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Intimate Partner/Relationship Violence
Intimate partner/relationship violence (domestic violence, battering physical abuse) occurs when one partner turns his/her anger on the other partner. This is sometimes manifested in emotional abuse, such as yelling, swearing, name calling, or verbal insults. Or it may show up in the form of physical abuse, such as pushing, hitting, choking, or kicking. Another form abusive behavior sometimes takes is sexual, such as forcing sexual relations or other sexual activity.
Warning Signs of a Potentially Abusive Personality
- Quick Involvement: Comes on very strong, quickly pressures you for an exclusive commitment.
- Jealousy: Very possessive, calls constantly or visits unexpectedly, checks your car's mileage.
- Controlling: Interrogates you intensely (especially if you're late) about whom you talked to and where you were, keeps all the money, insists you ask for permission to go anywhere or do anything.
- Sudden mood swings: Switches from sweetly loving to explosively violent in a matter of minutes.
- Isolation: Tries to cut you off from family and friends, tries to prevent you from holding a job.
- Blames others for problems: It's always someone else's fault (often yours) if anything goes wrong.
- Makes everyone else responsible for his/her feelings: The abuser says, "You make me angry," instead of "I am angry."
- Verbal abuse: Constantly criticizes you or says blatantly cruel, hurtful things; degrade, curses, calls you ugly names.
- Cruelty to animals and children: Kills or punishes animals. May expect children to do things that are beyond their ability or tease them mercilessly.
- Threats of violence: Makes statements like, "I'll break your neck," or "I'll kill you," and then dismisses them with "Everyone talks that way," or "I didn't really mean it.
Cycles of Violence
Phase I: Tension Building
In the beginning of relationships, violence rarely occurs. This is typically a time of infatuation, when each partner is on their best behavior and the level of stress is fairly low. As the relationship continues, demands and stress increase. There is an increase in aggressive behavior, which is often directed at objects rather than people. This aggressive behavior is followed by a decrease in tension, which reinforces the behavior and makes it more likely to occur. The violent behavior shifts toward the partner, first verbal or emotional abuse, then moving toward physical abuse. The partner may change his/her behavior to try to stop the abuse, and feel responsible for the abuse. The abuser may become possessive, jealous, and controlling of his/her partner's behavior. He/she may try to isolate him/her from his/her family and friends.
Phase II: The Acute Battering Incident
This phase is when the built up stress and tension is actually released following the violence. The abuser chooses when and where the violence occurs, and how the partner is injured. Often it is in this phase that law enforcement are involved. The violent behavior releases the stress and tension, which may leave the abuser appearing calm and rational when the police arrive. The partner may be confused or upset.
Phase III: Calm or Honeymoon Phase
After the violent episode, there is a calm and loving period. The abuser may take some responsibility for his/her behavior, expressing guilt and asking for forgiveness. This may give the partner hope that change is possible. Without intervention, tension begins to build and the cycle is repeated. Over time the frequency and severity of violence often increases.
If You Are Being Abused
- If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
- Realize that no one deserves to be abused. It is not your fault.
- Try to maintain connections with family and friends. Avoid isolation.
- Don't try to change the abuser. This could put you in more danger.
- Get professional help. In Greeley contact A Woman's Place at 356-4226 (24 hour crisis line). In Colorado contact The Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence at (303) 831-9632. Outside of Colorado, contact The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (1-800-799-7233).


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To the editor: Young children in Brunswick County deserve the best we can give them.
During Week of the Young Child, April 11-17, we can show our support for children and for early learning in our community by recognizing the needs of young children and thanking the adults involved in their education and care.
As we thank parents, teachers, caregivers and volunteers, promote early literacy programs and work to ensure that our public policies support early learning for all young children, we recognize early years are learning years.
To the editor:
Recently, I attended a Tea Party in Raleigh. The agenda was to persuade Roy Cooper to join a number of states in fighting to repeal the unconstitutional healthcare bill.
I was sickened in the way things turned out. I do not care if you are Republican, Democrat, Independent or whatever I think you too should be concerned.
The day before our demonstration, an e-mail came out telling us that poles or sticks with signs would not be acceptable, even the American flag on a pole. The reason given was that these things could be used as weapons.
To the editor:
As the new executive director of Brunswick Family Assistance, I am writing to thank our supporters and to introduce the organization to those who do not know us yet.
Our mission is to improve the quality of life for low-income families and to
increase awareness of the social and economic problems in our community.
Please look at ways BFA helped Brunswick County residents last year.
In 2009 BFA provided:
•$374,000 in food (183 tons) to 3,051 households, feeding 9,546 individuals.
Thanks for help
To the editor:
I would like to thank everyone who came out to the sing at Old Shallotte Baptist Church on March 14 in my honor.
It was truly an amazing event and an honor to see so many friends and family supporting me in this fight against ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease).
For those that could not attend, I would also like to thank you for your support, prayers, visits, cards and words of encouragement.
To the editor:
I just wanted to say happy National Telecommunicators Week to all my coworkers at Brunswick County 911 Center.
April 11-18 this year has been designated as Telecommunicators Week as it is every year. Thank you doesn't seem like enough when you think about all the sacrifices telecommunicators make.
To the editor:
Brunswick County is playing a shell game with its proposed tax increase.
First, they propose charging for trash pick up to the tune of $147 per household. This charge is really a tax.
Then they say they are dropping the tax rate by one cent. The two together amount to a rise in those whose home is valued at less than $600,000.
On the other end of the scale, people with more expensive properties would see a tax decrease.
To the editors:
The opinions of the majority of Sunset Beach residents must be voiced to understand their concern and frustration over the demolition of the Sunset Beach swing bridge.
Residents feel the swing bridge is a historic monument, being the last swing bridge on the Intracoastal Waterway; therefore, it should be preserved for future generations.
The Sunset Beach swing bridge is the icon of this entire town; it encompasses the town's quaint, meaningful history and so should be kept largely intact.
To the editor: A few weeks ago, Mike McIntyre said he was not for the healthcare bill. Then he lost his backbone and a special interest group spent thousands of dollars on TV ads saying that, "Mike was standing tall for you."
