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I'd like to see Sfest give Ethan a 9:00 show at Miller or Harley. He's paid his dues. Great performer. Dude can really write a song!
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Editor's Note
Our review of James Bond Ultimate Edition (Volume 4), published January 1st, 2007, is also available.
The Charge
Look after Mister Bond. See that some harm comes to him.
Opening Statement
The eleventh installment in the James Bond saga, Moonraker took advantage of the resurgent interest in sci-fi/fantasy thanks to Star Wars and made a bundle by taking 007 and his world-threatening nemesis into outer space. Though not one of the best Bond films, Moonraker remains pleasing movie fare and is presented in fine special edition fashion.
The Evidence
We begin with the usual pre-credits action sequence, though in Moonraker it is unusual in this case as it is two sequences in one. The first actually sets up the succeeding plot, where two nameless men pull off the feat of hijacking a shuttle (called a Moonraker in the film) while it is being transferred via a Boeing 747 piggy-back ride, resulting in the unfortunate destruction of the Boeing and its crew. The second introduces Bond (Roger Moore, Spice World, For Your Eyes Only, "The Saint" TV series), who is having a jolly good time feeling up a stewardess on the flight back from a mission in Africa, at least until the pilot and stewardess try to kill him, assisted with a timely push from Jaws (Richard Kiel, Happy Gilmore, Pale Rider, Silver Streak). This sequence features some impressive skydiving action, particularly when Bond must deal with both a hostile pilot, the metallic-jawed villain's helper, and the fact he exits the plane without a parachute!
Once Bond extricates himself from that problem, he finds his way to London. M gives him the task of investigating the apparent theft of the Moonraker, as it was the responsibility of the British government to provide security for the transfer. Just before Bond leaves, Q (Desmond Llewelyn—every Bond movie from From Russia With Love to The World Is Not Enough) equips 007 with a neatly concealed wrist-mounted dart launcher. In a flash, 007 is off to California, USA, where Hugo Drax, head of the corporation that builds the Moonraker shuttles, has his main manufacturing and testing facilities. His first contact is with the exquisitely gorgeous Corinne Dufor (Corinne Clery), a humble pilot in the service of the Drax Corporation, who gives him a ride, a luminous smile, and a quick air-tour of the facilities. He departs from her company to meet with the elegantly menacing Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale, Chariots of Fire, Jefferson in Paris, Ronin), who quickly picks up on the threat that Bond poses to his as yet unrevealed plans and begins to make designs upon Bond's continued existence.
Proceeding with his tour, Bond meets a chilly reception from Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles, Speed 2, Broadcast News, Sweet Liberty), on loan to the Drax Corporation from NASA, thanks to his clumsy male-chauvinist banter. The tour turns deadly during a demonstration of a G-force trainer when Dr. Goodhead is called away and Bond is left at the mercy of a Drax minion. He manages a last-minute escape and recovers quickly enough to seduce Corinne Dufor and prevail upon her to help him crack Drax's office safe. Some documents in the safe lead him to suspect that evil is afoot at a Drax Corporation supplier in Venice, Italy, and so he jets across the oceans to investigate.
The minions of Drax continue their attempts upon his life, this time as Bond moves among the canals and gondolas of Venice. Once the minions are neutralized, 007 breaks into the supplier's offices and finds a hidden laboratory where technicians are loading strange spheres with vials of extremely lethal compounds. Evading yet another attempt on his life, Bond escapes, only to find on his return that Drax has very neatly covered his tracks so that no incriminating traces remain. His only remaining clue points him to Rio de Janeiro in South America, so again he takes to the air.
Once in Rio, 007 continues to dig for clues and soon runs into Dr. Goodhead, who is working along similar lines as a secret agent for a friendly spy-service. Drax's minions, lead by the indestructible Jaws, soon make life miserable for both Bond and Dr. Goodhead, leaving Bond to again escape by the narrowest of margins (though Dr. Goodhead is unfortunately left in Drax's clutches). With matters getting quite sticky, Bond checks in at a nearby British spy-service hidden base. He confers with M, is further equipped by Q, and then sets off for a river expedition in search of the source of the ultra-lethal compound Drax is using. A boat chase, lots of gadgets and explosions, and a desperate fight with a nasty boa constrictor later, Bond drops into Drax's secret base only to be quickly captured. Drax, as Bond villains are contractually required to do, shows Bond the glories of his hidden base and tells Bond all about his grandiose plans to kill the Earth's population and then repopulate the planet with his own master race of men and women from his space city (which has implausibly been kept invisible from the powers-that-be on Earth).
Finally, Drax reunites 007 with Dr. Goodhead for the unnecessarily complicated certain-death sequence, but fails to ensure that his enemies actually are killed. Bond and Dr. Goodhead escape, of course, and unbelievably manage to slip aboard a Moonraker (at the controls, no less!) as a series of Moonraker shuttles are launched to carry Drax, the prototypes of his master race, and the lethal globes up to his hidden space city. Drax plans to unleash the globes and kill all human life on Earth in the first phase of his plan, but naturally 007 and Dr. Goodhead aim to thwart his scheme.
This dynamic duo is able to get word back to Earth in time to call in the United States space Marines (no, I'm not kidding!). The resulting man to man, laser-weapon space battle between the Marines and Drax's minions is quite fun (if outlandish), recalling the massive underwater battles of Thunderball. (Some may feel that this is a lazy rip-off, which may not be entirely wrong.) Drax is dispatched by Bond, with the requisite verbal banter, just before 007 and Dr. Goodhead hop into a conveniently laser-armed shuttle to race after the globes and destroy them before they can enter the Earth's atmosphere. In the end, Bond saves the day and gets the girl ("I think he's attempting re-entry!" quips Q).
As far as the acting is concerned, by now most people have some sort of an opinion about Roger Moore. Suffice it to say that his fans will appreciate his Moonraker performance and his detractors will find sufficient contrary ammunition. Lois Chiles does make for a credible feminine professional (unlike the recently horrible Denise Richards in The World Is Not Enough), but her transition from ice queen to Bond babe is too abrupt. With some better writing and some lessons in sensuality from Corinne Clery, Lois Chiles could have been the complete package, so to speak. Michael Lonsdale has the gravitas and arrogant deportment of a good Bond villain, but his Drax seems to be walking around in a tranquil, medicated haze, lacking the spark of life and homicidal joy that animated such fine villains as Emil Largo or Auric Goldfinger.
The video is quite good, but not quite exceptional. This anamorphic transfer is decently sharp and clear, though there is a smattering of bits of dirt and small defects. Colors are adequately saturated (especially for a twenty year old film), blacks are properly solid, and shadow detail is commendable. I noticed only short, very isolated occurrences of digital enhancement artifacts and limited video noise.
