spoken here of the sacrifices required of priests, and rightly so. As with married life, priesthood is a serious choice in response to God's call. It has life-changing consequences. But — also as with married life — it is not merely life-changing, but life-giving. When genuinely given over to Christ, priesthood is a life of joy, courage, freedom and fraternity; a life of fruitfulness and meaning. And these things far outweigh its challenges. This is not merely my own experience of priesthood. I have seen the same witness again and again in dozens of brother priests. To give in to fear is to give in to the biggest lie of our age. Do not be afraid to answer to God's call.
36. I ask the priests of northern Colorado — men who serve the Lord and His Church so well — to encourage our young men in their discernment, to enthusiastically support the new opportunities this Seminary provides for our Church, and to communicate the happiness and fulfillment they have experienced in their priestly ministry.
37. Finally, I ask the Catholic people of northern Colorado to open their hearts in support of this effort. To pray daily for vocations to the priesthood is essential. But God answers our prayers when we actively seek to cooperate with His will. I ask parents to cultivate a love for the Church and her sacraments in their children. I especially urge them to model a love for the priesthood to their children by supporting our priests in daily parish life. Nothing wounds the priesthood more than uncharitable and unthinking criticism of the priest by his people. And nothing so wonderfully energizes our priests as the sincere respect, gratitude and love of the parish family. Above all, I ask our Catholic people to create an environment in their homes where vocations to the priesthood are stimulated, discussed, and received by children as a worthy and holy personal choice.
38. I began this pastoral letter by observing that every Christian life is lived on mission and in communion. I close on the same note. The Church is an ecology of love. She is most fruitful when her members love well. This fall, God brings to fruition a hope for our Church first voiced by my predecessor, Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, and built on the foundation of his good stewardship and the zeal of the many priests, deacons, lay and consecrated persons who collaborated in bringing this project so far, so fast. With the opening of Our Lady of the New Advent Theological Institute and St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, we have a unique invitation to listen and respond to God's call. We need priests. God will surely send them. May He inspire those he sends, and each of us to whom they are sent, to love with the kind of love which makes all things new; to love one another and the Lord,"as Christ loved the Church."
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2001 Mariners: Where are they now?
2001 Mariners: Where are they now?
Bret Boone
Stats: 158 games, .331 AVG (206-for-623), 141 RBI, 37 HR, 118 runs
The 2001 season was an unbelievable offensive year for Boone, who reached career highs in batting average, home runs, triples, runs and hits while leading the league in RBIs. He started at second base in the All-Star Game and finished third in the American League MVP voting.
For his incredible success in 2001, he credited Edgar Martinez for helping him set high goals and change his thought process in the on-deck circle and at the plate.
Boone played four more seasons with the Mariners, and one more with the Twins in his last full season in 2005. He signed a Minor League contract with the Mets in '06 during Spring Training, but called it quits soon after.
"When I walked out of camp in 2006, it was like the weight of the world was off my shoulders," Boone said. "I felt like I had been in a pressure cooker for 15 years and it was over with.
"I was so happy, and six months later I was looking around thinking, 'Wait a minute, now what do I do?"
So Boone came out of retirement in 2008 and signed a Minor League contract with the Mets, but he quickly realized that his body simply could no longer handle the everyday grind of the Major Leagues.
He is now keeping busy with his four kids -- ages 15 and 12 and 7-year-old twins -- in Southern California. Boone is a third-base coach for his son's travel team, while former star closer Trevor Hoffman is the first-base coach, and says he's itching to get back into the big leagues as a manager.
Jay Buhner
Stats: 19 games, two HR, .222 AVG (10-for-45)
Though Buhner was sidelined for much of the 2001 season with injuries, he provided a veteran presence in the clubhouse and was a mentor for many of the young players on the team.
He finished his 15-year career -- 14 of those seasons with the Mariners -- in 2001 with the 116-win season. The former All-Star ended up with 310 career home runs and was inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame in '04.
Buhner resides in Sammamish, Wash., and helps coach his 16-year-old son's select baseball team.
"I love it," Buhner said of coaching. "I mean, that's in the blood. I enjoy helping these kids out and getting them ready for the next level. I wish I had someone [around] who had [played] 14 years in big leagues so I could pick their brain and kind of find out the do's and don'ts."
He still drops by the Mariners' broadcasting booth from time to time and does endorsement work on the side.
Norm Charlton
Stats: 4-2 record, 3.02 ERA, 44 games, 47 2/3 IP, 48 Ks
After helping the Mariners reach the playoffs in 1995 as a closer, "The Sheriff" returned to Seattle for his final season in 2001. He was a lefty specialist in the strong Seattle bullpen.
