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Continuing our ever popular Readers' Lives section here at European Football Weekends is Fulham fan, Eddie Fremantle...
When my friend Kevin suggested in the autumn that we go to FC Twente Enschede's Champions League match at White Hart Lane, I wasn't that keen on the idea but Kevin sold it to me. He'd met a Twente fan, Gerko, in South Africa during the World Cup. Gerko was a great bloke, he said, and it should be a good night out.
So we met Gerko and a gang of around 20 Twente fans in a pub near Trafalgar Square. Chatting to them, we learnt about the problems they have just going to matches in Holland. Many away games are designated 'combi' games which means away fans have to go to their own stadium and travel on official coaches or trains without being allowed near the town in which the game is played.
This has killed much of the trouble that occurred before games but has sanitised the experience for many travelling supporters. For Gerko and many of his friends, there is the extra pain of travelling 50 miles to Enschede from their homes in the town of Hardenberg to join the combi. With Twente's first ever success in the Eredivisie, a Champions League campaign meant Gerko and the rest could let their hair down and have a few beers on away trips.
One of the best aspects of chatting to the Dutch is that there is little or no language barrier as so many of them are fluent in English. One young guy I talked to spoke English with a Scottish accent but he had never been to Scotland. 'I learnt it from my Celtic mates in Spain,' he told me. Despite being beaten 4-1 by Tottenham, courtesy of some extremely dubious refereeing, with decisions that meant the Twente fans were chanting 'Mafia, mafia' at the officials, and despite being soaked both ways on the interminable walk to and from Seven Sisters station, the Enschede entourage had a tremendous time and invited us to come to see them in Holland sometime.
So that is how, several months after the Spurs game, Kevin and I chanced to be at the Eurostar terminal at some ungodly hour on a Wednesday morning to catch the 07.34 to Brussels-Midi on our way to Twente's second leg Europa Cup encounter with Rubin Kazan of Russia. It looked a bit of a dead rubber as Twente had won 2-0 in the first leg, that had to be played in Moscow because of ridiculously low temperatures in Kazan. Mind you, it was minus 15 in Moscow and the game was nearly called off.
-20 (Twente?) degrees in Moscow? Pah! Bring it on for the Dutch.
Luckily, they remembered to pack the beer goggles.
Fanatics, lunatics or both? FC Twente fans in Moscow.
Many of you will be familiar with the work of Mark Smith, aka the Man In Seat Sixty-One. The Man's website gives us all the benefit of Smith's lifetime's experience of European train travel. Although Smith has the unnerving habit of saying things like, 'It's easy to travel by train from the UK to the Ukraine' when it comes to travelling from the UK to the Netherlands on the rattler, it really is easy. From Brussels, we whizzed to Rotterdam, stopped for some lunch at the excellent Engels restaurant near the station, and went on from Rotterdam to Zwolle, then on a local train to Hardenberg, around 20km from the German border in the eastern Netherlands and 70km north of Enschede In Hardenberg, we enjoyed terrific hospitality from Gerko, his partner Jenny and his mother and father, Hans, with food and drink galore. Gerko told us that two Irish friends, Paddy 1 and Paddy 2, would be joining us for the match the following day, although they had been delayed en route in Dusseldorf. 'They are always late,' he said, adding 'They are mad.' Not that Gerko and his friends are particularly sane. The previous week, celebrating in Moscow, they stripped off and posed for photos in the freezing night at around minus 20 degrees. There were 27 hardy Enschede fans who made the journey to Russia, including Gerko and his friend Johan. All were presented with a specially embroidered commemorative scarf by the Club. A nice touch.
Twente Enschede are a young team, founded on the amalgamation of two others in 1965. Enschede is the home of Grolsch beer and their relatively new stadium (1998) carries the brewery's name in a sponsorship deal. De Grolsche Veste is a 24,000 capacity ground, low level on one side so there is some development potential. Indeed, some work has started to increase capacity at the stadium that stands, conveniently, alongside the railway station at Enschede Drienerlo, a couple of kilometres or so from the town centre.