If standing tall in a political cesspool is standing tall, may we all forever stand short. Before the final vote, Mike said he was again not for the bill because of the cost. What a pathetic answer.
To the editor: A grassroots victim support group is rallying online through Facebook to try and stop John Norman Gamble from being released so early from prison.
We are friends, family and community advocates. We ask you bring this cause more awareness through your newspaper and Web site.
Please help us, as there is not much time left.
I have included a link to Amy's Facebook cause and a link to the petition page. People have already begun writing the N.C. Parole Commission as well.
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'American Idol' Rounds Up Top 10 Girls
"American Idol" entered the second week of Sudden Death round and ten other girls performed on Wednesday, February 27. Taking the stage first was Melinda Ademi who covered Jessie J's "Nobody's Perfect".
"What a great way to start the show," Keith Urban said, but Nicki Minaj liked Angela Miller's version of the same song last week better than Melinda's. Randy Jackson commented, "I don't know if you had enough big moments in there," while Mariah Carey thought her nerves got the best of her at the start.
Candice Glover came up next and she definitely set the bar high. Realizing that a song choice is an important thing after getting cut last year, she chose Carole King's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" this time. Keith called it "a great choice," as Nicki and Randy praised her voice. Mariah said Candice "is a bona fide singer, and that's what this competition is all about."
Juliana Chahayed went with Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper" and kept it quiet throughout the performance. Keith thought the 15-year-old struggled with pitch, but "there's a purity about the tone of your voice that I love." Nicki said, "You do seem very, very, very timid," as Mariah liked "an angelic quality" in her voice.
Jett Hermano sang Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)" behind the piano. Though her performance couldn't highlight the dramatic quality of the song, Keith and Nicki liked her arrangement. Keith gushed, "You brought out the sexiness in the song" in a different way than Rihanna did. Nicki, however, expected a climax that never came and Randy agreed with her.
Cristabel Clack went with Alicia Keys' "No One" and she got a standing ovation from Randy, who dubbed her "one of those racehorse singers." Keith raved, "That was fantastic; gosh, I love your voice," as Nicki praised her unique voice too, though she thought it got a bit out of control.
Aubrey Cleland delivered a rendition of Beyonce Knowles' "Sweet Dreams". Keith loved it, but Randy wasn't sure it was the right song for her. Nicki disagreed as she said, "I am obsessed with you... For the first time, somebody came out here looking like a current artist, sounding like one, feeling like one." Mariah also praised her performance.
Rachel Hale sang "Nothing but the Water" by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, and Nicki was excited that Rachel came alive that night. Keith liked that she picked the song, but said that the song "got on top of" her in parts. Mariah added, "I just want the people that are here to get the chance to really hear you."
Breanna Steer presented a slinky version of Jazmine Sullivan's "Bust Your Windows". Keith said, "You sang it right," as Nicki exclaimed, "Work! Work! Work!" Randy commented, "You brought us drama," and Mariah thought she's marketable.
Janelle Arthur embraced her country root by singing Lady Antebellum's "Just a Kiss". Nicki said, "A lot of that fell a little bit flat," while Keith thought the song didn't allow her to show her best quality. Mariah also said it wasn't Janelle's best performance, but she still liked her anyway.
Wrapping up the performance, Zoanette Johnson sang "Circle of Life" which amazed the judges. "I love that I have no clue what you're going to do," Keith gushed, "Hail to the queen." Nicki commented, "You're the person that we're going to remember after tonight.... That song was such a smart choice, because it matches who you are." Randy and Mariah, meanwhile, liked her spirit.
Before the judges announced the five singers who made it to the Top 20, Ryan Seacrest informed that the judges didn't need Jimmy Iovine's help to tie break their decision, though not every decision was unanimous.
Zoanette was the first who learned that she went through to the next round, followed by Juliana, Candice, Breanna and Janelle. The rest, meanwhile, were sent home.
In other "Idol" news, Phillip Phillips' song "Gone, Gone, Gone" from his debut album "The World From the Side of the Moon" has been picked as the "goodbye" song of the season. The season 11 winner will also perform the song onstage of the show Thursday, March 14, joining previously announced performer Bon Jovi.
More American Idol News
- Daniel Craig Confirmed to Return for Bond 25, Release Date Announced
- David Beckham Calls Wife Victoria a 'Knob' After She Posts an Embarrassing Video of Him
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet Auction Off a Private Dinner With Them for Charity
- 'Bachelorette' Recap: Fantasy Suite Dates Cast More Doubt on Rachel's Future With a Frontrunner
- Kendall Jenner Completely Naked and Holding a Cigarette in New Instagram Pic
- Blac Chyna Spotted Holding Hands With New Man Mechie in Miami
- Drake Debuts New Song While Jogging Amid 'Take Care 2' Speculations
- Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song Enjoy Dinner in L.A. - Are They Together?


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If you're not taking advantage of your baby's pliability and lack of motor control skills to pose them for silly photographs, frankly we don't understand why you even had kids. If for no other reason than to post a picture of your kid to Facebook every once in a while that is actually entertaining, instead of just sharing "the magic" of a 10-month-old eating pie. Of course they like it -- it's pie.
Hey, did you notice it's summer outside? It's time to start working on that "beat the heat" thing, and since the neighbors gave us weird looks when we just held a hose over our head during the hottest hour of the day, we're thinking lemonade might be the way to go. Sure a tall glass of classic lemonade sounds good, but why drink that all summer long, when you can add stuff to it like tequila? Or other fruit. But also tequila!
Oh, were you just planning on slicing your watermelon into wedges this Memorial Day weekend? We regret to inform you that plain old wedges are now kind of lame.
You see it too, right? The awesome Terminator face on that...grill? To us it is now and will forever be Snow Terminator. Same goes for all of these other objects that have taken on personalities of their own. They can never go back. They have been permanently anthropomorphized. It's adorable.
We know -- business cards? Even though nearly everything is done in the digital realm, they are still a thing. A thing we usually throw in the bin straightaway. We would gladly let these cards clutter up our desk, though. They're creative enough to warrant existing, and probably actually earn their proprietors some business. Check them out below.
Uck. Have you noticed it is only Wednesday? Sorry to remind you. Here, let these pictures of cute dudes with cute animals make it up to you. You're welcome.