From 2003-07, Charlton was a Minor League rover for the Mariners, and in '08 he became Seattle's bullpen coach. The lefty says he enjoyed turning his players into better pitchers and better bullpen guys, but losing so much -- the Mariners lost 101 games that season -- really hurt.
"We were losing more games than we were winning, and for me, that's not fun at all," Charlton said. "If you're a competitor and you got the drive and [have] done the things I've done, it eats at your soul every night you go home with a loss."
After 2008, he turned his attention from baseball to fishing, and he now runs his own charter-boat fishing trips in Rockport, Texas, just an hour from his hometown of San Antonio. Norm Charlton's Big League Adventures opened in '09, and the 48-year-old begins his day around 4:30 a.m. at the bait shop, and ends when it gets too hot or his clients have caught enough fish.
"I spent a lot of summers down here, a lot of time fishing on the Gulf Coast," Charlton said. "My dad and grandfather taught me to fish when I was younger, and my best friend is a fishing guy here. It's kind of natural for me to retire here."
Charles Gipson
Stats: 94 games, .219 AVG (14-for-64), 16 runs
The athletic Gipson was an oft-used pinch-runner and defensive specialist for the 2001 Mariners, playing in 94 games -- 65 of them in the outfield.
"For a lot of people, it's tough to go sit the whole game and try to throw somebody out or try to make a catch on cold legs," he said. "But that's what my job was, and I embraced it."
Gipson would go on to play another season with Seattle before helping the Yankees win the 2003 AL pennant, and he was a part of the '05 Astros' National League pennant-winning squad.
After baseball, Gipson's life took an interesting turn, as he spent 2006 in Iraq and Afghanistan with a private contracting company that worked with the government while working side-by-side with the U.S. military.
"My whole life, I've been blessed with baseball and meeting great people, and I just felt the urge to give back and to do something different," Gipson said. "I wanted to do something different that wasn't selfish, and I wanted to totally go out on the limb. I wanted to be in that area to support our troops and our government as much as we could."
Gipson now lives in Houston, and works with a local school district as a behavior specialist.
John Halama
Stats: 31 games, 110 1/3 IP, 10-7, 4.73 ERA, 50 Ks
Halama was the No. 5 starter on the 2001 team. His last year in the big leagues was in '06 with Baltimore, and then the Brooklyn native pitched in independent ball and Triple-A through 2010.
This year, Halama decided to take his arm to Taiwan, where he spent three months in a small, four-team Chinese professional league.
"It's different. It's really different," he said of his time in Taiwan. "You play five games a week, so you get seven to nine days of rest between starts. It's a different baseball style, and you travel in a bus the whole time."
Halama is now back in the U.S., and he is playing independent ball again in the Atlantic League for the Lancaster Barnstormers. He isn't sure when he'll hang up the cleats, but for now he's "just having too much fun."
Stan Javier
Stats: 89 games, .292 AVG (82-for-281), 44 R, 33 RBI, 11 SB
Javier ended his 17-year MLB career -- which included a World Series ring in 1989 with Oakland -- in an important veteran role on the 2001 Mariners, coming off the bench and providing offense and defense when needed.
"Stan Javier was tremendous, as far as a veteran guy that just epitomizes being a professional and bringing that attitude," Boone said.
Javier retired after the 2001 season and spent a little time away from the game with his kids back in his hometown of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. He then bought a winter-ball team -- Los Gigantes -- and helped a club that had finished last in its league for eight straight years to qualify for the playoffs during both of the years under his ownership.
In 2006, Javier became involved with the MLB Players Association, and was the general manager for the Dominican Republic teams in the World Baseball Classic in '06 and '09.
He has since been spending time raising his three kids, including helping his 21-year-old daughter represent the Dominican Republic in equestrian competitions.
"I got more nervous doing that than playing in the World Series," Javier said with a laugh.
Tom Lampkin
Stats: 79 games, .225 AVG (46-for-204), 5 HR, 22 RBI
Lampkin played in 79 games for the 2001 team, serving as a backup to starting catcher Dan Wilson. After the 116-win campaign, he went on to enjoy his final -- and best -- season in 2002 with San Diego, where he had career highs in at-bats (281), home runs (10), and RBIs (37).
Now at his home in Vancouver, Wash., Lampkin serves as head coach for the newly opened Union High School. He also coaches his 14-year-old son -- who will attend Union High next fall -- on a summer-league baseball team.