Because of a complicated set of circumstances involving people having to work in the morning and something to do with the late Paddies, we set off for the game by train from Hardenberg, missing connections left right and centre. But a late train or two was no problem compared to the happenings in Dusseldorf. The message came through that Paddy 2 had had his jacket stolen. Passport, money, credit cards, driving licence were gone, meaning that the Paddies had too much red tape to sort out to make it to Enschede and they were heading back to Dublin. 'I told you they were mad,' reiterated Gerko as Johan showed us his scarf from Moscow.
Naturally, even though our train was late, we arrived at the central station with a good six hours' drinking time before the 21.05 kick-off. The Oude Markt (Old Market) in the centre provides a square with many hostelries, two of them Irish pubs of the type that have sprung up in just about every European town.
Eschewing Gerko's offer to take us to a cafe for a smoke, we started in Paddy's bar, moved on to the Kings and Queens and it was Grolsch all the way. It wouldn't be my beer of choice but there wasn't much choice in Grolschland and, like any brew, it tastes much better when only a few yards from where it has been produced.
In the third, and best, bar we went to we ate and I sneaked in a Jupiler for the sake of variety, although the fact that I cannot remember the name of the place suggests that plenty of Grolsch had been taken on board. By this time we were around a dozen strong and we made our merry way to the station to go one stop to the ground.
The scrupulously honest Johan tried to buy us tickets with his credit card from the machine but he too was suffering from the Grolsch factor and failed. We therefore owe the Dutch railway company two Euros each, sorry. Following our leader, Gerko ('they're with me'), we gained entry to the Vak-P bar on one corner of the ground. Vak-P was the block behind the goal at the old ground, the Diekman stadium, and the Twente Ultras group use the name. The Club have set aside the bar for Vak-P and there is a nominal annual membership fee. To get your hands on a beer, you buy a beer token, or several at a most reasonable seven tokens for 10 Euros, at one counter and then queue at the bar, whose surrounds had been waterproofed by another of Gerko's group, Werner. At the final pub, Werner had painstakingly explained the difference between normal grout and the stuff he uses, even taking me on an impromptu tour of the toilets to show me. Yes, the Grolsch factor had got to him too.
It was around six and the place was quiet though gradually it filled up until there were several hundred drinking and watching PSV getting the better of Lille on the many tv screens.
There were a few cheers when Eindhoven scored and everybody seemed happy that another Dutch club had progressed to the last 16. Nobody seemed in the slightest doubt that it would be a comfortable night for Twente and that they would join PSV and Ajax in the next round.
Ajax were not so popular. 'Everybody hates them like Manchester United in England. They are arrogant,' Gerko explained and he also told us that Steve McClaren will hold a special place in their hearts after taking Twente to their first Eredivisie last season before leaving to join Wolfsburg. But Janine, who was there with her partner Jan, wanted all three Dutch Europa teams to win that night as she likes a bet and had put them in a treble.
Gerko was going to have to cancel the hotel rooms he had – just in case - booked in Bern, as Young Boys had been eliminated by Zenit St Petersburg and Twente progressing would mean the Enschede fans faced another journey to Russia.
As we made our way into the ground, through a cordon of extremely friendly stewards, there was the sound of drumming from the Vak-P end. A line of drummers stood near the gangway, led by the most burly of them in a medley of hammering noise.I think I upset Johan when he asked me, with a hint of pride in his voice, whether I liked the drummers and I said, 'Not really.'
As the teams were coming out there was a heartfelt rendition of 'You'll Never Walk Alone.' Twente play in red, but if you thought this was in any sort of homage to Liverpool, you'd be wrong. In May 2000, there was a disaster in Enschede when an explosion in a firework factory ripped through the town, killing 23 and injuring nearly 1000. The singing of this evocative song is in memory of those who perished that day.
Kazan k.o. on their way to k.o.
From Russia with love. Johan's treasured scarf.
Johan and Eddie are ready and Grolshed up.
Stairway to Heaven. The Vak-P section.