Real or not real, this is officially the best part of going to a Grizzlies game -- watching people break up on the Kiss Cam. Unless, of course, you're the guy who got dumped, in which case this is probably the worst part of going to a Grizzlies game.
We love sloths. There's no question. But we can't spend all day looking at them online-- sometimes we have to take a break to order food from Seamless or run a damp sponge over our body. Worse, sometimes we actually have to leave the apartment. To combat this, we've taken sloths and given them everyday jobs, so we can imagine the people we have to talk to are sloths while we're talking to them. That's normal, right?
Well, the dogs don't seem particularly unhappy, so we guess this is okay. As long as dogs don't understand what dignity is, they'll probably be fine.
Owners in China have been stuffing their dogs into stocking and high heels, taking pictures of them, and putting them on the internet, because this is the world we live in now. Since you know you secretly want to see more of these, here you go:
This is not a joke. A man at the largest outdoor bazaar in Buenos Aires bought two toy poodles from a vendor for $150 each. Only he didn't actually buy two poodles. He actually bought two ferrets that were hopped up on steroids and given fancy hairdos so they would look like poodles.
Welp, it's official. This dog's life is more exciting than ours. He's wakeboarding. He can do back flips. He got on a skateboard and didn't break his collarbone. He is officially the coolest dog ever. But that's not the best part.
Sometimes somebody has one job to do...JUST ONE...and they can't even get it right. These are those times. Here are our favorite examples of the latest internet meme that involves somebody screwing up one simple task. ONE.
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The Boys of Sunset Ridge
Four close friends make a pact as kids to convene every year at the same time and place for the rest of their lives to play golf. As the aging men get together for their annual round, they reminisce about years past and cope with the passage of time. This heartwarming drama shows that, like golf, life is a game of challenges, determination and emotional highs and lows. Pat Morita, Burt Young, Ronny Cox and John Heard star.


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Grammar schools are a seductive idea: skim off high performing children at the age of 11 for education together. At the moment, there are 164 such schools in England, in a few counties which did not manage to slough them off. But their success is a myth. Read more
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The Zuercher Zeitung of Zurich, Switzerland, reports that many Jews in Berlin have been left to die of starvation and cold.
Jews are not receiving ration cards for clothes and are unable even to buy sewing material to repair their old rags, the paper states. Food cards are not sent to Jews as they are to other sections of the population. Jews must obtain their cards in person, entailing their lining up for hours in bitterly cold weather.
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Contested Streets
Since the invention of the automobile, the streets of New York City have slowly been taken over by cars -- sacrificing what was once a beautifully conceived public space. This documentary looks at the history and future of the Big Apple's roadways. Through interviews and footage, the film explores how limiting vehicles in such cities as London, Copenhagen and Paris has resulted in vast environmental and social improvements.


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Mabank Panthers advance to regional cross country meet
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CANTON–The Mabank Panther varsity cross country teams advanced to the Class 3A Region II meet after the ladies finished second and the boys finished third at the District 15-3A meet in Canton Oct. 22.
Led by strong top-10 performances by Heather Bayless (second, with a time of 13:58), Sydnee Pottorff (sixth, with a time of 14:37) and Kourtney Holyfield (seventh with a time of 14:54), the Mabank varsity girls placed second with 45 points.
Completing the scoring for Mabank were Allie Sandlin (13th), Kelsie Clark (17th) and Kristina Flatt (19th).
Led by two top-10 finishes, including Garrett Graham's fifth place finish, with a time of 18:43, Mabank's varsity boys team brought home the third place team trophy on a 71-point effort.
Rounding out the scoring for Mabank were Caleb Massengale (ninth), Adam Reeves (13th), Cameron Boren (18th) and Brett Butler (26th).
Athens captured top honors with 54 points, followed by Van with 66 in District 15-3A.
The junior varsity boys brought home the championship plaque as they won their division in grand fashion.
For the varsity girls Heather Bayless finished 13:58 2nd, Sydnee Pottorf 14:37 6th, and Kourtney Holyfield 14:54 7th to led the lady panthers. Allie Sandlin ran a strong race finishing 15:33 13th and Kelsie Clark 15:47 and Kristina Flatt 15:56 finished 17th and 19th respectively.
"The coaching staff is very proud of the runners and appreciate their efforts," Mabank head cross country coach Tracy Carter said.
"A very big congratulations goes out to the junior high Mabank boys team for winning the district championship, as well," Carter added.
The team was led by Harman Beyer who was the individual district champion with a time of 12:27.
Finishing fifth with a time of 13:26 was Josh Odom. Jace Capehart placed sixth with a time of 13:40, Aaron Wilson placed eighth with a time of 13:50 and Jason Gallegos took ninth with a time of 13:51.
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There is some cursing by soldiers in this video, which you'll want to watch with sound to hear the tremendous whoosh.
Video: RAF Harrier does low altitude fly-by pass in Afghanistan
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A similar experience can be had during Fleet Week in San Francisco. Just finagle your way onto the roof of an apartment building on Russian or Telegraph Hill. It's quite a thing to be able to look up and clearly see one of the Blue Angels. Not just the aircraft, but the actual guy flying it. And he's upside down.
Well, the Portuguese airforce did that over my house one of this days in a practice exercise. Almost killed my grandfather with a heart attack.
It's so not fair that you only get to play with the coolest toys if you're willing to kill on command. Lousy lucky military.
Here's a low pass (and probably a violation of FAA rules) that ordinary citizens got to witness at a Naval Academy football game. The second camera angle is the better one:
During four years of standing in the stadium's lower level, I thought some of those pilots were flying pretty low. Here's proof.
The Navy likes to scare the crap out of us when we're diving off of San Clemente. I've been eating lunch on the dive boat when an F/A-18 came in low and fast so we couldn't hear him until the last second, then pulled straight up directly over us.
nice gadget
As much as I hate people creaming themselves over military technology (Whoa! Look at it destroy people's homes and livelihoods and wreak havoc on their psyches!), I have to admit that was kind of cool.
I also love that these highly-trained lean mean fighting men are reduced to 8 year old boys by a low-flying plane. Aww.