The audio is an unspectacular 5.1 remix (contrary to the packaging which lists only Dolby Surround). The rear surround speakers are well-used for sound effect movement (and a little ambient fill), but the effect is not quite as convincing as more modern 5.1 mixes. Though as expected for a remix the soundstage is centered forward and the LFE channel is not quite as punchy as the action might require, it is still wide and rich enough to be pleasing. I did have to boost the center channel to catch some of the soft dialogue. (Drax in particular can mumble his witticisms into his beard).
The collection of extras is quite good, even though Moonraker suffers by comparison to some of its more fully-laden Bond cousins. The commentary track is a well-edited (if sometimes dry) compilation of comments from director Lewis Gilbert (as well as executive producer Michael Wilson, associate producer William P. Cartlidge, and screenwriter Christopher Wood), packed with all manner of production tidbits (and apparently made recently, given their references). The 42-minute "Inside Moonraker" documentary is worthy of its description and light-years more interesting than the usual PR-fluff featurette. The 20-minute "The Men Behind the Mayhem" special effects documentary is both an entertaining and a touching glimpse of the men who made Bond's gadgets and other special effects possible, particularly as Bond effects veterans Derek Meddings and John Stears are now deceased. The still gallery is a collection of grouped photographs and production notes, though I was annoyed that you have to go back to the gallery menu to move on to the next group. The package is rounded out by the original theatrical trailer, and the usual very nice multi-page booklet with Moonraker trivia of all sorts. However, the picture of Bond on the front of the booklet is very poor, looking as if it is a picture of a plastic dummy. Very odd!
The menus are pure cool, from the style of the graphics, the cool blue color theme, and the use of movie pictures and sounds. Kudos, as usual, to the folks at 1K Studios!
The Rebuttal Witnesses
Well, the Roger Moore films are not at the top of my list for favorite Bond movies (For Your Eyes Only) excepted, but Moonraker seems to have more than its share of little flaws and annoyances which begin right from the opening pre-credit sequence. The sheer idiocy (and impossibility) of having a fully-fueled shuttle on the back of the Boeing during the trans-Atlantic crossing should be evident, and then Bond's chance to escape death is made possible only because of his choice of seating (and gross stupidity on the pilot's part). Furthermore, just where the heck was Drax hiding before he pushes Bond out of the plane? He's not in the cabin, and I can't see him hiding in the bathroom! Later in the film, the whole Jaws-falls-in-love and becomes a "good guy" routine leaves me rather cold, and provides far too much cheesy comedy moments, as does the gondola driving through the square scene. I will forgive Drax for leaving Bond the opportunity to escape a certain death, as this is a failing common to all Bond villains!
Finally, this plot of "Bond in Space" was a clear attempt to capitalize on the surging popularity of Star Wars, and while it does a reasonable job avoiding bad effects to detract from its ambitions, it does take Bond a bit too far into the realm of gadgets and technology. This flaw was implicitly admitted when the next film, For Your Eyes Only, returned to a much more firmly grounded, spycraft-oriented story.
Other than those snipes at the plot, there's not much else to criticize, as Moonraker is still decent entertainment and a fine disc.
Closing Statement
If you are a Bond fanatic, or like your adventure flick with a taste of sci-fi, then you probably already have this disc (retail $35). For the rest of you, at least give it a rental, for the combination of light entertainment and package of extras are sure to please.
The Verdict
The disc and movie are acquitted with the speedy, welcome inevitability of a pleasing change in seasons. Cheers!
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19-1041.00 - Epidemiologists
Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution of disease, disability, or health outcomes. May develop the means for prevention and control.
Sample of reported job titles: Chronic Disease Epidemiologist, Communicable Disease Specialist, Environmental Epidemiologist, Epidemiologist, Epidemiologist Advanced, Epidemiology Investigator, Infection Control Practitioner (ICP), Nurse Epidemiologist, Research Epidemiologist, State Epidemiologist
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Monitor and report incidents of infectious diseases to local and state health agencies.
- Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
- Communicate research findings on various types of diseases to health practitioners, policy makers, and the public.
- Provide expertise in the design, management and evaluation of study protocols and health status questionnaires, sample selection and analysis.
- Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.
- Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission.
- Educate healthcare workers, patients, and the public about infectious and communicable diseases, including disease transmission and prevention.
- Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings.
- Identify and analyze public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies or scientific studies or surveys.
- Supervise professional, technical and clerical personnel.
- Plan, administer and evaluate health safety standards and programs to improve public health, conferring with health department, industry personnel, physicians and others.
- Prepare and analyze samples to study effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, or microorganisms on cell structure and tissue.
- Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, government health officials and others regarding medical applications of sciences, such as physics, biology, and chemistry.
- Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.
- Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
Technology used in this occupation:
- Analytical or scientific software — Epicenter Software Epilog; HiroSoft EPICURE; TerraSeer ClusterSeer; World Health Organization HealthMapper (see all 20 examples)
- Data base user interface and query software — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC WONDER; Microsoft Access ; Structured query language SQL
- Data mining software
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Map creation software — ESRI ArcGIS; ESRI ArcInfo; ESRI ArcView
- Object or component oriented development software — R
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office software
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Biology — Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Medicine and Dentistry — Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Sociology and Anthropology — Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Memorization — The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Speed of Closure — The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
Work Activities
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
- Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
Detailed Work Activities
- Plan biological research.
- Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations.
- Communicate with government agencies.
- Direct medical science or healthcare programs.
- Research diseases or parasites.
- Develop methods of social or economic research.
- Establish standards for medical care.
- Advise others on healthcare matters.
- Train personnel in technical or scientific procedures.
- Supervise scientific or technical personnel.
- Instruct college students in physical or life sciences.
- Analyze biological samples.
- Establish standards for products, processes, or procedures.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 100% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 63% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 63% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 83% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 53% responded "Extremely important."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 47% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 53% responded "Extremely important."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 50% responded "Some freedom."
- Spend Time Sitting — 66% responded "More than half the time."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 50% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Contact With Others — 47% responded "Contact with others most of the time."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 50% responded "Very important."
- Letters and Memos — 52% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Deal With External Customers — 33% responded "Very important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 43% responded "Important results."
- Level of Competition — 53% responded "Moderately competitive."
- Time Pressure — 43% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 37% responded "High responsibility."