The game was largely uneventful for 20 minutes with Twente looking comfortable and you began to wonder how this lot – Kazan – beat Barcelona in the Nou Camp last season but then we found out as first Ansaldi lashed one in at Mihaylov's near post and then Twente's star player Bryan Ruiz, tried one impish piece of playmaking too many, lost the ball, which led to Noboa scoring from distance. All the hard work from Moscow had been undone in a minute. Suddenly, there was a football match worth watching as the Russians threatened to run riot and their group of around 50 at the other end of the ground were in good spirits.
Twente weathered the storm and there was a passage of pinball in the Rubin penalty area that came to nothing. Then, shortly after the board had gone up for a minute's stoppage time, Theo Janssen lashed in a piledriver for the home side.
That made the half-time visit to the Vak-P bar underneath all the sweeter for the Enschede fans. As we came out of the bar, plastic beakers of beer in hand, we were given cardboard Pepsi cups in which to pour the alcohol, a novel way of disguising our breaking of the rather silly UEFA rule banning alcohol in the ground.
When Douglas nodded in the equaliser from Janssen's corner as we were coming up the stairs for the second half, the game was up for the pesky Russkis. The drumming got louder and a couple of red flares were set off, breaking yet another UEFA regulation – don't tell Michel - and shrouding the ground in a thick cloud of smoke, but the game petered out as Twente ran down the clock and Rubin ran out of ideas.
By drawing, Twente had let Janine down for her treble but she was still happy, even though she won't be able to go to St Petersburg, as Jan has to go to hospital in Amsterdam. He has a fairly serious eye problem. Some things are more important than football.
A great deal of organising from Gerko had gone on to help make our trip a cracking one and he arranged for his friends Bert and Joey to take us back by car for a late drink in the best pub in Hardenberg, where Johan joined us, still wearing his Moscow scarf with pride. He won't be able to go to St Petersburg, but nobody will keep Gerko away. First, he is off to AZ Alkmaar on Sunday. It's a tricky game for Twente but, as it's not a combi game, Gerko will have a ball.
And if Twente reach the Europa Cup Final, in Dublin in May, we may finally be able to meet Paddy 1 and Paddy 2.
'We're proud to be Twente'
He's two metres, three and he's not scared of thee. The legendary Gerko.
It's not fallen flat for Kevin.
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Evaluation and Research Finding: Valued Aspects of the Network
June 9, 2014
The NISE Network's online annual survey was created to learn more about the experiences of participants in NISE Net and how the Network might better support their activities. Many of you have participated over the past couple of years (thank you!), so we thought you might be interested in some of the results. We'll be highlighting different findings from the 2013 survey over the next few months in our Evaluation and Research Findings blog posts.
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"Saturday Night Live's" Bobby Moynihan reprised his role as Food Network star Guy Fieri, who made headlines last week when the New York Times crucified Fieri's new restaurant.
The sketch didn't air on Saturday's show, but NBC released the dress rehearsal video which imagines Fieri reading Pete Wells' review for the first time.
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The sketch parodies the Times review, which made headlines last week for its sarcastic questions about the food and service at Guy's American Kitchen and Bar. Fieri fired back on the "Today" show on Thursday, calling the now-infamous critique "ridiculous" and suggesting "another agenda" was behind it.
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Betty White to mark 90th birthday with 'a little vodka,' TV special
PASADENA, Calif. -- Betty White says her plans for her upcoming 90th birthday might include "a little vodka on the rocks."
The tireless actress's big day on Jan. 17 seems to be exciting others more than her. NBC is airing a birthday special for White the day before and has picked up a "Candid Camera"-like prank show featuring senior citizens called "Betty White's Off Their Rockers."
"I didn't accomplish anything," White said Friday. "It just came up on me. I'm blessed with good health."
NBC has not yet put "Off Their Rockers," which White would host, on the schedule. White said she's on hand to make sure producers don't make any of the humor mean-spirited. In most of the cases, young people are the butt of the show's jokes.
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Photos show border militias moving across Texas
SAN ANTONIO — Militia groups along the Texas-Mexico border have grown to more than 10 active "teams" from El Paso to the Rio Grande Valley, despite warnings from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and state lawmakers.
More than 30 photos obtained by the San Antonio Express-News show dozens of members carrying semi-automatic rifles and wearing masks, camouflage and tactical gear, providing a first glimpse of the militias.