As for MLB, Lampkin, 47, may get back into the league at some point. But for now, it's all about being Dad.
"Haven't got back into it professionally," Lampkin said. "There might be a time where I might want to. But right now, there are still things at home where Dad needs to be home. As long as that's the case, then that's where I'll be."
Al Martin
Stats: 100 games, .240 AVG (68-for-283), 42 RBI
Martin was another member of the 2001 team who played an important role off the bench, as a left fielder and also as a veteran in the clubhouse.
Martin reunited with manager Lou Piniella for one year in 2003 at Tampa Bay, and played one season in the Korea Baseball Organization in '04 before calling it quits.
Martin said he still keeps in touch with a few guys from the 2001 team, and that "as far as the 25 guys on that team, I could call any one of them and they would be there for me in a heartbeat. That's pretty special."
The 43-year-old resides in Scottsdale, Ariz., and helps with Nike SPARQ youth clinics and Boys & Girls Club events.
Mark McLemore
Stats: 125 games, .286 AVG (117-for-409), 39 SBs
McLemore was Seattle's "supersub" in 2001, playing almost every day despite not starting regularly at a specific position, and he was an important player for the Mariners on both offense and defense.
"Mark McLemore played a huge role, a pivotal role, wherever he was asked," Boone said.
Perhaps his most memorable moment that season came on Sept. 19, 2001, after Seattle's first home game since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. After the Mariners clinched a playoff berth with a 5-0 win over the Angels, McLemore and teammate Mike Cameron led a somber celebration, and walked around Safeco Field hoisting the American flag in a moment that is cemented in McLemore's mind forever.
"That was probably the most special moment in my career -- and not just in my career, but my life," remembered McLemore. "Behind the birth of my children and my marriage, that was definitely up there in the special moments.
"Just being able to hold that flag, I wasn't holding it as a ballplayer, but as an American. We felt we were celebrating not only with each other or our fans, but we felt like we were celebrating with the world, because we had all gone through so much over that past week. It was very humbling for me to be a part of that."
McLemore played two more years in Seattle before finishing his career in Oakland in 2004. He got his start in broadcasting as an analyst for ESPN in '05, and has spent the past five years as a pregame and postgame analyst for the Texas Rangers.
He resides in Southlake, Texas, and keeps up with his 17-year-old and 16-year-old sons, who both play on high school and summer-league teams.
Jeff Nelson
Stats: 69 games, 4-3, 2.76 ERA, 65 1/3 IP, 88 Ks
Along with lefty Arthur Rhodes, "Nellie" was a part of a one-two middle relief punch that helped Seattle boast one of baseball's best bullpens in 2001.
"All we had to do was make it a six-inning game for a starter, and we would wind up winning those games because our bullpen was so strong," Nelson said.
Nelson returned to the Mariners in 2005, and retired after the '06 season with the White Sox. He continued appearing on a one-hour radio show for KJR in Seattle until two years ago, and has been working with XM radio and MLB.com since then.
Nelson and his family have lived in Seattle since 1992, but are moving back to Nelson's hometown of Baltimore this weekend.
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Stats: 45 saves, 66 2/3 IP, 3.24 ERA, 62 K
If the 2001 Mariners took a lead into the ninth inning, a win was almost always ensured -- thanks to the efforts of Sasaki. With his nasty split-finger fastball, nicknamed "The Thang," Sasaki finished second in the AL with 45 saves and made the first of two All-Star appearances.
He left Seattle to go back to his native Japan after the 2003 season, and he spent a year-and-a-half with the Yokohama BayStars in Japan -- the professional team that he had debuted for in 1990.
Now, Sasaki lives in Tokyo and is a commentator for TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System). He spent this past spring helping out with a Korean professional team during its Spring Training as a temporary pitching coach. He has four children, and his oldest son stars for the Tohoku High School baseball team, Sasaki's alma mater.
Aaron Sele
Stats: 34 games, 15-5, 3.60 ERA, 114 K
Sele matched fellow starter Jamie Moyer's finesse style from the left side with his own finesse from the right, finishing with the team's second-lowest ERA at 3.60.
The now 41-year-old spent three seasons with the Angels from 2002-04, winning the World Series in '02. He returned to the Mariners for one year in '05, and ended his career in '07 with the Mets.
That didn't mean Sele's involvement in the big leagues was over. Since 2009, he has worked with the Dodgers as an assistant to the general manager, helping out with Minor League contracts, lending a hand during the Trade Deadline and also traveling around to help coaches in their evaluations.
It's been a great gig for Sele, who now has time to stay involved with the big leagues and spend time with his four daughters.