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A handy primer on Pope Francis
The Zenit news agency summarizes a La Repubblica interview (that secular daily is rocking the Vatican beat) with Archbishop Victor Fernandez, director of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and a theologian said to be "very close to the Holy Father." Many are trying to find a lens to communicate Francis to the world, and the church, and this seems as spot on as any effort I have seen:
The main point, said the theologian, is that "Francis thinks that a Church that wishes to come out of herself and reach everyone must adapt her way of preaching." That is why "he applies a criterion that was proposed by Vatican II, which is often forgotten: the hierarchy of truth." Because the problem is that often "the precepts of the moral doctrine of the Church are proposed outside the context that give them meaning," which results in their "not manifesting wholly the heart of the message itself."
And the archbishop specified: "For instance, if a parish priest speaks 10 times in a year about sexual morality and only two or three times about fraternal love or justice, there is evidently a disproportion." And the same is true "if he speaks a lot against homosexual marriage and little of the beauty of matrimony." Because if the invitation "does not shine with force and attraction, the morality of the Church runs the risk of falling like a pack of cards. And herein lies the greatest danger."
About Pope Francis' particularity, the archbishop said: "He is beyond the theological discussions of the Council," because he is interested in continuing with the spirit of renewal and reform of the Church that comes from the Council itself. "That is why he is outside any ideological obsession" and has the intention to "lead the Church outside of herself to be able to reach everyone."
The theologian also talked about the Pope's preaching on poverty. "It is not love of sacrifice for itself or an obsession with austerity" but of interior stripping, "to put God and others at the center of one's life."
That makes sense to me, and may also explain why Francis is like a breath of fresh air to so many, and suspect to some others.
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David Gibson is a national reporter for Religion News Service and author of The Coming Catholic Church (HarperOne) and The Rule of Benedict (HarperOne). He blogs at dotCommonweal.
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Timothy Dolan was baffled a year or so ago when the Pew report showed that Catholics believed in Jesus but not in the hierarchy. Rather than see it as a call to change Dolan lamented that the People's ecclesiology was misdirected. Francis takes the challenge and knows that people are seeking Jesus, not oligarchy. The response to Francis proves the Pew findings. Dolan said recently that Francis is making him rethink the perks of the way of life of bishops.
Well, the Church in the US must be doing great since in almost a quarter of a century I literally never heard an homily on sexual morality, while I heard hundreds of vague sentimental homilies on fraternal love and justice.
Disclaimer: I am perfectly fine with the Pope's priorities, I just think that the interpretation by the good Archbishop is a bit simplisitc, and certainly completely irrelevant ot the situation I have experienced in US parishes.
You are so right Carlo! I think that these perceptions are fed through representations in the media, particularly the so called culture wars which have been played out in politics all across the Western world. Most "conservatives" in the culture wars tend to be practicing Catholics open about their affiliation and quoting texts from the church to mobilize fellow Catholics.
But this is not the situation in most parish and Catholic institutions.
The net effect therefore is that "liberals" in the political culture wars have feel that they might have the wind at their back now as far as institutional backing for their politics.
David-- Thank you for this excellent post - I think archbishop's comments really do sum up the path forward very well. Indeed, they are so simple that one wonders how we could possibly have lost our way on this. I think we have to be careful (but also very direct) in identifying where the problems have been. Take JP2's theology of the body - while I as a moral theologian would not wholesale endorse the approach here, I can't deny that the pope spent a great deal of time talking about "the beauty of matrimony." And I do agree that, overall, I have not heard a lot of pastors give endless denunciations of sexual sin as their homiletic approach. They are out there, for sure, but they are very much in the minority. And yet I agree that there is a problem. So where's the problem? I actually think the central problem may lie with the extensive non-parish-based discourse, pushed strongly by certain media voices, which in the "public sphere" has effectively offered a portrait of the Church as totally centered on these isolated issues as the sine qua non of Catholic identity. What I often hear from Catholics is a sense of frustration that, on the one hand, they are enriched by their local parish, by priests, by various Catholic authors, etc., but that the face of the Church they experience in the larger media, in diocesan campaigns, in speakers and catechectical materials - this latter is dominated by these issues in an "unbalanced" way. What is refreshing about Pope Francis is that, suddenly, the public face of the Church has regained balance.
The Davids have it.
A 30-year-old, non-Catholic friend said to me today, "It used to be that when you saw a pope's name in a headline you knew it was going to be bad news. Now when you see Pope Francis' name you know it will be good news".
I am not sure what is meant by "certain media voices" or by "the larger media voices." The mainstream media are rarely set up to follow life at the parish level, but they do follow national episcopal-sponsored initiatives, such as the Fortnight for Freedom (I and II), the January Right to Life March in Washington, the contention over the HHS mandate, USCCB plenary meetings, the row caused by a number of US bishops objecting, at times stridently, to Notre Dame University's granting of an honorary degree to President Obama. As well as various state and diocesan protests, including letter-writing campaigns, and these at times urged at the parish level, sponsored by local bishops, individually or regionally.
No, the hierarchy is not the Church. But can the media be faulted for thinking so when a number of weekly Mass-goers may think the same?
But again, perhaps I have misunderstood the references to "media" above. The rest I agree with fully, and especially Pope Francis's dramatic shift in emphasis.
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As a junior staff member at ICEL, I was given the task of responding to criticisms of the 1973/1974 (depending on the conference) English translation of the Vatican II-mandated Missale Romanum. A frequent complaint focused on the translation of the opening of the Nicene Creed, "Credo." The ICEL translators, working with the ecumenical body, ICET, had opted, with ample warrant, for "We believe" rather than "I believe." Some of the unhappy letter writers stated their grievance more or less along these lines: "How can I in conscience say 'We believe' when I don't know what the person next to me in the pew believes?" Without precisely addressing the "I believe"/ "We believe" question, Pope Francis, has, i think. amply responded, more than once, to this claustrophobic attitude.
(I still say "We believe," but fairly softly.)
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the problem with the media is exemplified by their coverage of Benedict XVI. Anybody who followed his preaching was presented with a strongly Christocentric, non-moralistic, very balanced teaching. The media ignored that altogether because it did not match their own prejudices about what makes news (which is usually tinted by by ideological biases about sexual liberation etc).
Now the media are still obsessed with the same issues (modernization, sexuality, authority etc.). Hence, it is perfectly possible (perhaps even likely) that one or two years from now their story line will be that Francis was the Pope who "failed to deliver" on making the break with the past that (supposedly) he promised at the beginning of his pontificate, because he did not change Church teaching on this or that of their fixations.
Which, obviously, is nonsense. But Catholics should understand the Pope better. He is calling the Church to be missionary in the only possible way: not by developing outreach programs, but by witnessing to the beauty of Christ present in the concrete circumstances of life. Unfortunately, anybody anybody who thinks that the media will understand that and be happy with it in the long run is probably seriously deluded. Historically, a stronger Christian witness always called for a stronger persecution.