The armed individuals are seen posing at campsites, walking along the Rio Grande while speaking with Border Patrol agents, and pointing rifles and pistols out of frame.
A spokesperson for the group provided the photos under the condition that members' faces be blurred because of fear of being identified by "cartel and gang members."
CBP said this month that it does not "endorse or support any private group or organization from taking matters into their own hands, as it could have disastrous personal and public safety consequences."
One of the photos shows a Border Patrol agent providing directions to a vehicle of armed militia members. The agency did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Gov. Rick Perry, who last week ordered 1,000 Texas National Guard members to the border, declined to comment through a spokesman specifically on whether he supports the militia groups but said the governor is "leading to secure the border."
State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, denounced the groups in a statement, saying "pointing guns at children solves nothing.
"Local law enforcement and federal Border Patrol agents have been clear. The presence of these outside independent militia groups does nothing to secure the border; it only creates an unsafe situation for law enforcement officials that are protecting our communities. Unfortunately, the vile rhetoric of my opponent inspires misguided efforts," said Van de Putte, who is running against state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, for lieutenant governor.
In a statement released Monday, the Texas Democratic Party called on Patrick and Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Republican nominee for governor, to denounce the "armed vigilantes."
Patrick and Abbott did not return requests for comment Monday.
The groups, with members of groups including Oathkeepers, Three Percenters and Patriots, began recruiting and organizing more than a month ago as national media outlets began focusing on the growing number of Central American immigrants illegally crossing the border, including more than 50,000 unaccompanied minors.
Barbie Rogers, founder of the Patriots Information Hotline, which is helping organize and recruit for the militia groups, said there are 10 "operations on the ground along the Texas border" from El Paso to Laredo to the Valley. Many of the groups are stationed on ranch land with permission from the owners, she said.
In an interview with the Express-News last month, Chris Davis, commander of the militia's Operation Secure Our Border: Laredo Sector, who is seen in some of the photos, said members would secure the border in a "legal and lawful manner."
In 21-minute YouTube video that has since been deleted, Davis said: "How? You see an illegal. You point your gun dead at him, right between his eyes, and you say, 'Get back across the border or you will be shot.'"
Davis, a 37-year-old truck driver from Von Ormy, was discharged from the Army in 2001 "under other than honorable conditions in lieu of trial by court-martial," according to a summary of his military service obtained by the Express-News.
The Texas militia's operation names, according to Rogers, are: Bolinas Border Patrol, Central Valley Militia, Independent Citizens Militia, Alpha Team, Bravo Team, FOB Harmony, Operation Secure Our Border: Laredo Sector, O'Shanessy's Team, the 77's and Camp Geronimo.
Rogers called on Perry to send 5,000 more National Guard members to the border and said that "if cost is an issue" then "call the militia. They will come if you call them."
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Lottery-winning hairdresser says she can prove her case
- Christina Shaw purchased lottery tickets for the group of hairdressers
- Judge banned lottery from paying the lottery winnings to Shaw
- Case returns to court on Tuesday%2C April 16
INDIANAPOLIS -- A hairdresser, blocked last month from collecting a $9 million state lottery jackpot in a dispute with seven former co-workers, claims she has proof the winning ticket was not among those she purchased with money pooled by the group.
Christina "Christy" Shaw also contends in a recent court filing that no one at Lou's Creative Styles in Lawrence, Ind., ever informed her the person buying tickets for the group could not purchase personal tickets at the same time or location.
That unwritten "rule" was a key argument made by seven former co-workers who asked Marion Superior Court Judge Heather Welch to block the lottery from paying the jackpot to Shaw.
The judge issued an order March 1 barring lottery officials from paying the winnings. Welch ruled the women demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of success if they move ahead with a lawsuit against Shaw, who was not a party to the legal case at that time. The judge also said there would be no harm to the lottery or the public by delaying the payout.
Since that ruling, Shaw's attorney has filed several motions on her behalf, including a request to end the injunction that keeps her from collecting the jackpot.
The case that has shattered longtime friendships at the beauty shop will be back before the judge Tuesday for a pretrial conference dealing with new motions filed by both sides.
