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Last fall, the Archdiocese of Boston released an ambitious plan designed to stem the decline it has experienced—in priests, Mass attendance, and treasure—since the 2002 wave of sexual-abuse scandals. The plan, called "Disciples in Mission," will be phased in throughout Boston's 288 parishes over five years. Cardinal Seán O'Malley hopes it will not only slow the decline of the archdiocese—some of it self-inflicted, some caused by powers beyond its control—but will also create the conditions for eventual growth. Whether the plan will work remains an open question. That something needs to be done is a sentiment shared widely among Boston-area Catholics. That recognition—along with the openness to change it implies—may be the most important factor in the plan's prospects for success.
Fifty years ago, Catholics in Boston glowed with pride because one of their own was America's first Catholic president. A century after their immigrant ancestors had been met with implacable hostility by the wealthy, powerful, confident Protestant Yankees whose grandfathers had started the American Revolution, a Boston Catholic had made it to the White House. More important, all across eastern Massachusetts Catholics were moving into their own houses, spreading out from the working-class neighborhoods in the region's economically decaying cities, moving into the mainstream of U.S. society.
Roughly two in three Catholics attended Sunday Mass regularly. The popular Cardinal Richard Cushing had continued his predecessors' building efforts, and shepherded a flock of nearly 2 million Catholics in more than four hundred parishes. St. John's Seminary produced scores of priests every year. When—in response to Pope John XXIII's call for priests to serve in Latin America—Cardinal Cushing formed the Missionary Society of St. James, it was common knowledge throughout the archdiocese that Cushing also had a more practical reason for encouraging priests to serve overseas: he didn't have enough bedrooms in rectories to accommodate all the priests he ordained every spring. Like their counterparts elsewhere in the United States, Boston Catholics had built a parallel set of institutions—schools, hospitals, retirement homes, social-welfare agencies—to meet the spiritual, physical, and social needs of their people, and of the poor among them.
Today only one in six Boston Catholics attends Mass regularly. The network of Catholic hospitals across eastern Massachusetts is gone—sold in 2010 to private equity giant Cerberus Capital Management (recently in the news for owning the company that makes the rifle used in the Newtown massacre). The parochial school system is decimated—replaced by a growing network of publicly funded charter schools. After decades of slow decline, the number of parishes contracted dramatically to 288 in 2004 when then-new Archbishop Seán O'Malley closed sixty-five parishes in the wake of the sexual-abuse scandal.
Apparently that wasn't enough, so last November, now-Cardinal O'Malley announced "Disciples in Mission." The pastoral plan directs that "the 288 parishes of the Archdiocese of Boston be organized into approximately 135 Parish Collaboratives, these collaboratives consisting usually of two or three parishes, but sometimes only one, and, in rare occasions four parishes." Each collaborative will be assigned one pastor—a clear response to the seminary's single-digit graduating classes.
Having decided against a "priest-less parishes" model, the archdiocese determined the number of collaboratives according to the number of priests expected to be available for ministry after the remaining priests from the large classes ordained in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s retire. With archdiocesan revenues still lower than they were at the turn of the century, the baselines for establishing a collaborative were a minimum of sixteen hundred parishioners per priest and annual offertory revenue of at least $500,000. According to the archdiocese, the primary purpose of the new pastoral plan is "strengthening parishes for the work of the New Evangelization," which is defined as "the particular work of reaching out to Catholics who are not currently active in the church."
THE DARK CLOUD hanging over "Disciples in Mission" is of course the trauma suffered by Boston Catholics after the sexual-abuse scandal erupted into public view. Early in 2002, there was a moment when it was unclear how Cardinal Bernard Law—arguably the most powerful prelate in the country—would respond, and how the archdiocese he had led for eighteen years would be affected. If ever a situation called for reckless penitence—confession and begging for forgiveness regardless of the legal, personal, professional, and institutional costs—on the part of a bishop, this was probably it. One can imagine an alternate history in which Law walked out of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross after Ash Wednesday Mass, led a procession 1.5 miles down Washington Street to the Boston Common, where he rent his garments, poured ashes on himself, and then set off on a forty-day pilgrimage of repentance around the archdiocese, walking from one parish to the next, listening—not speaking—to the those who'd had their bodies violated, their trust betrayed, their faith shattered.
Who knows what would have resulted? Would such efforts have become a powerful channel for the public expression of private pain, even healing? Or would they have been viewed as a pathetic attempt to evade accountability? It's impossible to say.
In any case, it didn't happen that way. Rather than draw upon the church's wealth of symbols and ritual, Law drew upon the resources of his Harvard education and his decades as a prominent figure in American public life—and lawyered up. If not for the Archdiocese of Boston's Achilles heel—and the willingness of the faithful to strike at it—a long and ugly legal stalemate might have ensued. But, for all its wealth and power, the archdiocese had a peculiar financial system. Many dioceses levy a 10-percent "tax" on parish revenues. Not Boston. And with no endowment to generate investment income, the archdiocese relied almost entirely on the annual Cardinal's Appeal to cover operating expenses.
So, when Boston-area Catholics withheld donations, the effect on the archdiocese's finances was immediate—and dramatic. Despite repeated extensions of the Cardinal's Appeal, the total collection dropped by nearly half from the previous year. And in many parishes weekly collections fell by nearly 25 percent. Among the many actions taken by parishioners to express their anger, this may have been the most effective at communicating to Rome the need for change. Angry priests signing letters and unhappy laity issuing statements and holding demonstrations are one thing. But the precipitous financial decline of the fourth largest diocese in the United States is quite another. Bankruptcy appeared imminent. By the end of the year, Cardinal Law was gone.
