Issue Adams
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Confronting the Controversies. Biblical Perspectives on Tough Issues Confronting the Controversies is the second title in our series of video-based small-group studies from Adam Hamilton. Like Making Love Last a Lifetime, the study is designed as a “fishing expedition,” with tools and helps that will enable congregations to make the study a church and community wide outreach event, including sermon starters and promotion aids. Confronting the Controversies is a 7… |
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411vm Skateboarding Issue 59 [VHS] $16.95 … |
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Dazed & Confused (Widescreen Flashback Edition) $5.13 You remember high school? Really remember? If you think you do, watch this film: it’ll all really come racing back. After changing the world with the generation-defining Slacker, director Richard Linklater turned his free-range vérité sensibility on the 1970s. As before, his all-seeing camera meanders across a landscape studded with goofy pop culture references and poignant glimpses of human nat… |
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Donnie Darko: The Director’s Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) $5.77 Dark and disturbing, destined-for-cult status tale stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a gifted but troubled ’80s high school student whose adolescent horrors take on new dimensions, as he starts to see “shifts in time” and is visited by a fanged, six-foot rabbit. Among the characters Gyllenhaal comes into contact with while struggling with his demons are sympathetic classmate Jena Malone, hippie English tea… |
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Amateur Night $1.99 … |
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The Presidential First Day Cover Collection – 36 First Issue Presidential Postal Stamps & Envelopes $89.99 … |
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Clutter Magazine Issue 9 $19.99 Clutter Magazine #9: In its 9th issue, Clutter Magazine focuses on cover story subject Chrisopher Lee, plus others from the Wheaty Wheat family including Jeremy Madl, Sket One, Kathie Olivas, Brandt PEters, Candykiller, Phallic Mammary and Andrew Bell…. |
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1999 Pamela Anderson Playboy magazine $18.95 Table of Contents COVER STORY We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Pamela rules. Her eighth cover for us is a special valentine to her legions of fans. For a surprise bonus Ms. Anderson invites us into her home for an equally revealing session. Our cover was produced by West Coast Photo Editor Marilyn Grabowski, shot by Stephen Wayda and styled by Jennifer Tutor. Thanks to Desmond Miller f… |
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Augmented Edition [Download] $39.99 The long-awaited return of the award winning franchise that blends the best of Action and RPG: the perfect mix of combat, stealth, hacking, and social gameplay…. |
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Far Cry $4.97 FARCRY BY UBISOFT… |
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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword $7.99 Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword puts you in charge of Team Rainbow again. In this thrilling new expansion pack, you track down the last desperate elements of a terrorist group in the Mediterranean. These last few cells are holding onto deadly chemical weapons, and they’ll use them to destroy millions of lives — unless you lead the world’s premier counter-terror force and neutralize the threat…. |
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Film-Fest DVD – Issue 4 – Sundance 2000 & Hawaii Film Fest $2.45 In this issue of Film-Fest DVD, get a fast-paced peek at Sundance 2000. Then, head to Honolulu for the Hawaii International Film Festival, and meet grandparents who hang ten. Hook up with Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson, and the cast of Committed. Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Emily Watson, and director Alan Rudolph reflect on the movie biz. Plus, spend time with Brenda Blethyn, the irreve… |
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Medeiros/Hope And Adams Re-issue $12.98 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
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Film-Fest DVD – Issue 2 – Cannes $14.95 Get into issue 2 of FILM-FEST DVD magazine and you’ll be whisked away to the south of France for all the glitz and glamour from the most famous festival in the world, the Cannes Festival International du Film. Spend time with acclaimed director John Sayles, actress Irene Jabob, actor-turned filmmaker Alex Winter, hot young actors Timothy Olyphant and Natasha Gregson Wagner, and go behind the scen… |
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Motorola SURFboard Gateway SBG6580 DOCSIS 3.0 Wireless Cable Modem $113.95 Up to 2000 times faster than 56k analog phone modems; up to 4 times faster than DOCSIS 2.0 broadband802.11n wireless and 4-port Gigabit Ether connectivityWidely accepted by North American cable operatorsPlug-and-playPairing button for easy WiFi Protected Setup WiFi connectionMac Unix and Windows patible6 5/8″ W x 1 7/8″ H x 6 13/16″ D… |
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Cisco-Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router $42.89 Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless G Router The Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router does the work of three devices in one incredible package. For starters, there’s the Wireless Access Point, letting you connect both blazing fast Wireless-G (802.11g at 54Mbps) and Wireless-B (802.11b at 11Mbps) devices to your network. Also, there’s a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet d… |