In court documents filed by her attorney, Shaw claims she often bought personal tickets at the same time she purchased tickets for the pool. She said the task of buying tickets rotated among participants, and they always purchased "quick picks," with the group's lottery numbers selected by computer.
The winning ticket in the Feb. 16 drawing was purchased at 2:28 p.m. at a Speedway. It was included, according to court documents, on a Indiana lottery ticket with four sets of numbers, including "personal" numbers Shaw regularly selected numbers based on the birthday and ages of her children and grandchildren.
Two of the sets of numbers on that ticket were quick picks and one of those produced the winning numbers: 5, 8, 17, 21, 23 and 33.
Shaw's filing includes copies of other tickets, one purchased at 2:26 p.m. at the same Speedway, that included 27 sets of quick-pick numbers. She claims those were purchased with $20 from the pool's money and $7 in winnings from a previous drawing.
Later that day, at 5:02 p.m., Shaw says she purchased another $20 in tickets with the group's money at a different Speedway location. Those numbers were all computer-generated quick picks.
Tim Evans also reports for The Indianapolis Star.


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Briefing from the UK Prime Minister's Spokesman - 2008-07-03
Asked what was discussed at the Prime Minister's meeting with the Aga Khan, the PMS said that they had discussed the cooperation between the Government and the Aga Khan Development Network, which supported projects in health, education, poverty alleviation, peace and stability. The Prime Minister had also congratulated the Aga Khan on his golden jubilee.
During this visit, the Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims will attend a dinner hosted by Her Majesty the Queen to mark his Golden Jubilee and to acknowledge the close relationship he and his family have had over generations with the British Monarchy and the UK.
The Aga Khan is scheduled to meet with the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary as well as the Secretary of State for International Development. The Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice, will host a lunch in his honour. He will also meet with the Leader of the Opposition and the Mayor of London. During his visit, the Aga Khan will meet with members of the Ismaili community.
The Aga Khan Development Network has had a longstanding relationship with development partners in the United Kingdom. Over the past 25 years, AKDN has received approximately $100m in complementary support of its development activities from UK institutions, primarily the Department for International Development (DfID) and its predecessors. The geographic areas of cooperation between the British Government and AKDN include Africa, Central Asia, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, where UK support has played an important role in making a difference in the quality of life of tens of millions of people.
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Sewing was one of the first crafts that I was really into as a wee kid. I learned from my mom and figured out what I could from trial and error. If only at the time this book, Super Simple Sewing was available. This book + kit comes with materials and instructions needed to make three easy sewing projects: a purse, bird, and felt bracelet. The materials are safe for kids and sets them up for sewing success. A shoe-string style thread with attached cord-catcher eliminates the need for knots and also gives the projects a pretty bead look. I loved that the pre-printed fabrics and felt are all perforated with holes. The instructions show you how to sew through the projects each step of the way so in the end your child has a finished project to play with while learning basic sewing techniques.
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1Ah! Land of buzzing insects,*
beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,a
2Sending ambassadors by sea,
in papyrus boats on the waters!
Go, swift messengers,
to a nation tall and bronzed,
To a people dreaded near and far,
a nation strong and conquering,
whose land is washed by rivers.b
3* All you who inhabit the world,
who dwell on earth,
When the signal is raised on the mountain, look!
When the trumpet blows, listen!
4For thus says the LORD to me:
I will be quiet, looking on from where I dwell,c
Like the shimmering heat in sunshine,
like a cloud of dew at harvest time.
5Before the vintage, when the flowering has ended,
and the blooms are succeeded by ripening grapes,
Then comes the cutting of branches with pruning hooks,
and the discarding of the lopped-off shoots.
6They shall all be left to the mountain vultures
and to the beasts of the earth;
The vultures shall summer on them,
all the beasts of the earth shall winter on them.