"It's nice to be around more," he said. "I set my own schedule and still get to travel and be around baseball -- something I still love -- but I don't miss any time with the family."
Dan Wilson
Stats: 123 games, .265 AVE (100-for-377), 10 HR, 42 RBI, .999 FLD
Boone called Wilson the "rock" of the 2001 team. Wilson was another veteran presence in the clubhouse, and was solid behind the plate, anchoring the league's best pitching staff with a .999 fielding percentage (one error in 744 chances).
He finished off his 11-year stint with the Mariners in 2005, and ended his 14-year career with a .995 fielding percentage -- the sixth highest for a catcher in Major League history.
Wilson resides in Seattle, and is helping to raise his four kids -- two girls (17, 15) and two boys (13, 10). He frequently drops by the Mariners' broadcasting booth and says he enjoys the games from the press box.
"It's fun to do, and it's a very different perspective of the game," Wilson said of broadcasting. "It's a neat way to stay involved."
Taylor Soper is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Police say they remain hopeful of finding the remains of schoolgirl Moira Anderson who disappeared 60 years ago.
On Monday, divers were searching a canal as part of investigations into the disappearance and are expected to retrieve "objects" for assessment by forensics.
Moira was 11-years-old when she disappeared after leaving her grandmother's home to go to the shop for groceries 60 years ago.
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Her disappearance remains one of Scotland's longest-running criminal mysteries.
But following a full scientific examination of a site in Carnbroe, North Lanarkshire, police confirmed five areas of interest have been identified.
And a "recovery phase" within the parameters of Monkland Canal is now underway.
Police divers, led by Superintendent Pat Campbell, are sifting through 2.5metres of silt at designated points where an initial search using earth science techniques discovered anomalies at the bottom of the canal.
Teams of four divers are searching at a time in a small orange boat in a bid to recover large buckets of silt which will then be examined by forensic experts.
Speaking as the search entered its sixth day, Superintendent Campbell detailed what they are hoping to achieve.
He said: "There are five distinct areas which have been identified for us.
"They relate to items or structures within the silt layer which we are now going to deploy divers into the water to remove these objects.
"They have been highlighted to us by some of the specialist scans on the waterway.
"From now until Thursday we will be under water.
"We have specialists from the University of Dundee who specialise in the identification of bone and bone structures, so anything which is removed from the canal of any concern, they will be able to identify whether it is human or otherwise."
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While remaining cautious on what could be found, Superintendent Campbell said he believed there will be bone fragment found.
He said: "We will be able to recover what the anomalies are and we are very confident that we will be able to remove the items.
"Any bones that we do recover, we have the specialists on site to determine whether they are canine or human.
"If they are human, it will be a slow process to identify them."
The family of Moira declined to be present at the site of the search but do remain hopeful that their 60 years of agony will finally come to a conclusion soon.
Superintendent Campbell said: "Moira's two sisters have been fully updated on what we are doing here.
"They are realistic on the chances of finding anything but they have been very supportive of us.
"They are extremely hopeful that we can bring this to a successful end."
On the day of Moira's disappearance, she was spotted getting on a bus driven by convicted paedophile Alexander Gartshore.
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In 1957, a witness then reported seeing a tall man - whose description matched Gartshore's appearance - carrying a large bag the day after Moira disappeared, although police failed to follow this up at the time.
He died aged 85 in 2006 and was never charged with the disappearance of Moira.
However, in 2014, Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC named Gartshore as the likely killer of Moira as there is sufficient credible and reliable evidence.
Superintendent Campbell ruled out the possibility of the disappearance being linked to a larger paedophile network.
He said: "We have absolutely nothing to indicate that theory."


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Errors cripple Snappers against Timber Rattlers
Gazette staff
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Errors doomed the Beloit Snappers late in a game at Wisconsin on Monday.
The Snappers piled up five errors that led to five unearned runs in a 7-3 loss to the Timber Rattlers in Midwest League baseball action.
After giving up three runs—one earned—in the bottom of the sixth inning, Beloit catcher Josh Ludy hit a home run to tie the game, 3-3.
But Wisconsin got an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh and three more—one earned—runs in the eighth to pull away.
Ryan Mathews went 2-for-3 for the Snappers, including a double and his 12th home run.
The two teams play again this afternoon.


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RG3 did a lot in his first week as an NFL quarterback. He got his first win. He got the NFL Offensive POW. And he's started a new craze…of course by accident.
#Griffining has arrived..