Many years of going to RAF air shows have left me a bit blase about that sort of thing but I can still vividly remember one of the Red Arrows' routines where one of the nine planes disappeared and suddenly thundered across the apron of the RAF base seemingly less than twenty feet above our heads. I think I was about twelve when I saw that.
For that matter, there are also few things more impressive than walking in the hills and watching a Tornado doing a practice run *below* you.
Totally awesome.
While it's definitely flying low, it's not as low as it seems. Because these things are much bigger and much louder than you think.
So it's not 20′ off the ground, but more like 100′. Still very, very low.
I dunno, seems fake…Where's the huge plume of dust trailing the jet? (Yeah, they cut the vid almost immediately after it passes overhead, but you should see it behind the jet as it approaches, no?)
As a (mostly) former airplane fanatic, I dig these kinds of things. As a thinking, and sometimes caring, adult, all I can see is this plane dropping cluster bombs on poor neighborhoods. Yes, I'm impressed as hell at the technology and the pilots' training, but sadly, jet fighters are nothing more than weapons delivery platforms.
Yes, it's a crushing revelation from a once-upon-a-time airshow fanatic who once dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot.
Air show? Buzz-cut Alabamians spewing colored smoke in their whiz-jets to the strains of Rock You Like A Hurricane. What kind of country-fried rube is still impressed by that?!
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Now that you mention it, this sort of pass *is* usually followed by the spectators getting sandblasted; I grew up near a USAF test bombing range where they used to let us park our cars under the tower and watch the jets (mostly A-10s and F4s). The F4 pilots especially were fond of doing low-altitude flybys for the public's amusement, and they were always closely followed by a second burst of wind carry kicked-up sand particles. I wonder how we missed that in this video? Maybe he was flying fast enough that it hadn't arrived yet before the video ended. I doubt it's fake, it seems like a lot of bother to fake something that wouldn't be that hard to catch for real.
Zuzu, any red-blooded man that's not an effeminate Sideshow Bob type can't help but get his pulse up when a powerful airplane roars by at full throttle.
I don't go often, but I did make it to this September's Mustang gathering, where over 50 P51's gathered and flew around being impressive. None of them are war planes any more, but they're still really incredible.
The GR9 is a hell of a jet.
It's far more fun when they fly by BELOW you. Saw this a couple of times with RAF jets in the Highlands of Scotland where I think they do a lot of low-altitude training.
Hot damn.
I'm wondering about the lack of wash and wind as well, but the video cuts off pretty quick. I once spun a Honda civic out at about 95 MPH Black Rock and it took about 10-20 seconds for the wash we had picked up to catch up to us when the car finally slid to a halt. Maybe they cut that part, or whomever was holding the camera was smart enough to shut it off and cover it before it got sandblasted.
How many of these people whining "Oh no, the military!" are anarchists? If you support any sort of government, you support the police/military.
Every law if enforced, is ultimately enforced with the threat of violence. Every government program that you support is funded because the government carries out taxation at gun point. The very definition of the state is the institution that has a legal monopoly on violence in a specific geographic area.
You support funding for the arts? Well then, you support armed folks prepared to commit acts of violence on command against those who don't pay up for the funding! You support environmental laws? Well then you support armed folks prepared to commit acts of violence against those who break the laws. We have a lot of institutional and ritualistic abstraction around the violence, but at its core, the violence is there.
If you have a problem with certain actions in Afghanistan, then you have a problem with the civilian government that ordered the military to be there, not the military. The folks serving in the armed forced didn't ask to be there, they much rather be at home.
The real reason for all the hate against the military is that the military is often associated with the working classes. Despite all the token progressive posturing in the blogosphere and forums like this, your average psuedo-progressive douchebag hate the working class and everything they represent. They love all the privileges that the modern state provides, but consider the people who sacrifice to make it possible to be the "hired help" undeserving of respect.
Zuzu, any red-blooded man that's not an effeminate Sideshow Bob type can't help but get his pulse up when a powerful airplane roars by at full throttle.
The man sings one Gilbert and Sullivan musical and he's pigeonholed… :p
Yes, it's all very impressive engineering (especially craft such as the SR-71 Blackbird, or all the attempts at scramjet technology), but the whole "death delivery system" (and tax payor cost) nature of it does kinda overshadow that impression for me.
Watching NASA shuttle launches are far more impressive to me; at least NASA has a solvent budget through satellite launching and is a civilian government agency. (Though the infamy of its deadly bureaucracy is not lost on me either.) Here's hoping that microgravity becomes a valuable resource for nanotechnology development and spurs private initiatives for constructing O'Neill cylinders as factory cities in space.
Zuzu, I hate to burst your bubble, but the Shuttle Program is not pristine either (even though I am a giant NASA fanboy), little industrial infrastructure in the US of A is not touched by the Pentagon (eg your freeway system).
Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_space_shuttle
It should however be noted that, early in the design phase of what eventually became the Space Shuttle, there were plans for the U.S. military to purchase some of the vehicles for its own purposes (mainly the servicing and crewing of proposed 'surveillance space stations'). The design requirements that thus emerged (in particular, the need for a longer-range glide capability, enabling the shuttle to land at specific U.S. Air Force bases), affected the eventual design of the vehicle, increasing its complexity. However, none of these 'Blue Shuttles' were ever built, and the U.S. military turned to increasingly sophisticated unmanned satellites as a more viable alternative.
Regular space shuttles have on occasion carried out missions for the military. It is noteworthy that NASA and the DoD agreed on delivering Discovery to Vandenberg AFB, first in May 1985 and then in September of that year. Discovery would have been dedicated for military and civilian flights from Vandenberg's SLC-6 launch complex. The schedule slipped until the Challenger Accident in January 1986. In the wake of Challenger, on December 26, 1989 the Space Shuttle Program at Vandenberg was terminated by the USAF.[1] Military Shuttle flights were conducted from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the last dedicated mission being STS-53 in late 1992, deploying a military SDS B-3 communication satellite. Some military payloads have been flown on regular civilian Shuttle missions afterwards.[2]
and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_shuttle
The crucial factor in the size and shape of the Shuttle Orbiter was the requirement that it be able to accommodate the largest planned commercial and classified satellites, and have the cross-range recovery range to meet classified USAF missions requirement for a one-around abort for a polar launch. Factors involved in opting for 'reusable' solid rockets and an expendable fuel tank included the desire of the Pentagon to obtain a high-capacity payload vehicle for satellite deployment, and the desire of the Nixon administration to reduce the costs of space exploration by developing a spacecraft with reusable components.
did this make anyone else think of Kid Sampson in catch-22?