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Cisco-Linksys WRT160N Wireless-N Broadband Router $59.99 The Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there’s the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There’s also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Inter… |
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Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown $13.19 Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators. When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistanâbut he was ready: In a letter to his children, not meant to be seen unless the worst happened, he wrote, “I’m not afraid of anything … |
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Where She Went (If I Stay) $16.99 Amazon Best Books of the Month, April 2011: In the three years since the tragic accident Mia barely survived in If I Stay, she and high school ex-boyfriend Adam have lived separate lives on opposite coasts. But then Adam, now the dissatisfied front man of popular LA-based band Collateral Damage, stops over in New York City for one night before kicking off the European leg of his tour. It happens t… |
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1798 In The United States $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. They were signed into law by President John Adams. Proponents claimed the acts were designed to protect the Catholics from alien citizens of enemy powers and to prevent seditious attacks from weakening the government. The Democratic-Republicans, like later historians, denominated them as being both unconstitutional and designed to stifle criticism of the administration, and as infringing on the right of the states to act in these areas. They became a major political issue in the elections of 1798 and 1800. There were actually four separate laws making up what is commonly referred to as the “Alien and Sedition Acts” While Jefferson did denounce the Sedition Act as invalid and a violation of the First Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights, which protected the right of free speech, his main argument on its unconstitutionality was that it violated the Tenth Amendment: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Jefferson more strongly argued the Federal Government had overstepped its limits in the Alien and Sedition Acts by attempting to exercise unjust powers. Virginia and Kentucky passed resolutions openly denouncing the acts; Federalist-dominated state legislatures rejected Jefferson’s position through resolutions either supporting the Acts or denying the ability of Virginia and Kentucky to circumvent them. The judicial redress for unconstitutional legislation under the doctrine of judicial review was not established until Marbury v. Mad… More: |
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1800 Elections in the United States: United States Presidential Election, 1800, United States House of Representatives Elections, 1800 $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: United States House of Representatives Elections, 1800, United States Senate Special Election in New York, November 1800, United States Senate Special Election in New York, April 1800. Excerpt: Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1800, concurrently with the 1800 presidential election, in which Vice President Thomas Jefferson , a Democratic Republican , defeated incumbent President John Adams , a Federalist .The elections, to the 7th United States Congress, resulted in the Democratic-Republicans picking up 22 seats from the Federalists. This brought the Democratic-Republicans to a broad majority of 68 seats, with the Federalists retaining 38 seats. Many state legislatures also changed to Democratic-Republican control, voting in Democratic-Republicans to the Senate .The victory of Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans can be partially attributed to unpopular Adams administration policies, including the Alien and Sedition Acts , which curtailed the Bill of Rights guarantees of freedom of speech and the press .The differences between Federalist views in favor of a strong national government and Democratic-Republican views on the primacy of the states played a prominent role in the election – taxation became an issue as Southerners and Westerners rejected federal taxes levied on property.Overall results Elections by state Unlike modern day House elections, each state held its election on different days. The table below shows the date of each state’s election in chronological order and the makeup of the state contingents before and after the elections. “Und.” is short for “undecided”, for races in which no candidate won the seat outright, forcing a second election.See also (online edition) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this |