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Cougars win home opener in three sets
Morris, Minn. - The University of Minnesota, Morris kept up their winning ways Tuesday night at the P.E. center sweeping Macalester 25-13, 25-21, 25-19.
Kaylie Clark had a team high 20 digs, tying a career high while also adding eight kills. Her teammate Emily Auch had 16 kills, one shy of tying her career best as the D held the Scots to just .030 hitting on the night.
Brita Humphrey helped the Cougars pull away in the first set with four straight aces propelling UMM to take a 17-9 lead. MAC would never get closer than eight the rest of the first set as UMM got a kill from Auch to end it.
In the second set UMM and Macalester battled back and forth with neither team seeming to break free from the other. The set had nine ties and four lead changes, but it would be UMM who scored four straigh points to go from trailing 17-16 to leading 20-17. The Scots pulled within one at 20-19, but UMM ended up taking the set 25-21.
The third and final set saw UMM jump out to a quick 5-2 lead before the Scots pulled back even and took a lead at 10-9. That lead did not last long as the Cougars took a 11-10 lead moments later thanks to back-to-back blocks. The set remained close until four straight points gave UMM the 18-15 lead, a lead they never gave up. Jennifer Scmidt ended the match for the Cougars with a kill, giving UMM the 25-19 win.
Minnesota Morris is back in action on Friday as they take on Mayville State (N.D.) at 4:30 p.m. and Mount Marty (S.D) at 8:00 p.m. Mount Marty and Mayville State will play each other in between the UMM matches.


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Bowlmor Transforms Bowling into Exciting Entertainment with YCD and ScreenPlay Technologies
YCD Multimedia announced that Bowlmor, one of the most successful bowling concepts in the US, has started to install an innovative platform in its venues that provides on-screen music and video entertainment.
New York, June 11, 2013 - YCD Multimedia, a leading global provider of smart digital signage solutions, today announced that Bowlmor, one of the most successful bowling concepts in the US, has started to install an innovative platform in its venues that provides on-screen music and video entertainment. The project aims to create a more show-like and fun dance club atmosphere where the game is combined with visual effects and music, according to the audience's taste. The rich media environment also makes the bowling centers a great place to host private parties and events.
The innovative system, ScreenCast, developed by ScreenPlay Entertainment, is based on YCD's content management solution (YCD|CMS) and YCD's automated and fully synchronized audio and video player (YCD|Player). The first system was installed at Bowlmor's bowling center in Union Square, New York, a second in Bethesda, Maryland followed by Strike in Miami. Each location is equipped with numerous huge screens, creating a unique, unprecedented audio-visual wow experience.
The ScreenCast system gives the bowling center's managers complete control through an intuitive touchscreen interface, enabling them to become "instant experts" on building custom programs, scheduling dayparts, and system administration. Bowling center managers can create their own playlists from ScreenPlay's massive music video library, or use ScreenPlay's programmers to deliver tailor-made playlists for general audiences, specific crowds or events.
"Everything is working perfectly here in the Bethesda bowling alley, and I am extremely happy with the product," said Tony D'Angelo, General Manager of Bowlmor in Bethesda.
"It's really encouraging to see another customer getting the results they need from a YCD-based solution," said Noam Levavi, YCD's CEO. "This project is a great example of how digital multimedia works to create an experience that fits a brand and provides a sensory-rich experience for the customer. Bowlmor's managers can be in complete control of what's happening and can manage the style of the environment to enhance a particular event or circumstance."
"Music and the content that's on your screens are two of the most defining elements of a venue's atmosphere," said Keri Maxwell, General Manager, ScreenPlay Entertainment. "With YCD's software, combined with our solution, service and experience, we are able to provide Bowlmor with compelling on-screen content and pitch-perfect music, as well as content management capabilities, allowing a totally customizable experience depending on event, crowd or theme."
About YCD Multimedia
YCD Multimedia is an industry leader providing corporations and organizations worldwide with advanced digital media solutions and applications within the retail environment, as well as other industries. YCD's flexible platforms help businesses attract clients, reinforce branding and ensure a measurable impact on their business. YCD's end-to-end offering combines strategy, professional services and technology to increase profits, optimize product mix and enhance the customer experience. To date, the company has partnered with over 2,000 customers, including Fortune 500 corporations and some of the world's most recognized brands, such as Burger King, Coca-Cola, Toyota, Estee Lauder, Ferrari, Cartier, and Diesel. Founded in 1999, YCD Multimedia is headquartered in the United States with offices in the United Kingdom and Israel, and has an international network of resellers serving clients around the globe. In October 2011 YCD acquired C-nario, a global provider of digital signage software solutions. For more information, visit www.ycdmultimedia.com
About Bowlmor
With headquarters in New York City, Bowlmor operates upscale bowling and entertainment venues that specialize in corporate and team building events, private parties, fundraisers, and social events, as well as offer walk-in retail bowling. Bowlmor creates imaginative, exciting, and memorable entertainment that features high-end, stylish bowling in a chic, modern lounge setting. Bowlmor locations have often earned several hundred thousand dollars per lane per year, making it one of the best performing bowling facility operators in North America.