Maybe because I was one once, I get a little tired of seeing the media misunderstood. If you start with the assumption that they're going to be superficial, you will see the explanation for much that is usually identified as bias. In the America interview, for example, I was fascinated by the early comments on discernment -- all that live Ignatius. But, holy smoke, no reporter would ever have expected many people in New Hampshire, Nebraska or New Mexico to read 20 inches on the subject.
Still, that part told me, as a Catholic, more than the section the media latched on to for its man-bites-dog qualities.
So I think it's a waste of time to worry about what the media are saying about Pope Francis. The question is, what is his flock saying? How often is he being quoted or referred to in homilies? Are the diocesan papers presenting him as a world figure or treating Vatican news as ordinary page five fodder? Do the people on your left and right with whom you exchange the kiss of peace know any more about the pope than what they saw on NBC last night?
Or is Pope Francis going to remain our own little secret?
Wow - a lot of good comments here, from various perspectives. A lot to agree with on all sides.
FWIW - I agree completely with David Cloutier's distinction between what is preached in the parishes vs what is reported nationally/secularly as "Catholic affairs". I'd add that, as fewer Catholics attend mass from week to week, fewer are exposed to what is proclaimed directly from the parish ambo. Perhaps social media can help fill that gap, but I've never found reading a homily on-line (or in a book) to be as edifying as having it preached. And unfortunately, the fewer-and-fewer-attending syndrome seems more pronounced among young adults. Consequently, perceptions of what the church teaches are ever more mediated by the media.
The wonder of Francis is that somehow he is able to leverage that mediation in such a way that the Good News is still proclaimed.
It seems as if some Catholics are obsessed over what the media says. To a large degree, who cares? Presenting the Catholic faith isn't about PR. It's not about making a big splash in the media. And good thing too. Yesterday Miley Cyrus. Today Pope Francis. Tomorrow the next person in line for 15 minutes. That's not to say Catholics shouldn't take pains to present a good public face on the Church. But the graces that spring from it pale in comparison to the real relationships formed by authentic evangelization. Jesus as superstar: that fits the world media, the cult of celebrity, including the hero-of-the-month from some corners of the Catholic blogosphere. Jesus as a caring God with whom we have a relationship: that's what's demonstrated by washing feet, by careful listening, by simple and humble presence.
Jim P., My point exactly: If people aren't coming to church every Sunday, maybe they would come back if they were hearing the kind of thing Francis is getting people excited about. One way to do it, of course, would be to quote him in context. And that can be done in the context of a homily (if you are worried about that) because, for instance, what he says at his weekday Masses is based on readings that usually are tracking fairly well with the Sunday readings of the cycle.
Of course, our homilists can trod their well-beaten paths and let people discover Pope Francis through the secular media. But none of us thinks that is a particularly good idea.
Carlo wrote apropos Pope Benedict:
Anybody who followed his preaching was presented with a strongly Christocentric, non-moralistic, very balanced teaching.
That's certainly the case. And had Benedict said what Pope Francis lamented in his homily this morning about "Christians at half-speed," "lukewarm Christians," "rosewater Christians," (or in his homily at Assisi: "Pastry shop Christians") he would have been dismissed as a Teutonic scold.
Carlo, were you out of the country for the week-long valentine the national media delivered to Benedict when he visited New York?
And Robert: Who, pray tell, might you be talking about?
Pope Francis says:
A little touch here and there, of Christian paint, a little 'paint catechesis' - but inside there is no true conversion, there is no such conviction as that of St.Paul: 'Everything I gave up and I consider garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him.'"
No cafeteria Catholic, he.
And if you can't profess the Creed loudly, why profess it at all?
When I say the Creed, instead of saying "for us men" I say- softly- "for us people". I say it softly and not loudly so as not to embarrass my daughters who are usually at Mass with me. (My daughters are easily embarrassed by their parents :-)
Can't say "us men" because in our case "us" wouldn't be a "men"
I don't compare what Pope Francis says to other Popes. I just find what he says to be consistently inspirational and I'm really grateful for it.
Irene, there may be a translation problem. For me in French the primary meaning of "homme" is "human", but in English the primary meaning of "man" is "adult male". In French I don't have a problem with it, but in English I do.
Even in English, I note that older people seem to have less of a problem with "man" as "human being". I think that the meaning of "man" in English has changed over the last few decades.
If at one point every one understands "man" to first mean "human", then a few people, for some reason, start reserving the word exclusively to males, then it becomes a bit more associated with gender and more people become attuned to it and therefore make an effort to reserve it to males, then there is a snowballing effect, until the remaining few who still insist on saying "men" when they mean "men and women" show their tone-deafness (or sexism, or lack of adaptability). I think we have reached that point in the US.
One question for me is: was it a good idea to start this change? What was the initial rationale that caused people to make a conscious effort to change the meaning of the term?
In any case, given the current meaning of words in contemporary English, the authors of the new missal, in my opinion, suffer from all three faults: tone-deaf, sexist, and rigid.
what's your point? I have been in this country 23 years and I always read the newspapers. The overwhelming concern in the media is what Popes say about sex, and on possible scandals. Am I offended by that? Not particularly, we live in a shallow culture.
But a positive coverage of a papal visit (which was also due to the fact that BXVI is a nice and holy man when you see him closely) does not mean much. At the end of the day, the media will not help us understand Francis any better than they helped us understand Benedict. So be it...
Hence, it is perfectly possible (perhaps even likely) that one or two years from now their story line will be that Francis was the Pope who "failed to deliver" on making the break with the past that (supposedly) he promised at the beginning of his pontificate, because he did not change Church teaching on this or that of their fixations.
Boy, I wish I had said that, because I think it is so true. And history shows that the left is not at all kind to those who they see as betraying the cause. It will not be pretty.
Irene & Claire: "for us" is perfectly sufficient and solves the problem.


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I think tourists are actually the ones staying pure to the essence of what photography is about: a way to remember and share visual experience. That is there only motivation and genuine. A simple snapshot can mean a lot to a person, maybe nothing to someone else. The best way is to dig up some old picture of yourself whenyou were a kid or so, I am sure emotions will arise.It is us "Photographers" that maybe should be ashamed that forget the essence of the photograph. Seeing photography as "making money", creating art, showing of their gear, then peeping at pixels rather than feeling the experience.... What is more worth? a snapshot taken by yourself of something you experienced yourself, or postcard of a famous photographer from the same thing?