Boston's present trouble is a self-inflicted trauma in at least two ways. There is the trauma caused by the decades-long toleration and cover-up of the sexual abuse of children. Then there is the trauma that resulted from the determination of many, perhaps most, Boston-area Catholics in 2002 not to let the institutional well-being of the church matter more than the lives of their friends, neighbors, family members, and fellow parishioners who had been harmed, some grievously, by the culture of silence (a culture in which many of us were to some degree complicit).
BETWEEN 2003 AND 2004, the Archdiocese of Boston carried out its "Reconfiguration" plan. It was a crisis response to a crisis situation following Law's departure. The process was short, constrained, and almost inevitably divisive. Priests and lay leaders were asked to meet in geographical clusters of six to eight parishes in order to provide the chancery with answers to two questions: First, if the archbishop decides it's necessary to close a parish in your cluster, which do you recommend? And second, if the archbishop decides it's necessary to close two parishes in your cluster, which do you recommend? As one might imagine, these were not pleasant meetings. (In at least one cluster, two pastors almost came to blows.) Nearly a decade later, wounds are barely healed, and lay leaders from six parishes still have appeals to reverse their closings pending at the Vatican.
O'Malley then set about reorganizing the archdiocese's finances. He began by revamping bookkeeping practices to bring them in line with generally accepted accounting practices for nonprofit organizations. He also increased transparency by putting annual audited financial statements on the archdiocese's website. The Cardinal's Appeal was rebranded as the Catholic Appeal, and has slowly but steadily rebounded from a low of $7 million to $13 million last year. In 2008, the archdiocese began rolling out a 10-percent parish tax. This new arrangement explicitly links the well-being of the archdiocese with the well-being of its parishes (something that hadn't always been the case, and was a source of tension between some pastors and chancery officials). The cardinal's actions are also driving greater financial transparency within parishes.
The new director of pastoral planning for the archdiocese, Fr. Paul Soper, has been frank about the ways the new reorganization plan has been shaped by the failures of the previous one. "People look at this with greater wariness because of our experience in 2004, there's no doubt about that. We have a higher hill of credibility we have to get over." Where Reconfiguration took a few short months, Disciples in Mission is the result of nearly two years of work by an Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission, a commission created in response to conversations with priests, pastoral staff, and lay leaders. Where Reconfiguration led to the immediate shuttering of sixty-five parishes, Disciples in Mission will close no parishes and will leave future parish-closing decisions up to the new collaboratives. What's more, it states that "the formation of the parish collaboratives (will) be phased in, with appropriate flexibility, over a period of five years"—a stark contrast to the swift and relatively inflexible implementation of Reconfiguration.
Finally, and perhaps most important, the new plan calls for extensive training and leadership development for the New Evangelization: eight days of training for pastors, seven days for pastoral team members (and for archdiocesan staff), followed by ten days of training within each collaborative over the following four months, as well as a few days of training for lay leaders as the collaborative begins, followed by three more days of training with the pastoral staff. The investment of that much time and energy into training for evangelization could have a powerful effect throughout the archdiocese.
Whether it will is another question. Opportunities to evangelize disaffected Catholics tend to occur when they reconnect with the church for a specific, immediate reason: a couple wanting to get married, a family needing to bury a loved one, a mother wanting her child baptized, parents sending their children to a Catholic school, an adult seeking a sacrament of initiation. These are among the most common—and most potent—occasions for evangelization, for helping people to begin reweaving their connections with God and with the church.
That evangelization will take place in a society in which church teaching and public-policy positions related to sexuality are increasingly at odds with the views of most Massachusetts residents (especially the young)—including most Catholics. If the New Evangelization leads with a vigorous assertion of church teaching on those and similar issues, then it's likely to face some tough sledding. If, on the other hand, the New Evangelization leads with what the old evangelization at its best did—open hearts (and ears), respectful presence, the spiritual and corporal works of mercy—then it may tap into reservoirs of faith that still exist among many who have recently distanced themselves from the church.
SETTLING INTO LIFE in Boston twenty-five years ago, my wife and I found ourselves at St. Francis de Sales, a small but vibrant, welcoming, predominantly African-American parish. A few years later, when our pastor left for a new assignment, St. Francis merged with the neighboring St. Philip's Church. (During his eighteen years in Boston, Cardinal Law quietly merged or closed about sixty parishes in response to changes in the numbers of both priests and parishioners.) In Boston, as in the rest of the country, there is a long and powerful tradition of lay leadership among African-American Catholics. (This is due in no small part to the racism institutionalized in the historic refusal of most seminaries, dioceses, and religious orders to accept black candidates.) When Reconfiguration was announced in 2003, black Catholic leaders from eastern Massachusetts met and agreed on the importance of maintaining a parish that could serve as a center for African-American Catholics. At our cluster meetings, leaders from St. Francis de Sales–St. Philip's and St. John–St. Hugh's—the two remaining predominantly black churches in the archdiocese—offered a detailed proposal to create a new parish that would serve that purpose. O'Malley accepted the proposal, along with the new name: St. Katharine Drexel, after the founder of the Blessed Sacrament Sisters, who ran a beloved mission in Roxbury for much of the twentieth century. As part of a reconfiguration of ethnic ministries away from the chancery and into parishes, the Nigerian Catholic community became part of the new parish too, beginning on Pentecost Sunday 2005. Since then, we've worked at building a life together as a church, just as other parishes have done across the archdiocese.
The first set of parish collaboratives envisioned by Disciples in Mission was recently announced: twenty-eight parishes will become twelve collaboratives. They represent a cross-section of the archdiocese, and were chosen for their readiness to proceed and the likeliness that they will work well together and serve as models for the rest of the archdiocese. Our collaborative was not among them; it likely will form officially toward the end of the five-year process. Our pastor is nearing retirement age, as is the pastor of neighboring St. Patrick's; the chancery seems inclined to allow pastors within five years of retiring (age seventy-five) to finish out their terms. St. Patrick's is the center for Boston's large Cape Verdean community, and also offers Mass in Spanish and English. When our new collaborative finally gets up and running (likely in 2016 or '17), it's going to be a challenge—one we don't yet know how to meet. How will one new pastor handle a congregation that runs two schools and is made up of five cultural communities that speak four languages? It's hard to imagine.