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1828 in Politics: 1828 Elections in the United States, Political Parties Established in 1828, States and Territories Established in 1828 $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1828 Elections in the United States, Political Parties Established in 1828, States and Territories Established in 1828, United States Presidential Candidates, 1828, United States Presidential Election, 1828, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Anti-Masonic Party, Caucasian Imamate, Armenian Oblast, Phulra, Nullifier Party, United States House of Representatives Elections, 1828, New York Gubernatorial Election, 1828. Excerpt: A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at The U.S. House election, 1828 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1828.In 1828, the newly formed Democratic Party soundly took control of the presidency, with Andrew Jackson ‘s victory, and greatly increased their majority in Congress. Outgoing President John Quincy Adams ‘ unpopularity played a major role in the Democratic pick-up, as did the perception of the National Republican Party as urban and elitist. Major increases in suffrage also heightened Democratic wins, as newly enfranchised voters tended to associate with Jacksonian principles. The Anti-Masonic Party, a single issue faction based on distrust of Freemasonry , became the first third party in American history to garner a seat in the House.Overall results Party: Total seats (change): Seat percentage See also (online edition) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Anti-Masonic Party Part of a series of articles on Freemasonry Views of Masonry item Anti-Masonry index{Anti-Mas… |
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1952 Comic Debuts: Phantom Stranger $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Phantom Stranger is a fictional character of unspecified paranormal origins who battles mysterious and occult forces in various titles published by DC Comics, sometimes under their Vertigo imprint. The Phantom Stranger first appeared in his own series, publication date August/September 1952, by John Broome and Carmine Infantino. It lasted six issues. After an appearance in Showcase #80 (February, 1969), he received another series on May-June 1969 that lasted until February-March 1976. The first four issues (including the Showcase) consisted of reprints from both the Stranger’s 50s title and the Dr. 13: Ghost-Breaker feature from the last nine issues of Star Spangled Comics at the same time, with new, brief framing sequences. These had Thirteen, certain that the Stranger was a fake, determined to expose him. Beginning with issue #4, November-December 1969, the comic went all-new, with stories produced by Robert Kanigher, Len Wein, Jim Aparo, Neal Adams, Tony DeZuniga, and others. In these stories, while the Stranger’s past remained a mystery, the writers added a semi-regular cast of characters for him. A blind psychic named Cassandra Craft (first appeared in #17, January-February 1972) would assist him, an alchemist/sorcerer named Tannarak (first appeared in #10, November-December 1970) was first an enemy and would later assist him against the Dark Circle (first appeared in #20, July-August 1972) and a demonic sorceress named Tala (first appeared in #4) would become his major personal enemy. The stories hinted at a romantic attraction between the Stranger and Craft, but he eventually left her, deciding she could not be part of his life, convincing her he had been killed in their final battle against the Dark Circle (#24, March-April 1973)…. More: |
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1983 Comic Debuts $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Supergirl, Outsiders, Les Cités Obscures, Vigilante, Alpha Flight, Ronin, Grimjack, American Flagg!, Blue Ribbon Comics, Escape, the Bojeffries Saga, Omega Men, Badger, Albedo Anthropomorphics, Magik, Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, Jon Sable, Thriller, Kraken, Elric, Wolverine, the Daredevils, a Distant Soil, Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein, Marvel Age, Dc Graphic Novel, Void Indigo, Eclipse Monthly, Skateman, Star Slammers, A-Team, Warp. Excerpt: Mr. T has appeared in a number of comics both under his own name and with the A-Team . Comics Mr. T and the T-Force Mr. T and the T-Force was released in 1993 by NOW Comics . It was written Pete Stone with art by Neal Adams and then various creative teams following their run. The series apparently lasted 14 consecutive issues, not including a 1994 annual and various editions of #1, before closing when NOW Comics went out of business. This figure may be incorrect however, with the eleventh issue possibly being the final issue produced. Many if not all issues of Mr. T and the T-Force included Mr. T trading cards. Mr. T Cover of the 2008 Mr. T graphic novel comic book Another comic version, Mr. T , appeared in 2005 from short-lived British comic publisher APComics. It was pitched to the publisher by writer Chris Bunting who was joined with pencils by Neil Edwards, inks by Randy Emberlin and with colours by Don Mackinnon. Mr. T was also listed as a Creative Supervisor on the series and did a round of interviews as publicity for the series launch. The series got a lot of press interest announcing itself to be one of the biggest licensing deals in British comic’s history, but ultimately it had a very short life most probably due to the closure of APComics. It featured as a six page preview of APComics upcoming comics and then |
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A Bizarro $94.51 New – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A. Bizarro is the title of a four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1999, and the name of the lead character of that series. The creators included writer Steve Gerber, penciller M. D. Bright, inker Greg Adams, colorist Tom Ziuko with separations by Digital Chameleon, letterer Steve Dutro, and editor Joey Cavalieri. It features characters from the Superman family of titles. |