And since anybody at all can now pick up an inexpensive tool that will enable this process I referred to it as a "democratization." Several well known photographers have made their reputations with "snapshot-like" pictures of gas stations across the US, or street intersections in the midwest, and part of the conception in their work is, in a way, a rebellion against the "rules" of salon photography and an elevation of the non-stylized "average Joe's" view of things as shown in their snapshots.
Rob, I'd agree with your word, "glamorization." I'd also agree with your statement that creativity is what leads to some models getting all the work. The same thing applies to plumbers, cab drivers, accountants, and people in most fields of work, though "creative accounting" can lead to problems. Creativity is a part of human nature and I think it's always there. But only to some degree. It doesn't take long to separate the people with a high level of creativity from those with a low or non-existent level.But let's get to the "driven by money" idea. A lot of people with a certain degree of creativity make money as a result of their creativity, but -- and here's my neck sticking out -- an artist doesn't do what he does for money. He does it because he HAS TO DO IT. If he happens to make money doing it, great, but if he doesn't make money at it he'll take a part-time job -- perhaps even descend to shooting weddings -- to support what he does, and he'll starve before he'll stop doing it.I know my three classes of reasons for making photographs overlap and, in a debate I probably could take the other side and debunk the divisions, but I still think you pretty much can sort most photographers into those classes.
Thailand's total GDP is in excess of 8.5 trillion baht based overwhelmingly on exports.. it's the second largest economy in SEA. The 4-5% of GDP from tourism is hardly "vital", especially when you consider the average annual GDP growth is 5-7% over the last few years. "Vital" I'm using this way: "necessary to the existence, continuance, or well-being of something; indispensable; essential: vital for a healthy society." And 4-5% of any countries economy is not "vital" to the existence of that country, nor is it indispensable to the country.. heck, it's less than their lowest VAT category..The great colonialism mindset.. its really outdated. If Thailand closed off all tourism today we'd merely see GDP growth drop from 5-7% to either zero growth to 2% growth. This would be the immediate most serious consequence. By the 2nd or 3rd year the resources being directed towards tourism would be reallocated and GDP growth would rebound, perhaps even higher as the resources 'could' be allocated to activities more profitable.. who knows.. but to think the country couldn't survive or its somehow "indispensable", not even close.. Btw.. I don't think the US auto industry which is in the manufacturing sector is anything more than a straw man argument, but you might have mentioned that tourism to the US accounts for 8% of it's GDP (largest in the world (for a single country)btw, exceeded only by the entire EU at 9.5%).. and while 8% (or 9.5%) is significant, I don't think the USA or the EU would cease to exist if tourists stopped getting off trains, planes and automobiles.It's actually a bit funny.. Thailand's tourism is only about half as important to their GDP as tourism is to the EU's GDP.. Perhaps Thai's should start boarding planes and save the EU from it's eventual demise.. ;o)
I believe I qualified my "vital" assessment with YMMV. If Thailand's economy is in such a great state that they can withstand a 5% hit on their GDP, great for them. In current economy a 5% hit on GDP would be devastating to many countries.I don't understand how you can call the auto industry a straw man argument, as I was merely using it to illustrate how significant the tourism industry is to an economy. To clarify: the US economy is hurting in large part due to Detroit hurting.I have no idea where your tirade about colonialism or comparing EU came from. I'm talking about the GDP of a country, not dissing your mother...I'm done with this.
My thought/question, basically, boils down to this: why do people take cameras with them on holidays and shoot local buildings, museums, town halls, lakes, tourist 'attractions' or, even that LuLa favourite, icebergs? I can understand the professional travel photographer having to do this - well, there used to be a branch as such in the profession - where some commercial gain might be had, but for the amateur, however good, where lies the motivation?Rob C
Rob,Having had a look at your website, I think I'm getting an insight into why you are not motivated to take photos when on holiday, or when travelling to a new, exotic or just different location.Having (apparently) spent half your life as a photographer shooting the female breast, most other subjects must now seem rather flat and uninteresting.Perhaps you should ask yourself, why would anyone pay significant sums of money to go on holiday or take excursions to see sights that are not worth photographing? I can understand someone who suffers from technophobia, who has an aversion towards digital products, not wanting to even own a camera. I can understand someone who just wants to relax by the hotel swimming pool and read a few novels, not being interested in taking photos. I can understand someone who is busy and pressed for time, who doesn't want to bother taking photos, and I guess I can understand why someone who lives in an over-familiar, mundane environment, has no motivation to take photos of subjects that cannot compare with the beauty of the female breast, or the allure of a Pirelli Calender model.Is that last example you?
RobI must have written a dozen or more posts to this Motivation thread and ended up trashing the lot. Its a difficult situation.I understand the passion you had for your work and for the life that went with it. I understand the dilemma you face now that this life and work is no more. What I find difficult to understand is the enthusiasm you show here for photography and yet your lack of enthusiasm for making images.OK, tough ain't going to work, but hell, I'd tried everything else. What saddens me is the waste of talent.BestKeith
Have you been on the Sangria Rob? Some very good insights there which must strike a cord with many posters.
Rob,The following shot which I took in the Russian Museum in St Petersburg might be just up your alley. I was surprised I was allowed to take photos (albeit without flash or tripod). However, for such occasions I wish I In a last-ditch attempt to save the day, Hyperides ripped off Phryne's clothing to reveal her breasts in their full glory. He argued, 'How could such God-given attributes possibly profane any religious festival?'This was a knock-out blow. The case was dismissed.[attachment=23574:033_Phry...miradzki.jpg]
Me? Bodice ripper? I am the genuine mild-mannered Clark Kent with unexpectedly tonsured hair and no telephone booth.And there you see my problem with landscape. Like for the painter in question, the prettiest scenery in the world but serves as backdrop to a yet finer figure. And I just can't get over that basic problem of perception. I sometimed think of Keith's Greek pics and how much more they would mean to me were they but gracing another, contemporary Greek goddess... One day, one day he'll surprise me with such a thing.But seriously, the location in that painting is superb, but it wasn't left empty!Rob C
But Rob: Empty is beautiful!I guess it does boil down to needing more equipment: We need to get you a good telephone booth.Eric


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Mike Nicol rushed for five touchdowns and passed for another to lead undefeated Wolcott to its fifth win, 53-6 over Wilby, on Friday in Wolcott.
Nicol scored three touchdowns in the first half alone and also had a 25-yard TD pass to Matt Cyr.
In the second half, Nicol scored on a runs of 23 and 35 yards.
Sean Brooks scored on a 2-yard TD run in the fourth quarter and Joe Lynch added a 23-yard run for the Eagles.
Brandon Sierra scored a rushing TD for Wilby (2-3).