Our challenges will be different from those of, say, the new city-wide collaborative in Salem, or the one serving the exurban towns of Lakeville and Middleborough. Yet the fundamental challenges of building and rebuilding relationships, of negotiating the practicalities of sharing pastors, pastoral associates, ministries, and buildings, of keeping alive and rekindling the light of faith with one another, of evangelizing by example will be similar across Boston. We're not the same archdiocese we were fifty years ago. We're humbler, and that's a start.
About the Author
Luke Hill is a writer and community organizer in Boston. He blogs at dotCommonweal and MassCommons.
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It seems that greed always shows it's ugly head. WE can see it in the lawsuits filed in response to the abuses that were reported time and again against the Catholic Church. However no other religion has come under attack like the Catholic religion has. Surely therre has been reported abuses in other religions but the media decices to ignore such reports because juries often give out huge sums to the abused. With other religions it is either take the money or face the fact that you will dragged through tthe media kicking and screaming.
Boston will be facing a struggle to get back to where it belongs. Parishioners will be tasked time and time again to try to collect more money from people who are gun shy of alwys giving and not knowing where the money went.
Another diocese in the United States had an appeal for money. Raised over $30 million dollars. It was suppose to be a one time deal only. But, another was held soon after. The faithful wanted to know what happened to the money from the previous capitol campaign they were told,"none of your business". No Catholic should ever hear that from a leader in tthe Catholic Church.
Catholics are tired of being used as personnal banks for Bishops and et-al. We want accountability from our Religious leaders. We want guidance, not the opposite. We want to know if our money is being spent trying to reach out to the community instead of building palaces to live in while the poor still suffer.
The Cardinal should take steps to heal our Churches in Boston while hitting the parishes with a 10% tax. Use the money wisely and account for where it is spent.
Clearly the collapse has progressed to the point of now desperate hopes and measures. All this "training" may just be a way to sell the system of collaboratives while the clergy shortage runs apace. Soon, people will just up and leave to find some kind of religious community and services not always in critical supply. And the poor pastors who will have to bridge these gaps while in their late 60's and 70's will simply be burned out within their first 6 months. Perhaps a new model of ordination and training is needed that includes both sexes and the married. The monastery church regime is a dying system. A new Pentecost is needed, probably in the form of Vatican III.
I find Luke Hill's analysis consistent with my own experience living in the Boston area for the past two years. I recently returned to my home in Atlanta filled with deep love and admiration for the people in Boston, especially the priests serving in the parishes and the folks attending Mass every Sunday. I found the priests caring, wise, and courageous; they are heroes. The people's faith in God and love of the Church is both reassuring and inspiring. I was particularly struck by the parents and children in the religious education and youth programs and who proudly - and courageously - celebrated First Communion and Confirmation. In a time when 85% of Catholics don't practice their faith, these children in church gave me a glimmer of hope in an otherwise cloudy, even dark, future.
I have loudly and often advocated for the effort in New Evangelization. I happy to hear and read that others share my strong belief that New Evangelization, especially in Boston, but other places as well, must begin by recognizing, honoring, celebrating, and loving those in the pews - and at the altar - each week; who still find God's love and mercy most present in the Church. These people are the Church's disciples of the future. Without them the future becomes even darker.
As grim as things are at the present, I am not sure that we comprehend and appreciate the seismic changes occurring in the Church in Boston. It is, in my opinion, a "perfect storm". There are no right, quick, painless, guaranteed solutions. My fervent prayer everyday - often during the day - is for God to bless and strengthen these beloved people.
There is at least some creativity on display here and collaboration, but the real problem is not being addressed that of the shortage of priests - we are in danger of running them to the ground with multiple parishes. It seems to me that we are circling aroudn the big elephant in the room. Unless shortage of priests is addressed honestly it is only a patch... making celibacy optional seems to me inevitable and this is precisely what lay members of the Irish Church are asking Pope Francis - and they are a prominent group of devout and concerned Catholics: http://www.irishcentral.com/news/British-politicians-ask-Pope-Francis-to...
similarly bishops of Australia posed the same request:
Recently I talked to one of the priests who has two parishes and on a weekend after weekend he celebrates five masses - not to mention weddings and funerals - how long can we do it?
Pope Francis seems to be open in theory to such a possibility
In his book "On Heaven and Earth," published last year, Bergoglio said: "For the moment I'm in favor of maintaining celibacy, with its pros and cons, because there have been 10 centuries of good experiences rather than failures." But he also noted that "it's a question of discipline, not of faith. It could change," and said the Eastern Rite Catholic church, which makes celibacy optional, has good priests as well.
"In the hypothetical case that the church decides to revise this rule ... it would be for a cultural reason, as with the case of the Eastern church, where they ordain married men," he said in "Pope Francis. Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio," re-published last month by his authorized biographers, Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti.
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So, according to Luke Hill, the only way for the new Evangelization to succeed is for the church to abstain from spreading the Gospel of Christ in grave sexual matters--soley because a majority of folks reject Christ's teaching on these issues.
Why bother with an Evangelization, then, Mr. Hill?
Solely for monetary puroses--to grow the church'c coffers?
Afterall, that's how popular culture measures success. Who has the most money, and hence, power.
The new Catholic Church you seek to create would be more concerned about making people feel good (and vindicated) instead of teaching lost souls why they must reform their sinful lives.
Never mentioned in this ariticle was the reason for the church--to help us sinners save our souls in order to obtain salvation.