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A Bizarro $56.4 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A. Bizarro is the title of a four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1999, and the name of the lead character of that series. The creators included writer Steve Gerber, penciller M. D. Bright, inker Greg Adams, colorist Tom Ziuko with separations by Digital Chameleon, letterer Steve Dutro, and editor Joey Cavalieri. It features characters from the Superman family of titles. |
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A Bizarro $94.63 New – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A. Bizarro is the title of a four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1999, and the name of the lead character of that series. The creators included writer Steve Gerber, penciller M. D. Bright, inker Greg Adams, colorist Tom Ziuko with separations by Digital Chameleon, letterer Steve Dutro, and editor Joey Cavalieri. It features characters from the Superman family of titles. |
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A Bizarro $56.4 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A. Bizarro is the title of a four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1999, and the name of the lead character of that series. The creators included writer Steve Gerber, penciller M. D. Bright, inker Greg Adams, colorist Tom Ziuko with separations by Digital Chameleon, letterer Steve Dutro, and editor Joey Cavalieri. It features characters from the Superman family of titles. |
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A Bizarro $94.63 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A. Bizarro is the title of a four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1999, and the name of the lead character of that series. The creators included writer Steve Gerber, penciller M. D. Bright, inker Greg Adams, colorist Tom Ziuko with separations by Digital Chameleon, letterer Steve Dutro, and editor Joey Cavalieri. It features characters from the Superman family of titles. |
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A Bizarro $79.9 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A. Bizarro is the title of a four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1999, and the name of the lead character of that series. The creators included writer Steve Gerber, penciller M. D. Bright, inker Greg Adams, colorist Tom Ziuko with separations by Digital Chameleon, letterer Steve Dutro, and editor Joey Cavalieri. It features characters from the Superman family of titles. |
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A Reference Guide to Substance Abuse Including a Discussion on Drug Regulation and a List of Drug-Related Deaths by Celebrities $28.44 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book is an overview of substance abuse. It discusses various regulations such as drug prohibition law and arguments for and against drug prohibition. Through this information, readers will learn about how society and culture reacts to the drug issue. The book also features a list of drug-related deaths including Herb Abrams, Nick Adams, Stuart Adamson, Dennis |
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A. Bizarro $64.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A. Bizarro is the title of a four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1999, and the name of the lead character of that series. The creators included writer Steve Gerber, penciller M. D. Bright, inker Greg Adams, colorist Tom Ziuko with separations by Digital Chameleon, letterer Steve Dutro, and editor Joey Cavalieri. It features characters from the Superman family of titles. |
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ATM for Service Providers $229 ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) networks are widely considered to be the new prool for high speed communication systems, both for broadband information highways and for local and wide area networks. This book provides the reader with an authoritative overview of the subject and presents the latest findings from leading edge research in the area, concentrating particularly on the way ATM is being developed with early services in mind. The key issue of how ATM can provide different services is discussed, focusing on issues relating to the control quality of service. Written by research and development engineers at the British Telecommunications Laboratories, this book is essential reading for engineers in telecommunications operating companies working in network design and related fields, engineers in telecommunications and computer companies working on systems design, broadband equipment vendors and postgraduate and research students of telecommunications and computing. |
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Abel Clemence of Rouen: A Sixteenth-Century Secret Press $33.25 Used – This Article Is Contained In Vol. XX, No. 2, September 1939 Issue Of The Library, Transactions Of The Bibliographical Society. Contents Also Include: Armorial Book-Stamps And Their Owners, H. J. B. Clements; Another Fragment From Henslowe’s Diary, Joseph Quincy Adams; And More. |
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Abel Clemence of Rouen: A Sixteenth-Century Secret Press $16.41 New – This Article Is Contained In Vol. XX, No. 2, September 1939 Issue Of The Library, Transactions Of The Bibliographical Society. Contents Also Include: Armorial Book-Stamps And Their Owners, H. J. B. Clements; Another Fragment From Henslowe’s Diary, Joseph Quincy Adams; And More. |