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Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, ScreenPlay is the source of the largest music video library licensed for business. Representing hundreds of labels, new content is acquired daily and you won't find a larger back catalog anywhere in the word. Over 9,000 locations receive ScreenPlay content monthly. We seek technology partners who allow us to deliver the content on the most innovated platforms available. ScreenPlay is a highly client focused company and we aim to provide the best customer service in the business. Our clients include Fox and Hound, Silver Jeans, Hard Rock Caf�, Norwegian Cruise Lines and many others.
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Bob Gene Robinson
Bob Gene Robinson, age 80, of Fairfield, Iowa, passed away Friday, August 30, 2013, at Great River Hospice House in Burlington, Iowa.
Visitation for family and friends will be Thursday September 5th, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with military rites at 6:00 at the Behner Funeral Home & Crematory, with cremation to follow.
Memorials can be made out to Hospice of Central Iowa or Great River Hospice in Burlington, Iowa. Cards can be sent to 2133 241st Street, Fairfield, Iowa 52556.
Bob was born January 21, 1933, to Harry Robinson and Mary McOninch in Monroe County, Iowa, and graduated in 1950 from Albia High School. He medically retired from the U.S. Army as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 after 29 years of active duty in both the Army and Air Force. Overseas duty included tours in Korea and Vietnam during each of those conflicts. Other overseas duty included Japan and Turkey.Military specialties included Infantry, Ground Control Intercept Radar, Counter Intelligence and Order of Battle. He had numerous stateside assignments that included 3 years in the Pentagon at Washington, DC. Bob was wounded in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive of 1968, and was the recipient of about 30 Service medals, badges, and decorations. The last 4 year duty assignment was as the Senior Resident Agent for the Defense Investigative Service Office in Augusta, GA, an agency of the Department of Defense. After military retirement he and his family moved to Fairfield, Iowa where he served as Jefferson County Judicial Magistrate for 13 years, until retirement in March of 1996.
Married for 48 years to Judith Zucker on July 11, 1965 and together have a daughter, Melissa Robinson and a son, Matthew Robinson.
Bob was an avid gun collector over the years, along with working at the Disabled American Veterans, and volunteering at the Senior Center.
Bob is survived by his wife: Judith E. Robinson of Fairfield, IA; 2 children: Melissa Robinson of Muskegon, MI; Matthew Robinson of Fairfield, IA; 1 Grandson: Derek Robinson; 1 Sister: Barbara Hope of Albia, IA; along with many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents: Harry Robinson, and Mary McOninch; brother: Dean Robinson of Monroe County; and Sister: Mary Frazier of Monroe County.
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ery happy with the service here, the wait time was relatively short (was here early) and the doctor was friendly. Would recommend this clinic if you need anything!
Excellent staff and even better doctors! Attached to the beautiful Hemingway Medical Spa as well. Very modern and clean. Wait time was better then most as well which was a pleasant surprise ! Definitely recommend !!
Super friendly front of house staff! This place definitely looks amazing after their long on going renovations. Great doctors. I recommend this family clinic if you are looking for a clean friendly environment.
I needed my bipolar/Huntington's prescription refilled which I have had for over ten years. I had let it go because the last time, I sat in there for five hours. Even though I had an appointment and NO ONE was there, I still had to wait 45 minutes. When she finally came in, she did refill my medication but advised me that I had to see a mental health specialist to review my case. Nowadays, this is a very common diagnosis and I haven't had to see a specialist for my medication in 40 years.
Callingwood Crossing Medical Clinic has been in existence for over 25 years. We have many patients that have been coming here for all those years. I personally have my family doctor here, Dr. Ken Romano, for 24 years and my kids grew up with the wonderful care here. They are in their mid-twenties and still come here on their own. The clinic is newly renovated and so busy that it is expanding. New doctors will be joining soon too, including Dr. Bernadette McEvoy this spring.