The real Catholic evangelization will take place only when church leaders reaffirm, in a serious but compassionate manner, the teachings of the church on the family and the path to Heaven.
When people learn to place God before the popular culture and the almighty dollar, they will lead richer, fuller, and happier lives--in this life and the next.
The reality of evangelization to those Catholics that rarely, if ever, attend Mass is a worthy goal. Its sucess will depend on a mulitiude of factors and sexual ethical teachings are one of them. A big issue is the teaching and treatment of the divorced and remarried, a large group, who have been disenfrancised and cannot participate in the sacrament of reconciliation and Eucharistic reception. Some have left the RCC, but others have remained Catholic in name only. Nothing, short of a reformed teaching will impact this group.
Another group, those that are beyond child bearing ages will not be concerned with sexual ethics, especially the teachings on contraception, in vitro fertilization and the like. A effective evangelisation might work with this group.
For those Catholics in child bearing years, sexual ethics will be big issue not dissimilar to other parishes around the country or in the Boston area. In my parish, any couple who wants to get married must attend a series of natural family planning (NFP) sessions. After that, the parish priest leaves the decision up to the couple. Few elect to practice NFP.
Others couples who have serious fertility problems will be problematic especially those who are consider homogeneous in vitro fertilization. Some of these Catholics abide by the church teaching, most don't.
If the parish priest does not allow for a decision of an informed conscience in matters of sexual ethics (e.g., contraception) and refuses Eucharistic reception, a more profound impact will be felt by the parish or collaboratives. One priest in Brooklyn went so far as to announce at weekly Mass that anyone who practices contraception will be comittiing a sarcriledge and, if known, the priest will refuse them the Eucharistic. About 30% of parishioners at this Church started going to a nearby parish where no such pastoral policy was enforced or pronounced. The neighboring parish priest knew what was going on because it was the talk of the neighborhood for months. The parish priest at the nearby parish had a different opinion about contraception than the other priest (I am putting this politely).
The shortage of priests are a big issue if there is only one Mass being held on Sunday or Saturday evenings at a neighborhood parish. If another parish is not too far away, and offers Mass each week, then this issue might not be problematic. However, special weekly or frequent collections that are not transparent as to where the money is going will be a significant issue.
A smaller Catholic Church may be a fact of life in many cities and neighborhoods due to the priest shortagae and cosolidations. This is not a bad thing. However, the Church will be facing many issues that divide the Church today: voluntary celibaby, the role of women religious in the Church, a solution to clericalism, more collegiality per Vatican II...to name a few.
Until an answer to the many issues that plague the RCC can be grasped as the truth by Catholics (e.g., they are intelligible and reasonable and not in tension with collective human experience), weekly Mass attendance and priest shortages will continue to plague the Chruch. As the saying goes, a faith without reason is blind, and reason without faith denies the transcendental. We need both faith and reason, especially in moral matters. We also need justice and accountabilty. This has yet to manifest itself in the clergy sex abuse scandal and the cardinals and bishops who covered up these crimes.


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I was reading through the answers posted here, and I liked the idea of playing with the "finger per fret" method, but it's not always applicable. For instance I was practicing the Fmaj scale last night which requires that you fret 1-3-5 on the sixth and fifth string. What I'm wondering is, when you're practicing is it acceptable to slide your hand up a fret so that your hand covers frets 2-5, instead of covering frets 1-4 and reaching with your pinky for the fifth fret? Or should I be practicing that pinky stretch?
I would practice the stretch if i were you, all the modes can be played using 3 notes per string patterns, and you need to make similar stretches for all of them.
Spend an hour a day for a week playing three note per string scales and you wont have a problem stretching.
Most types of lead pattern based scale playing, is made easier using three notes per string, and your overall hand strength and technique will benefit, you'll find many other things easier once you can do 3 notes per string well.
If you are having trouble with the major scale, try playing the pattern higher up the neck where the stretch is less then move down to the lower frets as you feel comfortable.
As part of my practice regime, i used to play repeatedly through all the modes of the scale using 3 notes per string, applying different patterns on each run through.
Here are the modes 3 Notes per string:
G Major
A Dorian
B Phrygian
C Lydian
D Mixolydian
E Aeolian
F# Locrian
Running through these daily will limber your hands up in no time, and teach you the modes if you don't know them already.
Edit: forgot to mention, if your having trouble with the stretch from your ring finger to the little finger, try using the middle finger on the 3 fret and your pinky on the 5. This is the technique I use.
How long is a piece of string?
Guitar scales can be interesting because there are lots of ways of playing the same note. That means there are lots of different scale patterns for a single scale. Going higher on the neck will give you even more scale patterns. So it really depends on what pattern you're using. Some will absolutely require you move your hand position while playing.
For your particular example, I would suggest stretching the pinky, it's a good skill to build. However, Fmaj actually gives you the largest possible 4 fret stretch. I'd suggest trying the pinky stretch with the same scale pattern for a different key, maybe Cmaj. For Fmaj, play the 5th fret (A) as the open A string instead of reaching. You can do the same thing on the A string 5th fret.
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While the new law covers all commercial e-mail, there are specific requirements to provide notices and opt-out capability for specific types of e-mail messages.
What types of e-mail communications are subject to the notice and opt-out requirement?
Here are some examples of messages that would be affected by the new law:
- Tickets for a play, movie or event where there is charge for admittance. It doesn't matter whether the event is on or off our campus.
- E-mail sent to student prospects. You must provide them with an opt-out notice, even if they have initiated the e-mail exchange.
- An offer to sell computers, cars, furniture, or just about anything. This applies whether you are offering the items through your capacity at USD or using your USD e-mail account for personal use. If it is on behalf of the University, then USD is considered the sender.