Derby 47, Watertown 19: The Red Raiders outscored the Indians, 21-6, in the fourth quarter en route to the NVL victory in Derby.
Mike Kreiger went 7-for-10 for 75 yards passing and a pair of touchdowns, rushed the ball three times for 35 yards, all resulting in first downs, and even was on the receiving end of a halfback pass for an 8-yard score from Dillon McMahon.
McMahon rushed the ball five times for 57 yards, including a touchdown, and also returned a kickoff 45 yards for a touchdown.
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Granby 36, Housatonic/ Wamogo 6: The Mountaineers' Jeremy Stiewing rushed the ball 18 times for 56 yards and a touchdown, but it wasn't enough as Granby scored 30 points in the first two quarters en route to the victory.
Anthony Zucco had eight rushes for 45 yards while Matt McElhone caught one pass for 20 yards for Housatonic/ Wamogo.
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The m'gila says clearly that Ester was "bas dodo", which seems to mean she was the daughter of Mord'chay's uncle, i.e., his first cousin. The targum renders this as "b'ras achvoy". Does that mean "his niece"? If not, then where does the common claim that Ester was Mord'chay's niece come from? Alternatively, if so, then is there a commentary on the m'gila that says explicitly that she was his cousin?
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R' Ari Zivotofsky has a nice article on this subject, explaining the possible reasons for this misconception: http://www.ou.org/torah/article/tzarich_iyun_mordechai_and_esther
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New Albany: New ALbany is one big suberb. Although the people living there are called "preppy","snobs", and an entire selection that I won't even go into, they can be considered "nice". Only about 10% of kids living there are preppy or snobs. The rest of them are very nice people who once you get to know them they probably are preppy and snob-ish. But once you get past all the sterotypes and name calling. I bet about 70% are not what they seem and truly nice kids and teenagers. So next time you pass through New Albany don't treat it like the poop stain on the underwear of society. Treat it with respect and then paint the horrid white fences a different color. No don't do that, just go to city hall and complain about them.
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Jim: No they're mean!
Sammy:No their not! You see New ALbany is one big suberb..........
Jim: No they're mean!
Sammy:No their not! You see New ALbany is one big suberb..........
by Wasn'tMe January 17, 2008
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A place where there are many nice people. It has a bad reputation but there so many nice people. So stop calling us snobby rich kids and shut up. Most of us are nice people. Not all of us are bitches with money. You would be suprised.
Bob: Their from New Albany, they must be bitches.
Fred: Ew, their all snobby rich kids.
Abbie: I'm not rich, none of my friends are, why does everyone think I'm a bitch?
Fred: Ew, their all snobby rich kids.
Abbie: I'm not rich, none of my friends are, why does everyone think I'm a bitch?
by NAGirl March 26, 2012
Suburb of Columbus, OH. Located in the North East corner. People tend to believe it's very rich and preppy, which parts are, but not everyone who lives there is rich. The whole "if you live near the country club you have better social status" is entirely not true unless your like ten years old. The high school is NOT the size of a large college campus, it would be smaller than a college campus. It is an outdoor campus so there is a court yard which makes the school look bigger, when really there is only about 1000 students in high school. It's a great place to get an education, the teachers for the most part care about teaching you. So don't judge it until you have lived there because it's a great place to live.
Bobby: Oh your from New Albany? Are you rich?
Sally: No. Most people who live there are middle class families, so get off my nuts.
Sally: No. Most people who live there are middle class families, so get off my nuts.
by NAgrad08 March 21, 2009
New Albany is a suburb in Ohio. The students of New Albany High School and Middle School are often stereotyped as stuck-up, rich, and snobby, but anyone who has stepped inside of a classroom at either of those schools will know that this is not the case. Sure, they have the average snarky popular cheerleaders, but so does basically everyone. The fact is, New Albany is the home of Les Wexner, who owns/used to own Limited Brands, so Abercrombie, PINK, etc. are very common things to see worn there because that's where they originated and many people have jobs working for the company. Not everyone there is "rich", or living in "giant mansions", and personally, I have only seen a few nice cars there, all belonging to hard-working adults; not high schoolers. One of the most commonly discussed topics in New Albany is their own stereotype, since they are always the butts of jokes at football games and such. In reality, New Albany is a lovely place to live, home to generally good people and very high-level public schools. It makes me sad to see so many people dissing New Albany on this website and in person. Picking on the stereotype of people living in a certain town will get you no where.
Person 1: "Let's go to New Albany. I hear they have a great froyo shop there."
Person 2: "Eww no they're all stuck up bitches. If we go there we'll have to dress up and act like sluts."
Person 1: "Dude, they aren't like that. Have you even been to New Albany?"
Person 2: "No... but they seem snobby because they have white fences and good schools."
Person 2: "Eww no they're all stuck up bitches. If we go there we'll have to dress up and act like sluts."
Person 1: "Dude, they aren't like that. Have you even been to New Albany?"
Person 2: "No... but they seem snobby because they have white fences and good schools."
by IAmSherlocked January 23, 2014
A town near columbus ohio. Most people that live near new albany but not exactly in it consider it to be the town of "rich bitches". The people in New Albany actually tend to be very nice. Not everyone is rich either. Altough a lot are rich, there are a lot of "average" people. People in New Albany like to shop, normally at a local mall "Easton". New Albany has a pretty good track team as well as a football team. Most people think students at NAMS (New Albany middle school) and NAHS (New Albany high school) are preppy. A lot are considered "slutty" or "emo" which is true. These kind of people override the normal kids.
Those chicks are from New Albany
by GahannaGirl June 18, 2006
A nouveau-riche, contrived suburb northeast of Columbus, Ohio. Contrary to popular opinion, kids here are not preppy, but rather "skater-ish," tacky, and trashy. The real east-side Columbus preps (read: not Bexley Jews) live in rural Gahanna, near Rocky Fork Country Club, with large, private homes with lots of land. They don't send their children to public schools like New Albany, but rather to Columbus's premier private school, The Columbus Academy. They prefer to spend their time at Rocky Fork Country Club or Columbus Country Club, not the ostentatious, faux-Anglo New Albany Country Club.
John: Kids in New Albany are so rich!
Carruthers: Proof that money can't buy class!
Carruthers: Proof that money can't buy class!
by Old Money Mitchell April 28, 2008
home of mean, snobby, preppy kids who all own mercedes and live in million dollar homes. new albany elementary, middle, and high school is the size of a college campus. if they dont get what they want they cry to sleep. all of them are virgins even in 7th grade! they all wear hipster clothes and act like they're black. many are tall, have huge foreheads&think they can play lacrosse. overall dont live there :)
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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (WIBW) -- The man charged in a Junction City shooting that left one person dead and another injured was back in court Thursday.