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Abel Clemence of Rouen: A Sixteenth-Century Secret Press $27.98 New – This Article Is Contained In Vol. XX, No. 2, September 1939 Issue Of The Library, Transactions Of The Bibliographical Society. Contents Also Include: Armorial Book-Stamps And Their Owners, H. J. B. Clements; Another Fragment From Henslowe’s Diary, Joseph Quincy Adams; And More. |
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Abolitionism $45 From John Adams to the women who supported abolition, this volume provides a comprehensive history of the abolitionist movement. Beginning with a historical explanation of the African slave trade and its role in American history, Abolitionism explores every important person, event, and issue that helped push the North and South closer to the Civil War. This book also includes colorful sidebars featuring primary resource documents like the Gettysburg Address and narratives from Harriet Beecher Stowe”s Uncle Tom”s Cabin. |
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Abolitionism $43.14 New – From John Adams to the women who supported abolition, this volume provides a comprehensive history of the abolitionist movement. Beginning with a historical explanation of the African slave trade and its role in American history, Abolitionism explores every important person, event, and issue that helped push the North and South closer to the Civil War. This book also includes colorful sidebars featuring primary resource documents like the Gettysburg Address and narratives from Harriet Beec |
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All-Star Companion, Volume 3 $26.95 Comics legend Roy Thomas presents still more amazing secrets behind the 1940-51 All-Star Comics and the 1941-44 Seven Soldiers of Victory—and illustrated speculation about how other Golden Age super-teams might have been assembled! Also, an issue-by-issue survey of the JLA-JSA team-ups of 1963-85, the 1970s JSA revival, and the 1980s series The Young All-Stars and Secret Origins, with commentary by the artists and writers! Plus rare, often unseen art by Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Neal Adams, Jerry Ordway, Murphy Anderson, Alex Toth, Nick Cardy, Gil Kane, Gene Colan, Michael Bair, Mike Sekowsky, Dick Dillin, Joe Staton, Paul Reinman, Bob McLeod, Tom Grindberg, Paul Smith, Ron Harris, Marshall Rogers, Wayne Boring, George Freeman, Don Heck, George Tuska, Tony DeZuniga, H.G. Peter, Don Simpson, and many others! Featuring a new JLA/JSA cover by George Perez! |
Issue Adams
A Conversation With Adam Laurie
His profile include working as a computer programmer on PDP-8 and other mini computers, various Unix, Dos and CP/M based micro computers as they emerged in the eighties. Adam Laurie gave the world first CD ripper ever, ‘CDGRAB’. As the internet evolved, Adam and (his brother) Ben became interested in open source projects, and they come up with ‘Apache-SSL’-which went on to become the de-facto standard secure web server. Since then Adam is actively involved in busting several myths about wireless technologies, Infrared devices and bluetooth protocols. Lately, Adam unveiled his latest research about RFID’s and different threats to privacy. Adam also released a python library “RFIDIOt” for accessing and reading RFID devices. Adam and Ben also pioneered the concept of re-using military data centers (housed in underground nuclear bunkers) as secure hosting facilities. Adam has been a senior member of staff at DEFCON since 1997, and also acted as a member of staff during the early years of the Black Hat Briefings.
Omer: Adam, please introduce yourself.
Adam: Well, I started off with computers in early eighties, when my father was the editor of a computer magazine in UK. So before the computers and the windows that we see today, he used to bring along micro computers, which seems to be pretty interesting for kids. I and my brother used to play with these machines and then my father brought them back to magazine. So we almost witnessed the whole evolution of the computers.
Omer: Since how long have you been associated with events like Black Hat and DefCon?
Adam: The first DefCon that I attended was DefCon IV. Then I attended the DefCon V again and became a “goon” there and there has been no stopping ever since. So, it is almost over 10 years now. When Black Hat first started off, a lot of goons working for DefCon also worked for Black Hat, but it was only for a couple of years. As soon as it became a public commercial event, they hired staff for the work that goons used to do.
Omer: You wrote the first CD ripper, how do you feel about it? RIAA and other recording associations and must be a great fan of yours?
Adam: (Laughs) the problem is that when I wrote the first CD ripper “CDGRAB”, the hard disk was so expensive and it used to fill all the hard disk space. So commercially it was really a stupid thing to do, because it would just fill up the entire hard disk and that would cost you 30 times more then a CD. So when I wrote the tool there was no commercial use of it, until years later when someone came up with compression standards and hard disk space got cheaper.
Omer: Are you still maintaining the tool ‘CDGRAB’?
Adam: Not really. It was written even before Windows was a popular environment. It was a command line tool originally, but we did a Windows version too. It was programmed in C. Then we just stopped maintaining it, we got distracted by the internet phenomenon so much that we started looking into other ideas.
Omer: You have also been a part of Apache-SSL project, which later became the de-facto standard of the secure web. How the whole idea did come to life?