- An external organization sending electronic e-mail on behalf of the University. For example a marketing or publishing company that sends an electronic newsletter or e-mail that contains any promotion for a commercial product or service such as an athletic event, play, or exhibit.
- An e-mail that contains a Web link to a USD site that promotes a product or service. For example, a link to a USD Web page that sells clothing. This would not apply if you were including a link to http://www.sandiego.edu in a non-commercial e-mail message.
General Requirements for Commercial E-mail
- Provide recipients with a clear and conspicuous opportunity to decline (opt-out) to receive further commercial e-mail messages from USD. We can provide an opportunity for the recipient to specify the types of messages they decline to accept. In any case we must provide the capability for them to opt-out from all commercial e-mail from USD.
- Include a fully functional and clearly displayed return e-mail address or other Internet-based mechanism to comply with the opt-out option described above.
- If the e-mail message is unsolicited (exchange not initiated by the recipient) they you must clearly indicate that it is an advertisement or solicitation. The opt-out message we provide below provides this notification.
- Include the valid physical postal address of USD. Post office boxes are not acceptable.
- Subject lines and headers must be accurate. This applies to all e-mail.
- The "from" line must be accurate. No anonymous, fictitious, or misleading addresses are permitted.
What types of electronic communications are not subject to notice or opt-out requirements?
If the e-mail is directly related to an employment or transactional relationship or is non-commercial in nature, then it is not affected. This is narrowly defined by the law and doesn't provide for very much variance. Here are some examples that would be exempt from the new law:
- Human resources sending e-mail directly related to benefit plans in which the recipient is currently involved, participating, or enrolled. An e-mail describing changes in benefits would be exempt, while an e-mail describing discounts for products or services would require the disclaimer.
- Financial Aid sending e-mail related to loans and grants for which the student is either currently receiving or has applied for consideration.
- An electronic message that details charges that are owed to the University.
- Announcements of free events or services. If any money is collected, whether or not it is clearly indicated in the e-mail, it is covered by the law.
- An electronic newsletter sent by an external organization on behalf of USD that does not contain any solicitation or advertisement of product or services.
While e-mail that is clearly not commercial in nature is exempt from the disclaimer, it may be prudent to offer individuals an opportunity to opt-out from your list. Of course this would not be applicable to e-mails that involve a transactional relationship.
How do you comply with the new law?
If your e-mail message meets the above criteria we have developed methods for both internal and external mailing. If in doubt, please call the Tech Support Center (x7900) and we will help you make the determination.
Internal Mailings
We have modified the on-campus mass e-mail system to accommodate the new law. You can submit your e-mail through the existing approval process and we will append the necessary notice and only send your message to the appropriate individuals.
External Mailings
We have two methods of compliance:
1. A Web site has been created where you can compose your message (or cut and paste) and upload your list of addresses. The system will automatically append the required notice and cleanse your list of opt-out addresses before sending the message. This is a limited access site, currently only available to a few people that represent the Vice Presidents in their area.
NOTE: If you need access to this site, please contact the Tech Support Center and we can help you.
2. Another capability on the Web site is the ability to upload an address list and the system will purge your list of opt-out addresses and then return to you a clean list. This address list is a file that contains e-mail addresses that are delimited by commas, tabs, or one on each line.
You can then take your list and use your own e-mail program to compose and send your message. You will need to append the opt-out notice at the end of your message.
If you have external organizations that send e-mail on the behalf of USD, you could pass the address list through this system and obtain a clean file that can be sent to the vendor. It will be important that everyone uses the same opt-out link for e-mail. This is especially important for external vendors. If they don't use our opt-out link, we won't know the preferences of the recipients for other e-mail, which could jeopardize our compliance.
Opt-out Notice
The following notice will be appended to all commercial e-mail messages:
This message is considered a commercial message. You have the option of opting out of receiving commercial messages from USD or only from a specific area. See http://www.sandiego.edu/optout/ to opt out of commercial messages from USD to this address. University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 (619) 260-4600.


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Sun Protection in an Infant
Last Modified: August 13, 2012
Can you use sunscreen lotion on a young child, less than 1 year-old?
Rachel Woods, RN, Nurse for the Surgical Dermatology Program at Penn Medicine responds:
The American Academy of Pediatrics has said to use sunscreen by 6 months of age but that limited use is all right for younger babies. The best protection is to avoid having a baby in direct sun exposure or in areas where they are at risk for burn. Their skin is very delicate.
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series. View the entire Sun Safety Webchat transcript.


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The University's diversity initiatives -- including the Postdoctoral and Transition Program for Academic Diversity, the Special Council on Faculty Diversity, the MLK Jr. Scholars Program, and New York University Opportunity Programs -- are coordinated through the Office of the Provost. Click here to visit the NYU Diversity website.
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Comic-Con Trailers: The Best of the Best, Ranked
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Avengers Academy #39
In "Avengers Academy" #39 Christos Gage and Tom Grummett provide the kids with a graduation ceremony, but the conclusion of the series ultimate falls short.
|November 9th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #275
In "X-Men Legacy" #275, Christos Gage and David Baldeon guide the series to its conclusion after twenty years -- but it's a puzzlingly inauspicious send-off for a title that has endured longer than most.
|November 1st, 2012
Amazing Spider-Man #695
Steve McNiven's gorgeous "Amazing Spider-Man" #695 cover shows us all of the players in this issue and indicates that the Kingpin just might be the source of Spider-Man's greatest headache ever.
|October 5th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #274
Following the events of "Avengers Vs. X-Men," Christos Gage delivers a story about the relationship between Magneto and Rogue in "X-Men Legacy" #274.
|September 28th, 2012
Avengers Academy
"Avengers Academy" #36 continues its plunge towards the series conclusion, and Christos Gage and Andrea Di Vito start wrapping up storylines in the fight against Alchemist.