I was very hopeful when Dr. Maria Pariy was recommended to me because my family doctor had cut his hours drastically.My first visit with her was very reassuring.She was going to act immediately on a health problem found on a recent CT scan.She did nothing.I followed up.Again, nothing.I asked for a renewal of my prescriptions.The drug store faxed the list to her as she requested.She did nothing.Stay away.It is also a sketchy location.There are always creeps asking for money outside the clinic.
I don't usually write reviews like this, but given the other terrible reviews I felt like I had to give my, more positive side of the story. This is a very busy Medical Clinic and pharmacy, yes. However! The staff are always very friendly, and very respectful. Often there are long wait times to see a doctor if you do not have an appointment, and I imagine the staff are often very stressed. But they are NEVER disrespectful, and they always do their best to get people through the lineup.
You can never get ahold of anyone to make an appointment. Wait time isn't bad, doctors are good. Staff can be terrible though.
I had to give one star rating because there is no rating below I can give!! Let me see where to start.....rude staff, waiting time some time worst then medicenter( this is supposed to be a privatel run ), no respect whatsover for patients. Sign posted everywhere against zero tollerance policy against staff but what about patients being treated with no respect? No body seems to care about patients just get as many peeople so that can get more money from Alberta Health. Nothing against Doctos but they are the ones running this center. We need to get more reviews for people so that they know the reality and we can send message across. I will be sending an email to Alberta Health to see if there is any audit mechanism in place.
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St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford was back on the campus of the University of Oklahoma Wednesday night, where he was honored at halftime of the Sooners' basketball game against Texas. Jenni Carlson of The Oklahoman caught up with Bradford and wrote a story about Bradford's feelings about learning a new offense under new coordinator Josh McDaniels, the former head coach of the Broncos.
"Part of me's a little bit frustrated," said Bradford, who said he was looking forward to getting into the West Coast offense in more detail during the offseason. Former coordinator Pat Shurmur took his West Coast scheme with him to Cleveland, where he is the new coach of the Browns.
McDaniels, who previously was Tom Brady's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in New England, is expected to install more of a spread offense in St. Louis.
But the thing that really jumped out from the story is that McDaniels, who was named Rams coordinator on Jan. 18, and Bradford have yet to meet. Sure, this is the start of the offseason, and both men have things they need to do, but wouldn't it make sense for a new coordinator bringing in a new system to have sat down with the team's franchise quarterback by now?
Asked when the two were likely to meet, Bradford said, "I'm sure sometime down the road. When that is, I don't know."
They had better do it soon, because if, as expected, there's no new collective bargaining agreement in early March and players are locked out, it could be a long time before Bradford and McDaniels have a chance for a sitdown.


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Microsoft initially wanted to compete with Adobe (and its design products) by launching the Expression Suite over 5 years ago. Unfortunately, Expression Design and Expression Web didn't turn out to be the Adobe competitor as Redmond planned. A few days back, the company decided to make Expression Design and Expression Web available for free. As for Blend, it will continue to be a part of Visual Studio 2012.
However, if you have recently purchased licenses for these products, Microsoft may refund your money in full. "Expression Studio 4 Ultimate and Expression Studio 4 Web Professional are no longer available for sale. For customers who previously purchased these products, all components within Ultimate and Web Professional will be supported through their support lifecycle. "


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GEDNow Event Will Help Mainers Obtain Their High School Equivalency
The Maine Department of Education has partnered with the Finance Authority of Maine to encourage residents to obtain their high school equivalency. An open house is planned at Adult Learning Centers around the state, offering information about the process, a chance to get started, and possibly a chance to finish your certification.
FAME's Pamela Crate says attending the open house is not a commitment, but rather, a step forward.
"They'll be able to get information, they'll be able to start the process, and in many cases they'll be able to finish their GED," Pam told me. "We have about 7,000 Mainers that have started to get their GED but haven't finished it. Perhaps it's a math test that they're struggling with. And it's the adult education programs are really the people to help them get the tools they need and finish their GED."
FAME's Elizabeth Vanderweide says the statistics show that the need is great and that getting a GED can make a difference in your future.
There's 136 thousand residents in Maine, that's more than 10 percent of the adult population, who have not finished their high school equivalency. So we're trying to get the word out, on FAME's behalf," Elizabeth explained. "What it really means is educating the work force, helping Maine become more of an economic force. But for the individual, making them more bullet-proof to the ups and downs of the economy, and opening all kinds of doors for them."
Maine is about to change to a different testing system, so if someone has started the GED process, it's the perfect time to finish it. The GED-Now events will be held around the state on Saturday, September 21st.
To learn more about obtaining a GED or to find the event nearest you log onto the Maine GED Now website.