Did you see that?
I almost didn't. Was the jet on screen for more than one frame of video?
Zuzu, I hate to burst your bubble, but the Shuttle Program is not pristine either (even though I am a giant NASA fanboy), little industrial infrastructure in the US of A is not touched by the Pentagon (eg your freeway system).
No bubble burst… Eisenhower's highway system based on Hitler's use of the Autobahn that also double as B-52 bomber landing strips, moon-landing Saturn V rocketry derived from von Braun's V-2, etc. etc.
I suppose it's reasonable to say that it's all conditional to some degree of military involvement, and I'm grateful for any measure in which that military influence is reduced. (Hell, here we are on the Internet founded by DARPA, but now it's mostly a porn delivery system.)
Thanks for the references, though. 🙂
I was at an airshow in Altus, OK, in '89 when a B-1 bomber buzzed the airfield (not the AFB, but the civilian field) at 50 ft off the deck. We were about 75-80 yards from the runway. Let's just say the portajohns got a lot of visits….
And to think… all it took to amuse "our boys" and bring us that scintillating 14-second YouTube video was out-of-control military spending which has brought our species to the brink of a global depression.
Boys with toys.
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Your correspondent, David Harris asks where will the money come from to upgrade the Pavilion site Where Will The Money Come From?', Echo, October 24).
Here are a few suggestions.
1. Try again for a developer who will not ruin a world-wide beauty spot (view). Who will develop the site as a tourist attraction as laid down in the Weymouth Master Plan.
2. Approach Asda to see if a deal can be struck for a new superstore at Chickerell.
3. Take a hard look at where all the money from the harbour', car parks, and council tax is going to - more efficiency, less wastage. As people retire do not automatically employ more people but look for savings.
4. The audit committee two years ago reported some areas of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were weak.
5. Sell off the council offices, move to another less desirable area. I believe New Look has offered to build a new fire station. Cannot the whole harbourside be developed?
We could do with fewer councillors and instead an elected mayor to run the town efficiently on a business footing. Stop sending councillors to a regional undemocratic assembly talking shop. How much in expenses etc. has this cost the council tax-payer?
Perhaps a hotel could be built on the Nothe or Swannery area.
Ask council tax payers if they would be willing to pay a one-off £100 to help refurbish the Pavilion.
Have a five-year fund raising effort to raise money to upgrade the Pavilion, with fun runs etc. and involve the whole town.
As in Disney World, have a room tax for visitors to the town; this money to be ring fenced' to upgrade tourist facilities to improve their holiday experience in Weymouth.
For once and for all councillors have the moral courage to put their names where they stand on this development so the people who vote you in can make their democratic choice.
Recent correspondents have mentioned the eyesores at West Bay and Poole Quay caused by recent developments. That is why we are worried - people know this will happen in Weymouth.
We the protestors will not go away. We do not trust people to protect the beauty of Weymouth Bay.
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text: Graham, To understand where 50 ohms comes from, I suggest that you look at the IV curves of the troublesome drivers, with a load line of 40-50 ohms to the opposite voltage level. In other words, plot the high state IV curve with a load line of 40-50 ohms to Vol, and vice versa. The intersection of the IV curve and load line represents the launch voltage into the net of that impedance. It's not surprising that the launch voltages are really close to the input threshold with low-Z loads. A few ohms difference in load Z shifts the launch voltage considerably. Heebie-jeebies is an understandable response. Basically, 50 ohms is driveable with a large class of circuits. The output impedance of many circuits can approach 50 ohms (depending on drive strength selection), giving a built-in series termination effect. Higher impedance traces are more easily driven but are more prone to crosstalk and are harder to fabricate (narrower traces, thicker dielectrics). The absense of termination (or a design strategy that comprehends the consequences of not terminating) really leaves you hanging out. That long net of yours could ring 3 or 4 times, at ~1.5 ns per transit of the trace. All depending on where the driver is on the vendor's process spread. Meanwhile, some inputs are probably being overdriven with respect to Vin max or overshoot duration. The series terminated line is settled in 2 transitions, with minimum or no stress on the receiver. If the ringing net is a clock or reset, you have lost control of the timing completely. An extra threshold crossing on that class of net is fatal. If it is a clocked signal, you will be functionally OK if the ringing settles out before the next clock (minus setup time). One thing I can tell you, if the board was designed some time back, the risetime of the parts on the board is probably faster than when it was initially designed and tested. Nets that used to work OK can become unreliable when the risetime decreases. Lots of boards "work" in spite of ignoring SI considerations. For a while. Regards Mike - - - - - Graham Davies wrote: >--- In si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, steve weir <weirsi@xxxx> wrote: > > > >>... the fact that your company's >>"slow" "1999 era" product doesn't >>work, is testament that something >>in your shop is sorely lacking. >> >> > >This is accepted fact. Specifically what is lacking is a digital >circuit designer. More generally, what was lacking is any kind of >management of the engineering process. I am trying to rectify the >latter but the former will take more time. > > > >>Your board house has handed you a >>massively improved ... 50 ohm >>stack-up. >> >> > >Agreed. It almost works and can be made to work with a minor tweak. >The only thing that's troubling me, that I can't seem to get across, >is that I don't understand where this 50 ohms came from and why it is >the right choice. A number of the chips on the good-stackup board >seem to be having trouble driving their nets, leaving signal levels >dangerously close to the threshold while reflections rattle around. >This just gives me the heebie-jeebies. > > > >>That you still have questions ... >>should tell you to seek education ... >> >> > >That's exactly what I'm doing here. > > > >>Lee Ritchey's "Right the First Time". >>Dr. Bogatin's "Signal Integrity Simplified" >>Dr. Johnson's "High Speed Digital Design". >>Tom Granberg's book "Handbook of Digital Techniques >>for High-Speed Digital Design..." >> >> > >Thank you for these recommendations. > >Graham. > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >http://www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >List archives are viewable at: > http://www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu


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Inauguration Day is more than a month away and Obama can add the Blago
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Obama is surrounded by more scandals than Nixon, Clinton and a dozen
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yet, and these things aren't going to go way.