|September 10th, 2012
Angel & Faith #13
As someone who suffered through the original Connor storyline in "Angel," Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs show readers in "Angel & Faith" #13 that we actually can have a good story involving the hell dimension of Quor'toth.
|August 29th, 2012
Avengers Academy #35
Christos Gage and Andrea Di Vito bring a moment of heart to this issue of "Avengers Academy," which only serves to make the ending all the more heart wrenching.
|August 20th, 2012
Avengers Academy #34
Christos Gage and Tom Grummett kick off "Final Exam" in "Avengers Academy" #34, and for an "everything changes" storyline, this opening chapter appears to deliver.
|August 1st, 2012
X-Men Legacy #270
"X-Men Legacy" continues to flounder under Christos Gage and David Baldeon, even as they try their best to tell smaller more personal stories related, but not critical, to "Avengers Vs. X-Men."
|July 27th, 2012
Angel & Faith #11
"Angel & Faith" #9 kicks off a new story arc, "Family Reunion," as Willow shows up without warning and sets off a chain of events propelling Angel back into contact with his son Connor.
|July 3rd, 2012
X-Men Legacy #269
Rogue and Ms. Marvel reunite to duke it out in "X-Men Legacy" #269, but the real battle is in Rogue's mind and loyalties.
|July 2nd, 2012
Avengers Academy #32
"Avengers vs. X-Men" continues to invade "Avengers Academy" in a story that might have worked better without the crossover.
|June 20th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #268
"X-Men Legacy" #268 brings Frenzy to the front lines of the Phoenix Five's global sweep.
|June 14th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #267
The "X-Men Legacy" cast (but sorta just Rogue) fights a small force of Avengers on the Jean Grey School's front lawn.
|May 31st, 2012
Angel & Faith #10
"Angel & Faith" #10 is not only the best issue of the series to date, it's up there with a lot of episodes of "Angel" for sheer quality.
|May 31st, 2012
X-Men Legacy #266
"Avengers Vs. X-Men" spills over into "X-Men Legacy" with Falcon and She-Hulk stopping by the Jean Grey School.
|May 11th, 2012
Avengers Academy #29
"Avengers Academy" gets dragged into "Avengers vs. X-Men" with a mixed bag of results.
|May 7th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #265
"X-Men Legacy" wraps up Weapon Omega and Mimic's story in an ultimately unsatisfying manner.
|April 27th, 2012
Avengers Academy #28
"Avengers Academy" concludes its arc guest-starring the Runaways, but it feels like the comic loses steam halfway through.
|April 5th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #264
"X-Men Legacy" introduces Mimic and Weapon Omega to the Jean Grey School campus, students and faculty.
|March 30th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #263
Even the stars of "X-Men Legacy" feel a little underwhelmed by this issue's conclusion.
|March 15th, 2012
Avengers Academy #27
The Runaways crash Avengers Academy. Naturally they fight, but can they put aside the weapons long enough to find Old Lace?
|March 7th, 2012
Angel & Faith #7
Angel resists Drusilla's tempting offer to rid himself of sadness and the obligation that comes with it, meanwhile Faith doesn't even attempt to resist rekindling her relationship with her father, a (former) drunk who abandoned her as a child.
|March 5th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #262
Rogue, Wolverine and the rest of the school staff attempt to stop Exodus.
|February 27th, 2012
Avengers Academy #26
Jeremy Briggs has come to drive a wedge into the Avengers Academy and it takes an entire issue.
|February 23rd, 2012
Avengers Academy #25
"Avengers Academy" starts wrapping up its first post-relocation story, but it feels a little bit rushed.
|February 1st, 2012
Angel & Faith #6
"Angel & Faith" kicks off "Daddy Issues" with more father imagery than you can shake a stick at.
|January 26th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #261
"X-Men Legacy" drops the legacy of Magneto onto the Jean Grey School grounds in the form of Exodus.
|January 25th, 2012
X-Men Legacy #260.1
A new chapter for the X-Men of the Legacy title as they make themselves at home in Westchester with a game of powers football and, of course, demon invaders from another dimension.
|January 11th, 2012
Angel & Faith #5
The most famous vampire in the world, Harmony, needs the help of Angel Investigations, even if that's just been whittled down to Angel and Faith.
|January 1st, 2012
Avengers Academy #23
X-23 joins "Avengers Academy" right as everything is poised for disaster.
|December 15th, 2011
Angel & Faith #4
Angel and Faith find the much sought after Mohra blood, but also uncover a deadly secret about it.
|December 3rd, 2011
Avengers Academy #22
Magneto visits the Avengers Academy, which should be interesting with all the villainous histories and potential futures milling about. Instead, it's just boring.
|November 19th, 2011
Avengers Academy #21
The Avengers Academy welcomes its new recruits and kicks off a new era.
|November 1st, 2011
Angel & Faith #2
"Angel & Faith," like an actual angel, has restored my faith in the Buffyverse comics.
|September 28th, 2011
Angel & Faith #1
Angel and Faith, two characters on seriously redemptive paths, team up for this interesting "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" spinoff that is off to a strong start.
|September 1st, 2011
Avengers Academy #17
"Avengers Academy" is hitting a turning point for its character, and it's not a pleasant one at that.
|August 3rd, 2011
Avengers Academy #16
Pym Vs. Creel! Veil Vs. Rubble! And nature abhorring a vacuum!
|July 25th, 2011
Avengers Academy #15
The students fight Nazis in Washington, D.C. and that sounds a lot cooler than it reads.
|June 19th, 2011
Avengers Academy #14.1
"Avengers Academy" uses the "plus one" format to great effect.
|June 2nd, 2011
Astonishing X-Men #38
The dilution of the "Astonishing" brand continues.
|May 20th, 2011
Amazing Spider-Man #661
"This changes everything. You're the ideal choice! These are at-risk kids, and you've already made virtually every mistake a young hero possibly could."