Adam: It is actually my brother’s idea. I have been involved in the later stages to do the testing, release and documentation. It was Ben Laurie who actually coded the Apache-SSL. The whole idea came even before the internet. We had email addresses even before the web was really famous. We started with bulletin boards (fidonet) and then when internet came along, there was a company in the UK, called “Daemon”, who was actually just bunch of people chatting on the bulletin boards, before they formed this company. So they were just chatting that if 100 of us could get together, may be we could buy a dedicated leased line onto a service provider, and we’ll just put up some modems there and then you can just dial in and get on to the internet. We were one of the first groups in the UK, who pooled up the resources together to get on to the internet and that company later became one of the biggest service providers in UK. It has nothing to do with us; we were just the first customers. We then started doing the internet projects and we realized that there is no secure open source web server over the internet. U.S had some border restrictions over the use of cryptography. Outside the U.S you couldn’t get a cryptographic web server. So we went to the UK government and asked that what the rules for using crypto in UK are. They responded that its somewhat a grey area, we are still not sure, but just keep a record of whatever you send across and that shouldn’t be a problem. We thought that it’s not something really practical. But luckily then Cambridge University and Oxford University stepped forward and said that we will do the distribution for you, you write the code and then publish it to us. We’ll put it on our public servers. So technically this makes them the publisher of the software and if they have any legal challenges to face, they have big legal departments who can deal with this.
Omer: Was this a formal association with Oxford University and Cambridge University?
Adam: Not really. It was an informal association. It was just an agreement. My brother wrote the code, we published it to them; and they put it onto their web servers. And then it became the de-facto standard of the web, because it was the only one around.
Omer: Were you guys expecting it to be that big?
Adam: We never expected it to be that big.
Omer: You have also been held responsible for finding some critical bluetooth bugs? What was that?
Adam: Well I discovered Blue Snarfing, it is actually a problem found in bluetooth phones that can be exploited to pull out phone books and other information without the knowledge of the owner. The problem was quite wide spread and it involved some of the very popular business phones like Nokia 6310i. There was a great problem communicating with the cell phone manufacturers, because they were not just used to the idea of someone coming to them and saying that you have a problem. So, you know, the whole idea of full disclosure and the philosophy of open source are quite alien to them. At first, they treated the problem with suspicion that why would you tell us or I am trying to blackmail them. So, they really didn’t understand that all we want is to get the problem fixed. We want to use the technology, here’s the security hole, and this is how you reproduce it, just go ahead and fix it.
Omer: Has it been fixed now?
Adam: It has on most phones now. In fact, about a year later, they arranged bluetooth security events. It’s actually a nice thing to do. All manufacturers get together in hotel, do the interoperability tests, and run them through security procedures. There’s no compensation on that level, where everything is designed to function properly. We did this for around 18 months and it was quite a success. We found many problems and they fixed it before it hits the street. But then they discontinued the program and I don’t think that they are doing any security specific testing any more, so I do expect more problems.
Omer: Lately you have been inspired by RFID’s. Please tell us about that.
Adam: Okay. There are two areas that I am looking into. One is where RFID is used as an authentication token like you have door entry systems. So, the problem there is that all the tag is doing is giving out just an ID number, which they claim is unique, like your door key is unique, but it can be of course copied. The industry is trying to tell us that an electronic key is somehow magically different and it cannot be copied. So I demonstrated that these RFID’s can be pretty easily copied and a good copy will open the door and it’s not perfectly safe to use the technology. Actually there was quite an interesting situation recently, when there was a company that threatened to sue on breach of patents if they revealed how their systems work or if they demonstrated a device that can clone the door keys. So what I have been doing is using manufacturer’s own technology against them. So what I do is that instead of building emulation, I take an existing door tag and reprogrammed it to pretend to be another tag or even to pretend to be another manufacturer’s authentication token. So what I found was original methods that manufacturer used to program the door tags in the first place and what protocols do they use.
Omer: You have ruined infrared devices, explored wi-fi environments, busted bluetooth and now demystifying RFID’s. Why are you against technology? (In good humor)
Adam: (Laughs) I am not against technology. I am against inappropriately used technology. I think technology is great. The reason why I wanted them to fix bluetooth is that I liked the technology and I wanted to be able to rely on it. I don’t want it to make me insecure and the same is with RFID’s. I think that the idea is dangerous that the tags are magically unique and they cannot be cloned, of course they can be cloned.