7Then will gifts be brought to the LORD of hosts—to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, Mount Zion—from a people tall and bronzed, from a people dreaded near and far, a nation strong and conquering, whose land is washed by rivers.d
* [18:1–2] Land of buzzing insects: the region of the Upper Nile where these multiplied with great rapidity. Ethiopia: in Hebrew, Kush. The center of this ancient kingdom corresponds geographically to the modern Sudan, Roman Nubia. Papyrus boats: light and serviceable vessels made of bundles of papyrus stalks and sealed with pitch. Egypt, ruled by a dynasty from Ethiopia, had invited Judah to join a coalition against Assyria, but Isaiah told the ambassadors to return to their own people.
* [18:3–6] A more general address but probably relating to the same topic. The Lord will not act at once, but later there will be a "harvest" of terrible destruction, probably directed against Assyria (cf. 14:24–27).
c. [18:4] Is 8:18; 18:7; 2 Chr 6:30; Ps 33:14.
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1 cup (ca 180 g) dark brown sugar
2 cups fresh whipping cream
1 1/2 cups half and half cream (light cream)
6 large egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract or 2 tsp vanillin sugar
1/4 tsp fleur de sel (or sea salt)
Melt the butter at below medium heat in a pan. Once the butter has melted, add the brown sugar and the salt. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture appears bubbly. Add 1/2 cup of the whipping cream and whisk until smooth. Remove the butterscotch from the heat.
Bring the remaining whipping cream and the half and half cream to a boil while constantly stirring (if you don't stir the cream while bringing it to a boil, it will get burnt at the bottom). Put the cream on a simmer (but try to whisk every once in a while to prevent it from getting burnt at the bottom). Now carefully separate the egg yolks and place them in a bowl and whisk until perfectly smooth. Drizzle about 1/2 cup of the warm cream, little by little, into the egg yolk mixture while constantly whisking. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the cream while whisking. Add the vanilla extract or sugar. Stir constantly over below medium heat, until the cream has slightly thickened. Remove the cream from the heat.
Pour the cream mixture over a fine strainer into a large bowl (big enough to accommodate 4 cups of liquid). Stir in the butterscotch mixture you had prepared earlier. The mixture will still be pretty warm, so allow it to cool down before freezing (and stir occasionally). Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and prepare the ice cream according to manufacturer's instructions. If you don't have an ice-cream maker, you can pour the mixture into an airtight container and place it in the deep freezer to set (for 6-8 hours). Store the ice cream in an airtight container in the deep freezer for upto 1 week. Serve it with sprinkles, sauce or candy of your choice or just the way it is!


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Am I just old or have our values really changed as much as I think they have?
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Back in the stone ages when Uwe and I were kids, our parents were busy making a living and left us to find a way to occupy ourselves. We were not entertained by parents or teachers. No, we made our own games and entertainment. For sure, some of these led to unexpected consequences because we did things that were .. well let's just say they were not the "most astute and proper" activities one should pursue. But fun? You bet.
We also were not dependent on mom and dad to take us every where we needed to go. We had to find our own way. Bicycles and feet were often involved.
Our 'rents did not worry about us because everyone knew who we were and to whom we belonged. If we got out of line, our teachers and neighbors had full authority and power to clock us one upside the head to calibrate our eyeballs and move us back on the right path. As kids, we didn't mind this - in fact it was expected.
When we played sports, there were winners and losers. We did not all get trophies for "participating". If we played poorly, we lost. If we played well, we won. Winners were celebrated and losers sloughed off to home dreaming of the next game when maybe we could muster a good showing and actually win.
We were taught that the measure of what you get from participating in life is in direct proportion to what you put into life. Sure, some have luck and things fall their way but by in large, those who have success do so because of the effort they put into their endeavors.
Today, when I look at the attitudes of society, I see a dramatic shift towards being entitled. That is, more seem to feel that they should receive what they perceive they are owed without ever putting in effort to obtain that which they desire. Nearly 50% of the population of the US is now on the government payroll in one form or another. That number continues to grow. How can this be maintained? Who will do the work? Who will pay for all these services?
I worry, that in a few years, I will be one of those on the government payroll. I will retire from working my 10 hour days and move to a life of leisure. Will I have enough income from my investments for Linda and I to live the balance of our lives? Or will I, like most retirees, need assistance - assistance I have paid for all of my working years but am loath to say I am entitled to have. You see, for me, I was raised that I was the one who provided for my family and for me. I am not to be a burden to others. How then can I accept this idea that I am entitled to anything?