|May 19th, 2011
Avengers Academy #14
"Oh, no. Jocasta, can you hear me? We need backup! It's not just Electro. . . it's all of them. . . the Sinister Six!"
|May 18th, 2011
Avengers Academy #13
"Avengers Academy" dips a bit too much into sitcom tropes, but pulls out by the end.
|May 4th, 2011
Avengers Academy #12
The Avengers Academy kids face up against Korvac using adult versions of their bodies, pulled from the timeline.
|April 25th, 2011
Fear Itself: The Home Front #1
"We may be home to Asgardians now, but we were first and always home to Broxtonians. Our town is open to everyone as long as you show each other some respect."
|April 6th, 2011
Avengers Academy #10
In which the cover has nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the comic.
|March 2nd, 2011
Avengers Academy #8
"In the Avengers, they train you for everything. How to perform a field tracheotomy. How to resist mind control. How to disarm a bomb. But some things no one can prepare you for."
|January 19th, 2011
Avengers Academy #7
"Remember when I went by 'Dr. Pym,' in the West Coast Avengers? Trying to deny I was a super hero while on a team of them. That's pretty much a microcosm of my life, isn't it?"
|December 15th, 2010
Avengers Academy #6
Last but not least... Reptil.
|November 7th, 2010


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Dan Appleman - On a security crusade
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I was on the phone to a freind this evening who was having computer problems. He had installed a version of MessengerPlus that had been sent to him over MSN. It seems to have installed a load of malware junk at the same time and stopped his AOL from working.
I found it really difficult to advise what to do.
His laptop is running XP home so I suggested system restore first, but he didn't have any restore points available.
I went on to suggest he get rid of unwanted startup programs using msconfig and then uninstall and reinstall AOL but that didn't seem to help either.
Something else must have been wrong as well as he was getting an error message about "rundll bridge" at startup and media player was reporting no sound device was present. When I suggested he look in device manager he said it was completely empty and did not display a device tree at all.
While I have a fairly good idea of the processes present on a standard XP installation, It's difficult to know which startup programs are OEM included with the computer and which are potentially harmful.
As a last resort I suggested he tried his recovery CDs but he doesn't know what he did with them.
In the end all I could suggest was he called his OEM (Toshiba) support for more advice.
It's really difficult to provide support over the phone when you cannot see what is going on on thier computer, makes me realise how difficult it must be for tech support professionals.
I'd like to suggest he get SP2, but not until he has at least a fully functioning system again, also being on dialup I doubt he has the patience to wait for it to download via BITS.
Perhaps I'll burn the network install to a CD and send him that instead.
Your are definately right! I go to High School and not one kid I know, that has their own Laptop/PC knows about security and how it works. And if you count Parents/Teachers well... Lets just say, nearly 99.9%, don't have a clue about security...
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My personal productivity is often dependent upon other people completing tasks as promised. For example, my doctor promises to send an important health certificate to a third party so that I can be granted something.
But I too often find that even professionals simply don't do what they've promised, and I usually find out about their failures at a late stage. This causes huge problems for me --- my productivity is disrupted or even breaks down. At the same time, I don't want to constantly call people verifying that they're doing their jobs.
What is the best way of handling external factors like this in your private lives, to minimize the risk that somebody fails to deliver as promised?


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There is always a suitable Volvo truck for every existing heavy-duty operation. Volvo designs and builds trucks for more than 100 different countries, all over the world. And although the Volvo Global Family of trucks consists of a number of vehicles which are visually quite different, they share the basic technology and a number of key components.
A typical example of intelligent design
The NH12, introduced in Brazil in 1999 as the successor to the NL10 EDC and the NL12 EDC, is a typical example of the efficient and intelligent design of Volvo trucks. The NH12 is a Conventional truck, which is marketed in most parts of the world (excluding Europe, where length regulation makes it less efficient, and Australia, where a special NH Conventional truck was produced up until 2004).
Despite the fact that it looks fairly similar to the North American NH truck, it is in fact more related to the European FH and FM trucks than to its American counterparts.
The same benefits as the FH12
The NH12 is based on the same technology and the same components as the global FH12 truck, with the exception of the front end of the chassis, the bonnet and the front part of the cab. This means that the NH12 offers the same comfort level, the same ergonomics, the same passive and active safety and the same fuel efficiency as the FH12, for customers demanding the extra cab space and the impressive appearance of a truck with a bonnet in front of the cab.
Different needs, different cabs
The NH12 can be supplied with three different cabs: a short day cab for missions where the driver does not spend the nights in the truck cab, a long sleeper cab with a comfortable bunk and the Globetrotter cab which offers superior living and space for the driver (and a co-driver).
The NH12, introduced in 1999 and terminated in 2006, was upgraded in 2003 and 2005 to make it technically comparable with the latest version of the FH and FM truck family.


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Greetings traveller,
They say that the devil no longer visits Islay, which is why one policeman is sufficient for a population of thousands. We'll be taking a closer look at exactly why Satan might be staying away from the isle tomorrow, but just because the lord of darkness is absent, that doesn't mean you're necessarily safe from the horrors of hell!
Laphroaig, of course, is a distillery that's seen its fair share of horror with former owner and co-founder Donald Johnston having fallen into a vat of raging hot spent lees in 1847! That's ten whole years after the devil's supposed final visit and poor old Donald tragically died from his injuries shortly after.
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Yesterday the question formerly accessible via http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10769113/reverse-engineering-a-protocol-buffer-protobuf-data-stream was removed by someone.
This is the link to Google cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_IorRJjT230J:stackoverflow.com/questions/10769113/reverse-engineering-a-protocol-buffer-protobuf-data-stream+
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Who removed it?