He will be so busy playing "cover-your-ass," he will be unable to
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Today's Zelda Fanart Spotlight is on deviantART artist Shattered-Earth's Skyward Sword fanart, "I Will Wait For You – Scrapper Skyward Sword". In this fanart it shows two characters from the game, Fi (as the Master Sword) and Scrapper, the robot who is infatuated with her. At the end of Skyward Sword, Fi enters a deep sleep now that her duty is officially done. Scrapper apparently has found out about this and goes to be with her. He decides to stay there with her until she returns so that way they could be together again.
He would wait for her forever.
I found this to be a really sweet piece of fanart. I always found the pairing of Fi and Scrapper to be sweet. Granted I did find the little ancient robot to be annoying at times I still thought that the attraction he felt towards Fi was cute. I remember when I beat the game that I found myself wondering what would happen to Scrapper now that Fi was gone. I was sure that they'd show some kind of reference to him trying to find her during the ending, but apparently they didn't. Poor Scrapper…
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A-Trak cuts up Deadmau5. Great routine! Watch below!
A-Trak cuts up Deadmau5. Great routine! Watch below!
Judging by the responses to the last Deadmau5 Essential Mix a fair number of you will be excited to know the latest DeadMau5 and Pete Tong Essential Mix has hit the net. Live from Warehouse Project in Manchester last week! Another incredible set by Toronto's Deadmau5 who is taking the world by storm.
Not too long ago I featured a bunch of tracks from Toronto-based MSTRKRFT. Well it's that time again, not for more MSTRKRFT but for more from Toronto. DEADMAU5! This is his 2-hour Essential mix! Pete Tong's voice on the intros to these essential mixes always gets me pumped up. Throw this on while you work and you'll be at home before you know it or throw this on over the weekend and you'll be back to work before you know it. This is the type of music that makes me speed on the highway.


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Get an overview of this hotelMotel in Yemassee with free parking
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Situated in Yemassee, this motel is within 20 mi (32 km) of Gopher Tortoise Square, Ralph Tuten Park, and Blue Heron Nature Center. Slave Relics Museum and First Baptist Church are also within 25 mi (40 km).
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Along with an outdoor pool, this motel has coffee/tea in a common area and RV/bus/truck parking.
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Knights Inn Point South Yemassee features an outdoor pool, coffee/tea in a common area, and RV/bus/truck parking. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Episode 1602 is the two-hundred first episode of the seventh season of Another World, and the one thousand six-hundred second episode overall.
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Steve called Rachel to say he needed to see her before he left for London. Caroline told an inquisitive Pat she'd never married as the right man never came along at the right time. Caroline was annoyed and uninterested when another nursemaid wheeled a baby carriage over and chatted her up, but then smiled as she described having met a man who was very interested in her. After they finished discussing the Delaney chain-store negotiations, John told Sam about Walter's work on the Frame & Addison merger. Sam was about to tell John about Wayne when Pat walked in. Steve curtailed Rachel, who blabbed about bringing Jamie into the office so he can learn his father's business. He told Rachel that it was only a biological accident that they were both Jamie's parents, and, far from feeling closer to her since his illness, all he felt for her was disgust and pity. Steve threatened to cut off her personal allowance when she completely refused to return Jamie's trust fund. Brian warned Rachel that a judge would likely agree if Steve and Walter suggested a minimum acceptable limit. He argued that it would increase her chances of getting alimony if she returned the trust fund.


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She first contacted me January 6th, 2013 about taking on my commission. I then exchanged messages with her as well as a few others about making this vest. She was the one that was most frequent with messaging me back, and said I can send half the payment now, and the other half when shes done. I sent a check on January 25th, and she received it on January 29th and said she would start on it soon. KawaiiCouture didnt have paypal, so I had to go the check method. I didnt need it until about May 10th. I didnt hear back from her for a while, so I emailed her again on February 27th to see how everything is. She said shes been dealing with some personal problems, but will start on it the week after and she has the fabric. March 18th she emailed me saying she hopes to have things finish that week. On April 3rd she told me she was working on it but that something went wrong and it was unsalvageable and she would send me my money back. I gave her my address and waited for the payment back. April 26th I emailed back saying I havent received anything yet, and she told me that she sent it to me shortly after I gave her my address. More about that in the next section
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KawaiiCouture told me she has made many vest before and guaranteed that I would be happy with it. If I wasnt, she said she would fix if for me for free. Also that she understands how some people are bad at keeping in constant contact with people so she tries her best to keep in contact. She gave me the option of sending half the payment plus shipping first, but it took forever to find out how much she wanted for shipping. I literally asked her about 6 times how much shipping was. Also although I didnt need it for a while, I really wish she wouldnt have told me she would start on it soon when she didnt. It seems that communication got worse and worse as time went on. Even though she said that she has done many vest before, Im surprised that she somehow was not able to do mine when it wasnt anything too fancy. Im honestly not sure if she even actually got the fabric since she never showed me any pictures of anything. Maybe she didnt even bother with the best, but who knows
I would not deal with her again. She said she sent the money back, but I have no proof that she did. I asked her if she could send it again since I havent received anything, and she said she wouldnt since she was not in a good financial situation. I then told her that resending a check wouldnt cost her anything extra outside of a postage stamp. She then told me I sent you cash. It would be a loss. I think that we are done here. Im not sure why ANYONE would send cash, especially if theyre trying to sell goods to people. Even if she wasnt lying about sending payment back, she shouldnt have sent cash since its untraceable. Either get a paypal account, or write out a check. Now Im out $26, and I would recommend other people to stay away from her.
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The U.S. insists Iran is working to develop nuclear weapons. Iran insists it is not.