Sterling Hickman, 33, appeared in Geary County District Court and waived his preliminary hearing which was scheduled for the afternoon of December 13, 2012.
Hickman is charged with Second Degree Murder and Aggravated Battery in connection with a shooting outside of the National Guard Amory on August 18th, 2012.
On August 18th just before 4 AM, Junction City Police were called to the National Guard Armory located at 500 Airport Road in Junction City in connection with a report that two people had been shot. Upon arrival, officers found a man and a woman injured. The facility had been rented out from 12 AM- 3 AM that morning for a car show and officials say the crowd moved out to the parking lot afterwards.
Police believe the deadly shooting was the result of a fight that started inside the National Guard Armory and carried out in the parking lot.
During the scuffle, Antonio Maxwell, 25, was fatally shot in the neck and later died at the hospital. Jamaica Chism, 30, was standing nearby and was struck in the stomach but survived the deadly altercation.
Officials say one gunshot is to blame for killing Antonio Maxwell and seriously wounding Jamaica Chism.
"The evidence indicated that there was probably one shot fired in which Mr. Maxwell was struck with the shot and then it went through him and hit Ms. Chism," Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown told WIBW after the shooting.
Hickman turned himself into police the same day around noon and was taken into custody.
He is now out of jail on bond. His arraignment is set for January 25, 2013. Even though he waived his preliminary hearing Thursday, the judge said there was still sufficient evidence from court documents that have been filed in the case to bind him over for arraignment.
Hickman was granted permission by the court to attend training for the Army Reserves this month in Missouri. Hickman's attorney says he is with the Reserves at Fort Riley.
Officials have not released what sparked the deadly altercation at the Amory.
Jamaica Chism is out of the hospital and has recovered from her wounds, according to police.


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I have Kubuntu 12.04 installed on dual boot with Windows 7, when I search for my IP on Google, I get different results: one IP for Windows 7, and other for Kubuntu (it says also no proxy detected)
I was banned from a certain webpage, they say that my user account is banned as well as my computer. I can't enter with other newly created accounts, but with kubuntu, I can enter with no problems (not same banned account, but the same computer, that means they banned the IP address only).
How can I change my IP address on Kubuntu to another, in case they detect that is the same computer, or I get banned again? I am using default network manager.
I receive internet from a router with DCHP enabled, and other computers connected to the router. On Windows 7 I sometimes use the virtual wifi miniport to share internet with a laptop and that laptop gets different IP addresses each time I create the network.


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Recently, I found a user plug a USB Wifi stick on his desktop, and set up an AP without password. How can we detect or block this via firewall rules or other approach?
Something left unsaid, Why is the user wanting a WiFi? As long as the user feels they have a legitimate need they will continue to find workarounds to any of your attempts at blocking it.
Discuss with the users what they are trying to accomplish. Perhaps create an official wifi network ( use all the security methods you wish - it will be 'yours' ). Or, better, two - Guest and Corporate WAPs.
WiFi is not something which needs be banned "just because," however it does need specific attention, just like all other aspects of security.
Firewalls can't tell where your traffic is coming from in terms of the physical network - they only see the data that the protocol provides, such as MAC / IP, which aren't much use in this case.
I think you're falling into the trap of looking for a technical solution to a managerial problem. Remember Immutable Law of Security #10: Technology is not a panacea. Whilst technology can do some amazing things, it can't enforce user behaviour.
You have a user that is bringing undue risk to the organisation, and that risk needs to be dealt with. The solution to your problem is policy, not technology. Set up a security policy that details explicitly disallowed behaviours, and have your users sign it. If they violate that policy, you can go to your superiors with evidence of the violation and a penalty can be enforced.
There is no firewall rule which can help you there: by construction, the rogue AP provides a network path which bypasses your firewalls. As long as the users have physical access to the machines they use and their USB ports (that's hard to avoid, unless you pour glue in all the USB ports...) and that the installed operating systems allow it (then again, hard to avoid if users are "administrators" on their systems, in particular in BYOD contexts), then the users can setup custom access points which gives access to, at least, their machine.
What you can do is use a laptop, smartphone or tablet to list existing AP, and track them down, using the signal strength as a clue to the AP physical location. However, ultimately, this is a policy issue: educate your users to the dangers of setting custom access points; warn them that this is forbidden by the local security policies, and that they will be held responsible (legally and financially) for what may result from such misbehaviour.
In addition to the answers around the policy side of things there's a couple of technical approaches that can help you here, depending on how tightly controlled your IT environment is.
I will mention that all these measures can be bypassed by a determined/savvy attacker, however they would likely be effective with ordinary users.
I'm actually quite shocked by the number of people dismissing this as a policy or managerial problem.
Yes, a policy needs to be created/enforced so that appropriate disciplinary action can be taken if or when a user is caught violating policy.
However, policy alone is not going to prevent your network/data from being compromised if a user isn't following policy!
If it's within your ability to do so, by all means a technical control should be implemented.
With that being said, if your users are on windows you may take a look at: http://www.wirelessautoswitch.com/about.aspx
Group Policy can be implemented to stop other users on your network from connecting to rogue AP's: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itpronetworking/thread/7130f1a5-70fd-429f-8d41-575085489bd1 however, this won't stop the bad guys from connecting to your users rogue AP.
As Rory mentioned, you could go the route of disabling USB ports but this is not always practical depending upon your situation.
Full disclosure I work for a large Cisco solution partner.
As others have mentioned, a firewall will not help much.
There is a whole class of products called wireless intrusion detection / prevention system (WIDS / WIPS). Cisco, Aruba, Motorola Air Defense, and Airtight Networks Spectraguard are some vendors/products in this category. Not an exhaustive list. For a small customer I had good luck deploying Airtight Networks because they have a hybrid on-premise/cloud model that is inexpensive and easy to get running quickly. It's also very effective. One feature it had was that it could learn the MAC addresses of your organization's endpoints(laptops) and detect when it observed one joining a wireless network not operated by your organization. It could then alert you and/or "jam" the endpoint or AP (be very careful not to break applicable laws in your area!)
Kismet is an open source wireless tool that can be used (among many other things) as a wireless intrusion detection system. See http://www.kismetwireless.net/documentation.shtml
Walking around with a laptop or other handheld scanner certainly works--but only when you are walking around :-) Great for incident response or troubleshooting but not a feasible long-term wireless monitoring solution.
Another technical approach is to prevent this on the offending endpoint computer itself. Others have offered good advice on this so I will not repeat.
Of course creating policy and providing users with legitimate and secure way to meet their justified business needs is very important too. As with so many topics in security it takes a blend of technical and administrative(policy) controls to be successful.