Omer: Why do you think that there is a gap between the product development and the security of the products? Lousy administrators and poorly configured devices is one thing, but the intrinsically flawed protocols, buggy stacks and second-rate implementations is another. What do you think could be the reason?
Adam: Well I think it’s usually the cost. The manufacturers are just looking for ways to increase revenues and doing a proper security is often an expected thing and they would say that well, we’ll worry about it later, if it becomes a problem. So the security of the system is second consideration and by the time it becomes a problem, it’s already too late because it’s already deployed. At this stage they should stop and do what they should have done in the first place. But the culture is changing. The internet has gone through a very long and painful process of learning that. The internet used to be the same software vendors and they never always released patches as Microsoft is doing it now. The old Microsoft would say that there are no problems, play it down and hope nobody hears about it, discredit the person who find the problem in the first place. But they realized that actually engaging with the open source and even the hacker community is a good thing for every one. It’s about revealing problems and getting them fixed and its far better to admit to the public that you have an issue, deal with it quickly rather then trying to cover it up and then the public found out that you have an issue any ways and then you just look bad. You actually look quite good if you say “yup, we got that wrong but here’s the fix”. Everyone will forgive and forget, because they know that where there’ll be complex system, there will be problems.
Omer: In recent times, the ethics of full disclosure has been questioned. There are more corporate and political pressures on security researchers, especially if you remember Michael Lynn’s controversy last year. What is your take on this?
Adam: Well again I think it’s very dangerous that the commercial world is getting such a strong foothold into the rules that govern what we can do in the world of security, the rules about reverse engineering and so on. When laws start to back up philosophies that if there is something bad, you shouldn’t talk about it rather then you should fix it. No one is allowed to talk about it; no one is allowed to fix it because in theory nobody knows that its there and what we found is that full disclosure does actually work. Manufacturers will fix things if you publicly disclose the fact that they’ve got a problem. If you don’t, they would tend not to because they don’t need to and they can save the money. But the bad guys would know about the problem. If the bunch of amateurs, who have nothing to gain, can find problems, then so can bunch of criminals, who have a lot to gain, financially motivated, they have the organizations, they have the skill, they are going to find the problem. So your best defense against that is to encourage people to look for problems and to deal with problems rather then punishing them for this. I think this is the most dangerous thing to do. They have been publishing about the so-called “hacker tools”, but what’s a hacker tool? If I write a tool that can catch the clones of the door entry tag, is that a hacker tool or is that a tool that the industry is using anyway to program the tags in the first place and if I am afraid to publish it because I will be prosecuted then the problem never gets fixed because nobody is even aware about it other then the bad guys.
Omer: How does your lab look like?
Adam: Imagine a big pile of random cables and wires, you know, the mad scientist lab basically. I collect a lot of hardware and whenever I see a device that I’d think might be usable, I buy it. I take lots of electronic out of junk piles as well, so if I see an old tape, I’ll just rip the magnetic tape and use it somewhere. I keep on doing lots of random stuff. I have a very chaotic lab, 3 or 4 laptops tossing around, popped up computers everywhere.
Omer: Thank you for your time Adam. It has been fun talking to you.
Adam: Thanks to you too.
Interview concluded.
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what are the ethical issues in patch Adams?
need it for my ethics class. im at work so i have litle time to watch
LOL cheating on an ethics project????
What is considered “medical care”. Patch Adams and a few friends started up a “clinic” to help people who otherwise would not be able to get treatment, but they weren’t technically doctors yet, since they were in med school.
The big ethical issues, though, had to do with the way doctors looked at and treated patients. The doctors/professors explain the importance of not getting attached to the patient. Therefore, they didn’t use names (the patients were called “patients”, and distinguished only by whatever was wrong with them, like “a diabetic case”). Humor was NOT used. They believed people would feel like if a doctor used humor, they would not be trusted and respected by the patients.
Patch understands that getting on a personal level with the patients actually helps them (he clowns it up for a bunch of kids in the pediatric ward, encourages games to help people deal with leaving their previous healthy lifestyles, and uses humor to ease a dying man’s state of agitation). He does all this, though, under the disguise of a doctor, not a med student.
Which is more important? Improving the quality of life, or avoiding death? Can the two be interlinked?
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