With the U.S. engaged in three wars, the potential for a military strike on Iran may seem remote. But the threat of another military action is looming. Peace Action is closely following recent efforts by the U.S. and European allies to force Iran to stop enrichment of uranium it claims are not part of a nuclear weapons program. Iran's President Ahmadinejad has said there is "no brake and no reverse gear" to Iran's nuclear program, setting in motion another round of sanctions and quashing hopes for a resumption of talks, the only path to a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
For four years now, Peace Action has been advocating for a diplomatic solution to the conflict over Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program. In 2007, the Bush administration dispatched two carrier groups to the Persian Gulf in what turned out to be nothing more than an exercise in saber rattling. It is debatable whether or not that was all Bush intended, but the pressure generated by Peace Action put the Bush administration on notice, the American people did not support another war.
In May, 2008, war hawks in Congress introduced a resolution calling for stiffer sanctions and a naval blockade. In July, Peace Action organized a citizen lobby day in Washington where, joined by our allies, groups of local activists from our chapters and affiliates met directly with their Congressional delegations, presenting over 60,0000 petition signatures opposed to military actions against Iran We prevailed and the resolution was rejected.
The election of President Barack Obama ushered in a new commitment to a diplomatic solution to the conflict. But it's a solution that has evaded their less than impressive efforts. When Turkey and Brazil offered a plan almost identical to Western demands, the administration rejected it out of hand, offering a weak and unsatisfying explanation that killed the initiative without the benefit of further negotiation.
So why not pursue the best available option to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapons program and a war with Iran?
The mainstream media emphasize only sanctions or war as the way to deal with Iran, while the best available option receives almost no coverage. Sanctions will not work and could be a prelude to a disastrous and counterproductive war. So far, Western offers of negotiation, narrowly focused on the nuclear issue, have excluded any acknowledgement of Iran's insistence on its right, spelled out in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to enrich Uranium. As far as Iran is concerned, this is a dead end, and it is no surprise that "negotiations" to date have failed. On the other hand, if we allowed Iran to enrich Uranium for peaceful purposes but only along with intrusive and vigorous inspections, we could have a deal that effectively eliminates the possibility of a clandestine nuclear weapon. Arms control experts say this would provide far more security for Israel and the US than we have now. The US could also offer incentives such as lifting of sanctions and security guarantees. This arrangement is best set in the context of an overall rapprochement between the US and Iran, including areas of mutually beneficial cooperation (e.g. Afghanistan, Iraq, and drug smuggling). This "grand bargain" would reinforce the nuclear agreements.
Peace Action activists have been working to get this message into the media and to their national legislators, before it is too late. We must not allow "sanctions or war" thinking to prevail, because war could be the result.


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I've told this story before. Maybe not on this blog, but I've told it before.
When I began seminary at the University of Chicago Divinity School, all new university students were given a variety of orientation presentations. The safety presentation was delivered by the head of the campus police department. At one point he outlined the borders of the Hyde Park neighborhood and said something to this effect: if you venture beyond these boundaries into the South Side neighborhoods surrounding Hyde Park you are putting your life at risk, so don't go there.
Chillingly, it reminded me very much of the message I received when I began my studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem: if you venture into East Jerusalem you are putting your life at risk, so don't go there.
Fortunately, the ministry program at the Div School took us on a tour of the South Side that ventured into the neighborhoods we were warned about. I specifically remember seeing some of the remnants of the infamous Robert Taylor Homes, already being dismantled and demolished.
It was also the case that my love of local food brought me into some of those neighborhoods on my own. If you want the best Chicago style ribs or rib tips, you go to the South Side. (Similarly, years before I had discovered that the best roasted chicken meals were to be found in East Jerusalem, where I also discovered a vibrant Palestinian culture from which my hosts at Hebrew University evidently wanted to shield me.)
Now I'm being introduced to another new city. Today I joined a group of new students UPSem students on an orientation trip to Richmond Hill, an ecumenical Christian community in a historic monastery in the Church Hill neighborhood. The original monastery was built after the Civil War to pray for the city and the community today continues to pray for Richmond and work for its transformation, with a special emphasis on racial reconciliation. I've heard much about this sacred place since arriving here and I was happy for this occasion to make my first visit.
The bulk of our time was spent listening to a fascinating history of Richmond from Ben Campbell, Richmond Hill's recently retired director and author of Richmond's Unhealed History, and John Moeser, an emeritus professor of urban studies and planning. Their presentation covered everything from John Smith in 1607 to contemporary efforts to develop more widespread and accessible public transportation. The issues of race, class, and segregation I became fascinated with in Chicago are all present here in Richmond. In fact, I feel like they are amplified because of the pivotal role this area has played in both aspects of America's original sins: the theft of land from Native Americans and the enslavement of Africans, not to mention the ongoing oppression of their descendants.
I can't wait to traverse the boundaries of this city and explore more of Richmond, with all of its storied history and contemporary complexities. I can't wait to visit places I'm not supposed to go and learn things I'm not supposed know. I don't yet have a clear picture of why I've been called here—beyond the obvious elements of my new job description—but I can't shake the feeling that coming here was no accident.


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Hacking? Really?
Hacking? Really?
Dec 9, 2013 at 7:52pm UTC
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My friend just logged on a cracked minecraft server(not really the machine just a server which you log in and play on with others) that had no password plugin and told me "I hacked". Asked him how, he answered "He didn't have a plugin for passwords"
(For those that don't play minecraft, I know there are loads. There are premium servers which only allow people in if they have bought the game then there is cracked servers which people use a cracked client and choose any name and log in. But cracked server, well most have plugins that then make you do the command /register and /login but this server didn't have it.)
And this is not the first time this has happened, all of my friends just say hacking sometimes they might crack a password but call it hacking. I don't tell my friends that I can hack because I just don't want them to ask me "Come over to my house and setup kali linux" or can you hack my gf's account and stuff
So it's not cool when your friend refer the word hack or hacker to something like this.
It's the same thing as hate or I don't like (Evolution told me this)
So I said to evo that I hate the other channels except disney and some sport channals and he tells me why do you hate, has the channal done anything bad to you? Hate is when you want something or someone to suffer but not die and then there is I don't like which is used for that u don't like it and it's just nicer. And the word hate is used to much
Has this ever happened to u when your friend or someone says oh I hacked this, oh I'm a hacker by guessing the password.