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Tom Knox, a pseudonym for English author and journalist Sean Thomas, has made a nice career out of creating historical fiction that blends with anthropological studies and pushes the envelope. His latest effort, THE BABYLON RITE, is packed with intrigue and suspense with a plot that includes Templar legend, mass suicide, and the commerce of dealing with some extremely dangerous drugs.
Journalist Adam Blackwood comes across a famous Templar Knights scholar by the name of Archibald McClintock while visiting the Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian. Archibald behaves strangely and babbles something to Adam about being wrong in his interpretation of the Templar secrets. Moments later, Archibald drives his car into a wall and is killed immediately in the impact.
"This is a chilling and truly frightening tale that deftly blends science fiction with ancient historical secrets."
Thus begins THE BABYLON RITE, a novel that Knox kicks off with a quote from Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in A.D. 1135: "It seems that a new knightly order has recently been born in the Orient. They do not fear death; instead, they long for death." This quotation specifically references the Knights Templar who allegedly all chose death at the final moment of their lives when they were cornered by their enemies. The end they chose involved jumping to their deaths from a castle tower.
Adam begins to follow up on some of the cryptic things Archibald told him before committing suicide and finds an unnerving resemblance in both his fate and those of the Templar Knights by whom he was so enthralled. Adam needs to meet up with Archibald's daughter, Nina, who lives in Scotland. Among other things, he wants to find out if she can shed some light on her father's final message indicating that the Templars were connected to everything.
Simultaneous to this activity is a dual narrative involving an anthropologist named Jessica Silverton, who has uncovered some controversial artifacts while on a dig in Peru. The origin of these artifacts is the ancient Moche tribe, and the items and pictures all depict eerie scenes of death, bestiality and sexual depravity. The amount of death and killing she views makes her physically ill but also intrigues her. Jessica then fears that she may have awoken an ancient evil and a god of death that will never be sated.
The two narratives eventually meld when Adam and Nina cross paths with Jessica as their independent searches put them on the same path. Could the source of the suicide cult that has plagued London have something to do with an ancient evil that both the Moche tribe and Knights Templar all were obsessed with? Even more frightening is the premise that this evil could be transmitted in the form of a powerful and deadly drug that many drug cartels and other dangerous groups will stop at nothing to possess.
THE BABYLON RITE literally refers to an initiation ritual that involved violent and depraved acts committed in the name of pagan gods. Tom Knox takes readers on a plight through ancient history that culminates in a deadly trip through the Amazon, where tribal head-hunters are far from the scariest characters who pop up. This is a chilling and truly frightening tale that deftly blends science fiction with ancient historical secrets.


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Christmas is the best choice for state school superintendent
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Defeat those who shamed their heritage and changed our flag
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Athens-Clarke official gets state appointment
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It's hard to believe someone as handsome as Tom Cruise ages, but the good-looking actor is celebrating his 50th birthday next month. In an exclusive interview with People, the Hollywood heart-throb said he plans on spending his birthday celebrating with his family, and then added that he and his wife, Katie Holmes, WON'T be hearing the pitter-patter of little feet anytime soon.
According to People, fans shouldn't expect to see Holmes on any bump-watch lists anytime soon. The actor is so happy with six-year-old Suri, as well as 17-year-old Conner and 19-year-old Bella, his kids with ex-wife Nicole Kidman. At the moment Cruise is enjoying his time as a dad to the three children he has and is not looking to have another child.
"I'm enjoying every second with Suri that I have. And I'm enjoying the relationship with my older kids, and the way it is right now," Cruise said. I suppose this means Holmes can have an extra piece of cake next month to celebrate her husband's birthday because no one will mistake it for a baby bump.
What's really hard to believe is that Tom Cruise is turning 50. Where has the time gone, and what is his beauty regimen because he looks good? (Twice daily exfoliation? Microdermabrasion? Massive amounts of expensive plastic surgery? Whatever it is, I'll take two.) Who can blame him for not wanting anymore children? The three he has are all at a great age, and he would be pushing 70 by the time a new baby graduates from high school.
Sometimes people just need to stop and enjoy the kids they've already got without adding a new baby to the mix. There's nothing wrong with loving a new baby, but when you already have three who are all involved in different activities and are completely different ages, a new baby just seems like a lot of work. In fact, I'm still raising my eyebrow at the fact that he has two grown children and a kid just starting school. Perhaps I'm just partial to children close to the same age and not starting over when I'm so close to sending them off to college and finally having my house to myself again.
When is it time to stop having kids? Tell us below in the comments section!