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Date & Time:Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Two of South Carolina's most prominent archaeologists, Dr. Jon Leader and Dr. Eric Poplin, will be on hand to identify your personal mystery artifacts. Anyone owning an artifact with an unknown provenance, date of origin, or description is invited to bring it for identification. Co-sponsored by Hilton Head Chapter of the Archaeology Society of SC and Beaufort County Planning Department in honor of Archaeology Month 2013. Free. All ages welcome to bring artifacts for identification. Contact information: email@example.com Website: http://www.assc.net/chapters/hilton-head-chapter


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What are some funny synonyms for to tell a lie?
E.g. fib, pull a Bill Clinton, etc.
What are some funny synonyms for to tell a lie?
E.g. fib, pull a Bill Clinton, etc.
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Edit: oh, and how could I forget the classic euphemism:
I always liked "bamboozle." "Hoodwink" and "hornswoggle" are good too.
prevaricate: to lie.
tell a tall tale: relate a story that starts off believably but eventually is obviously false.
slip one past: to get away with a (usually small) deceit, often used in the negative: "You nearly slipped that one past me."
pull the wool over one's eyes: to successfully deceive someone.
pull a fast one: To lie your way out of trouble, generally off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment talking.
Cry wolf means to raise a false alarm (rather than to lie in general).


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ State corrections officials says most inmates serving time in county jails for sex crimes or murder have been moved back to state prisons.
The move comes after four inmates, including one convicted of two murders, escaped from the Ottawa County jail earlier this month. The prisoners were all caught within three days. But the escape raised concerns about the types of criminals being transferred to county jails because of overcrowding.
Secretary of Corrections Ray Roberts told The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/JCuo9B ) the state believes the county jails are secure. He says the inmates were moved to ease public concern about violent prisoners housed in jails in Ottawa, Butler, Cowley and Leavenworth counties.
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How can I install ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop DELL Latitude E6420?
I see this at the ubuntu sites
The system is available in some regions with a special image of Ubuntu pre-installed by the manufacturer. It takes advantage of the hardware features for this system and may include additional software. You should check when buying the system whether this is an option.
Standard images of Ubuntu may not work at all on the system or may not work well, though Canonical and computer manufacturers will try to certify the system with future standard releases of Ubuntu.


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Fresh Start Growers' Supply sponsored an all ages, outdoor Street Ruckus Sept. 3 on West Main Street between Seventh and Eighth Streets in Downtown Louisville. Dan Deacon headlined the event that featured acts including Height with Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick and Tomasyamaha. The concert coincided with the upcoming Aug. 27 release of Dan Deacon's new album, "America."
A portion of proceeds benefited the Main Street Association for renovation of Fort Nelson Park at Seventh and Main Streets.
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Roasted Red Potatoes
Categories: Christmas, Low-fat, New Year, Vegetarian
Type: Side Dishes
Type: Side Dishes
Here, the natural flavor of roasted red potatoes is allowed to shine, enhanced with just a few spices.
Serves: Serves: 8
- Olive oil cooking spray
- 2 pounds red potatoes
- 1 tablespoon Mrs. Dash seasoning
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons pepper
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- Line baking sheet or roasting pan with foil and spray with olive oil cooking spray.
- Wash potatoes and place on paper towel to drain but do not dry completely.
- Combine Mrs. Dash seasoning, sugar and pepper in large plastic bag and shake until blended. Add potatoes to plastic bag and shake until completely coated.
- Arrange on baking sheet or in roasting pan; spray lightly with cooking spray.
- Preheat oven to 400F. Bake potatoes 45 to 60 minutes, until tender.
- Potatoes can be prepared, refrigerated and baked later or baked and reheated in microwave or oven.
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Joel Scrogin joined the Yale Men's Heavyweight Crew program in the fall of 2010. Scrogin is a 1999 graduate of Brown University and served as an assistant coach for the Bears from 2004 until 2007. Scrogin acts as an assistant coach for the Elis, working alongside Gladstone.
As an undergraduate at Brown, Scrogin's freshman crew won Eastern Sprints and finished second at IRA's and first at the Eastern Sprints. He was a member Brown's current Head Coach Paul Cooke's first freshman class. As an upperclassman Scrogin rowed in the varsity and would go on to represent the U.S. at the Nations Cup (now recognized as the World U23 Championships) in the quad.
After graduating from Brown with a B.A. in History, Scrogin briefly held a position as an investment banker with Thomas Weisel Partners in Boston. Scrogin was also a founding member of an online travel company, Weekends.com, before returning to his alma mater to coach at St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, Mass.
In 2003, Scrogin enrolled in a Master's Course in Comparative International Education at Oxford . He raced in the Blue Boat in the 150th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, sitting in four seat. After Oxford, Joel took up a position as Assistant Coach at Brown where he stayed for three years. In that time the team and coaches turned the program around finishing third and fourth nationally in his last two years.
More recently Scrogin served as assistant coach at California Rowing Club. There he worked with athletes feeding into the U.S. Senior National and Olympic teams, as well as coordinated USRowing U23 ID Camps. Scrogin has coached crews at the Senior World Championships, at FISA World Cup Regattas, and at the World U23 Championships where in 2009 his 4- crew earned a silver medal, the first ever medal in that event for the U.S.


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I just watch a few of these videos and my form/technique blows. I've been working on my cornering and descending skills lately... Years of bad cornering technique have been hard to break. I am looking forward to working on some or these tips @ Skeggs tonight.
WRT the dropper seat post. I put a dropper on my main suspension bike awhile back and it has completely changed my riding. I doubt I will build another MTB that doesn't have a dropper on it. Even on my 29er SS, I find that dropping the seat down a bit makes it much easier to throw around corners and handles less like a truck on tight switchbacks.
Thanks all for the tips and videos.
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