I know we all make mistakes but I have been telling this friend for ages today he tells me this again and it's nothing bad but it's just kinda stupid.
You may disagree I'm fine with it ;)
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Dec 9, 2013 at 8:02pm UTC
Dec 9, 2013 at 7:56pm UTC
Hacking is becoming a broader and broader term. How is finding a server with no password any different than stealing someones account who has a weak password?
Dec 9, 2013 at 8:00pm UTC
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I know, and there is no way really to stop this cause I believe everyone shows of with the word hack even tho they guess a password they tell you that I've hacked it and when u say how they say can't tell. Even I used to use the word hack
Dec 9, 2013 at 9:18pm UTC
cracked minecraft server
Not completely on-topic, but I can never help but giggle when I hear this term given that the servers can be downloaded for free (last I checked) and there's a flag in the server configuration file that disables user account verification with Mojang's servers (which is useful because those servers sometimes go offline).
I do hear this from time to time. I try not to let it bother me. As long as their egos don't get to their heads, I just smile and let those people feel like they've accomplished something.
Dec 10, 2013 at 3:49pm UTC
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I know, I love it when you go along with them "Oh my God!. Your good. Your awesome at hacking man you need to teach me this someday"
Dec 10, 2013 at 4:31pm UTC
I stopped holding out hope for the meaning of the word "hacked" when people started saying "hacked their FB account" when all they really mean is "they left themselves logged on so I posted as them".
The term is pretty much meaningless now.
Dec 10, 2013 at 4:34pm UTC
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Dec 10, 2013 at 5:22pm UTC
Back in the day my bestfriend's older brother and his friends would have hacker wars. Just messing with eachother. 3 of them were in cyber security, 2 of them were just amateur enthusiasts. My favorite was when one of them made the default action in windows was to pause everything and play this video.
Move mouse more than a 3 pixels? bake a cake. left click? bake a cake. open reg edit? cake. open web browser? also cake. Move a file? cake? Change folder? cake. Always cake.
Dec 10, 2013 at 6:50pm UTC
sad that there's no such thing as real hacking anymore, I wanna be like JC denton and plug my frontal lobes into an ATM or reprogram security cameras to work for me instead.
Dec 10, 2013 at 6:57pm UTC
: JC Denton was pretty good for his time, but Chuck Greene can do this with a computer case, a flash light and some duct tape:
Dec 10, 2013 at 7:22pm UTC
JC: *fires gun*
Terrorist: "What was that?"
Terrorist: *walks a little*
Terrorist: :"Must just be rats."
Rats? I just fired a FUCKING GUN!
Dec 10, 2013 at 10:12pm UTC
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Its just really annoying if you know what i mean when someone freakin says i hacked this
Dec 10, 2013 at 11:33pm UTC
So, let me tell you my daily adventure (This actually has happened today).
My mates wanted to cheat on an online game a bit for some fun.
I won't tell which game it is, because it's so addictive and stupid I better not tell you, and no, it's not CoD, BF, CS, not even a FPS.
And one of them had bought a cheat, but due to limitations he could only use it on his own pc. If the server discovers the cheat was used on a different hardware ID, it would ban his login informations, and I was asked to make the cheat run on their PC, at the same time.
So what...
I began reading at the data going through the cheat on that guy's pc (with TeamViewer) and found out the request happened via HTML (php server).
And, awww, major cheat fail.
I redirected their hostname to 127.0.0.1 (thanks to the hosts file) and made a server on port 80 who emulated the html/php server, giving the same answers each and every time.
Guess what, it worked!
And now... How'd you call it?
Isn't it a hack, as in I edited the way it worked?
Dec 10, 2013 at 11:46pm UTC
What course of action would you take if they were using public key encryption? E.g. it generates a random 64-bit number, encrypts it with the public key, sends it to the PHP script, the script uses the private key to decrypt it and sends back the unencrypted number.
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Dec 11, 2013 at 12:18am UTC
: Not bad, this is a 'crack' as in you cracked the programs security check I.E. it's ability to call home. But this is an accomplishment to feel proud of since you essentially out witted the developers. And no, I for one do NOT feel sorry for people who try to make money off of kids cheating at video games especially when they put that little effort into their security checks.
: Use Ollydbg or IDA Pro and open the binary up. Jump over the call home and set the check to always return 'success'.
Alternatively use Wire Shark to catch the encrypted packet that indicates a successful ID check and basically emulate the server to send this every time like
already did
. Also you could spoof the hardware IDs that the program tries the check in various ways depending on what hardware it is. Without seeing the code though, there is no way to know for sure which if any of these would work though.
EDIT: The second one would not work since you specified a random key. So I would open up telnet and start plinking at the server with random bits of garbage data to see if it defaults to any kind of un-encrypted format similar to how ESMTP is supposed to. Since you would have the random encryption key going out from your machine, the content of the un-encrypted packet, the response from the legitimate server and an unlimited sample size from the legit machine, I suppose you could try to implement it all on your fake server but that seems like it would be more work then the other ideas so lets call that plan 'D'.
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Dec 11, 2013 at 12:35am UTC
Dec 11, 2013 at 12:39am UTC
@LB: At this point in time, it's too late.
Their cheat will not autoupdate as their server is redirected to mine, and mine is working flawlessly.
@Computergeek01: The flaw is, I could not touch their server.
They must not know the login informations, because Hardware ID's are being passed too, and the account could be banned.
Besides it's a flawful cheat and works in a really poor way.
I wonder why does people
Made my PC freeze all the times I tested it, for at least three entire minutes.
The login procedure worked well tho, but I wanted to see the results with my eyes.
And, uh, yeah, it felt good to feel superior to other developers.
Dec 11, 2013 at 1:53am UTC
@SGH: I meant, in a hypothetical scenario as described in my post.
Dec 11, 2013 at 2:31am UTC
Uh, no chance with that.
One could just try to de-crypt it with the most common algorithm around and see if it works.
Dec 11, 2013 at 2:32am UTC
There's a "most common algorithm" for public key encryption?
Dec 11, 2013 at 2:42am UTC
trial and error for the prime number I suppose
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