Best of luck!
If the rogue access point is operating in bridged mode (which most will be) you'll see the mac addresses of the wireless client(s) on the switch port of the desktop.
You can block these unknown mac addresses on most switches by setting the switches port address filtering to "learn then block" mode - it will learn the 1st mac address seen and then block any new ones. The switch could also log when they block an unknown mac address.
You could also do this by deploying 802.1x and authenticating each device on your network tho that would be more complicated to setup.
Develop a script which, running on a machine with wireless hardware, periodically scans the wireless environment for the presence of access points, and caches them in a persistent list. The program can raise an alarm (e.g. e-mail to the admins) whenever a hitherto unseen access point emerges and is added to the list. At that point it is the admin's discretion whether that access point goes into the persistent list, or must be hunted down and disabled.
An appropriate response to the alarm might be to send out an e-mail to all staff in the building:
Whoever started an access point with SSID "FooBar" has 10 minutes to take it down, and we will forget the whole thing. Or else you can let us find it. You don't want that.
I'd say it's best if you can work this out between admins and users, since admin is not there to block 'just because' but rather to support the infrastructure of the organization and help users perform their work easier (not harder). Going down the road of measure vs counter-measure for each policy just makes it more likely that users will be less inclined to see network admin as helpful and their respect for admin may nose-dive. That said, if wifi is a very big problem that is absolutely necessary to curtail (not just because that's policy mind you), then you can set up 802.1x and have all nodes that connect by wifi authenticate in before getting access (also this will account for sessions so that anything happening should be monitored). Also, port security can be implemented if the number of nodes in a lan or vlan is known then the rogue router can be detected and neutralized. Port security really isn't a great solution here as a simple wifi usb can get around it (in this situation) but it can at least stifle the activity of rogue routers. So-called 'war-driving' works well and, if necessary and known basically where the AP's might be hiding, admins have been known to send techs to walk around with a laptop or phone searching at random times to hunt down the AP's locations. If you don't mind invading privacy, you can adjust the privileges on any laptops controlled by the organization to monitor activity and get alerts on any attempts to connect to wifi points (and hence rogue AP's).
Several previous answers (such as Thomas Pornin's) have emphasized the need for user education and policy enforcement, and noted that, if users have administrator access on their computers (or can plug their own devices to the wired network), a determined user can always set up an unauthorized access point in a way that makes it invisible to the network.
However, I'd argue that such education would nonetheless be most effective if complemented with a technical solution that would stop users from being able to set up unauthorized access points simply by plugging in a USB stick. Sure, a user with admin access can always circumvent it if they really want and know how to, but at least they'll have to work at it, and hopefully won't be able to do it without being aware that they're circumventing a security measure.
It's a bit like protecting your network from viruses: to do it effectively, you really want to both educate your users and run a virus scanner. Either measure alone is sub-optimal.
As for how to implement such a solution, an obvious approach would be to set up a firewall rule on all workstations to reject any IP packets that don't originate on the local host or be destined to it. On Linux systems, for example, I believe the following iptables policy ought to be sufficient:
This ensures that any packets entering the
Of course, you need to make sure these rules are reapplied on every reboot. Alternatively, you could just disable IPv4 forwarding in the kernel by adding the following line to
and running
Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with Windows network administration to be able to say what might do the same trick there. (Also, I should warn that I haven't actually tested that these solutions work in the OP's scenario. Please do your own testing before relying on them.)
As I write this, you have been given a couple of answers. I simply offer a couple more:
1.) Policy - ugh! Many have mentioned the dirty word, but it is true. You need to start with a policy, which exists as a business statement for users to follow. This policy should be clear in its intent and supported by standards and baselines.
2.) I am not a fan of re-inventing the wheel, or building a rocket ship when a simple solution will work just fine. SANS had a webcast series going strong for a while where David Hoelzer taught various quick tricks on auditing. One such episode discussed AP detection and is related to your question. You can view this episode here: http://auditcasts.com/screencasts/4-can-you-hear-me-now
While not completely related, I found that viewing episode #3 was also helpful in understanding Wireless technology. http://auditcasts.com/screencasts/3-auditing-hacking-wpa-wpa2 (I can not be clear enough here, DO NOT do this without explicit permission).
I modified David's solution a bit, but have applied it to my office and it's passed for PCI Compliance.
3.) Nessus offers a plug in, where it scans the wired end of a Rogue AP and reports on it when detected. You'll need to subscribe to Nessus professional feed if you are going to use it in the office. It's affordable at $1,200.00 a year and it'll enable you to scan and support other policies such as patch compliance, build standards, vulnerabilities.
I hope that gives you some direction, let us know what you end up using and how it's implemented.
kind regards,
The most drastic solution to mitigate this type of risk is to move the network away from the user by implementing VDI/Thin Client (Welcome back to the mainframe era :-) ). Combined with other security functions it should relegate the issue to remote access.
If this is not practical, it is preferable to have a system which detect USB device type insertion and silently raise alert to security team rather than block USB device as the user will find other mean to get what he needs that you may not be protected against (i.e. bring his home wireless router and plug it into your network if you do not have authentication).
As has been mentioned user engagement is the best solution here. Yet it should be mentioned that in some situations you might absolutly not want a wifi enabled on your network.
One possible solution not mentioned here. If your are working at some supper high security office. Where wifi has been deemed a high risk.
You could set up a restricted access list based on the mac addresses of the network cards of the devices / work stations that are specifically allows access on that network. This can be quite a lot of work, having to get the mac address of every device that needs access on you system.
There are still ways to work around this by spoofing the mac address of some other work station to allow an unknown device on the network. It still requires some measure of skill and know how. Most Wifi device don't have the option to spoof a mac address unless you know how to change the devices firmware and are comfortable with working the devices configuration at a command line level.
Allot of universities set a network access per a mac address. Before you can access the internet you need to enter your computers mac address on some registration site. This links your system user account with your computers mac address. You need both to be able to access the network and internet. This link explains how that works. http://netreg.sourceforge.net/SysAdmin/
You can do this at the DHCP level, where ip address are assigned on the network. No ip address no access on the network
You can also do this at the firewall level, which is much more secure.
As I have stated this is not full proof as any body with enough time and effort can by pass any type of security. Specifically via mac spoofing.
Here's a possibility just waiting for others to find holes in it:
Now all that is needed is a way to validate that the endpoint's encryption technology is only what you have provided and not hacked.
An example - NOT AN ENDORSEMENT - of available solutions includes http://juniper.net/us/en/solutions/enterprise/security-compliance/…
I guess i have a completely different solution.
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