I remember my dad as he aged railing against the younger generations and how they were so damn lazy! He was, of course, referring to me and my brother at the time - he considered both of us to be lazy - slackers. I am wondering, as we age, do we find fault with younger generations because we simply cannot accept change and we want things to stay as they once were? Is that why I find the changes in attitude objectionable - 'cause I am just old and not willing to change more? Or are things today really worse then they were when I was a kid?
What are our values today? Are they different then they were in the 60's and 70's when I was growing up? To be fair, I don't think they are. Basic values seem to remain constant. As a parent, we want the best for our kids - we want them to be happy, healthy, to have a means to live a reasonably comfortable life. Our families are important to us. We want work that is meaningful and shows that we add value. We want the freedom to enjoy life, to share in the blessings of the bounty we achieve. We want to live long and at the end of our time, we hope that we can look back and say, "I did that!" We hope to be able to say we did more good than we did bad.
So, basic values are basic to life - right? Why then the sense that life today is worse than it was when I was a kid? As I thought this through, I bet my parents perspective of the times I romanticize, are very different. My dad was working three jobs to provide for the family. Mom was home busy taking care of the four rug rats - a 16 hour a day job - 7 days a week. Bet mom and dad didn't think life in the 60's and 70's was all that!
My memories of my childhood are some of my most precious memories. Those times were great times. I think the burden of living and providing tends to make the present seem difficult and the past to seem fantastic. I think that as I near the end of my career, that I am spending more time looking back, romanticizing the past beyond the reality of the actual occurrences. It is amusing how one's mind will enhance memories.
No, things are not worse. Things have changed. And if I am not yet old - as Olga tells me I am not - then I am getting old! I have changed. I'd like to think I am more wise than I was. Wisdom is one of those qualities that is discerned by others. Certainly, I hope I do not make the same mistakes I have made in the past. Hopefully, I am making new mistakes and am still growing into the best I can be and might be. And maybe, I am still a youngster at heart - playing those games with friends, enjoying the freedom to be!
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* Yes it's the metallic set, not smokey as first noted, I caught that!
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Hi Vanessa,
I think i like the cool and smokey eye palettes the most too. Anyhow, do you think after you get them on Thursday you can do a tutorial on the eyeshadows. Maybe something showing how you could use the colors together or anything so I can convince myself to buy them. THANKS! we love you~
- October 23, 2007 at 2:56 PM
- G_046 said...
those MAC collections look sooo yummy!!! The warm color eye pallete (sp?) looks really2 nice!
did you notice what's written on the very bottom line on the back of the case? "MAC makes me pretty and poor"
anyways, I enjoy reading your blog!
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With so many different entertainment options out there for your children, we at PopcornBiz thought we'd take a moment each week to dissect one piece of family entertainment strictly from a parent's perspective, so that you know what parts are appropriate for your loved ones, and which are not. This week's COVER YOUR EYES subject: "Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace."
I'm not sure there's been a more widely reviled movie in history than "Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace." There have been WORSE movies, to be certain. If you watched "Menace" without ever having seen the original "Star Wars" trilogy, you probably wouldn't be offended by it. But no movie has ever been saddled with the combination of expectations and fan-boy childhood baggage that this movie had weighing it down. I'm not sure ANY movie could have lived up to what people were hoping for from "Menace." Movies are such an indelible part of the childhood experience that it's nearly impossible to have that same kind of intense connection with a movie once you've become an adult.
As a result, "Menace" was loathed by most of the fanboy population. It didn't help, of course, that the movie was bad. The title is bad. The plot is bad. The acting is bad. The writing is putrid. The whole thing was a worst-case scenario come to life. And now, here we are, thirteen years later, ready to be subjected to it all over again, in 3D, no less. How can Lucasfilm re-release this movie when so many people hate the very soul of it? Well, it turns out that kids lack good taste and will see anything, and so the new 3D theatrical release of "Menace" is designed so that they will force you to give more money to George Lucas through gritted teeth. Is it okay to subject your kids to this movie? Let's consider a few factors:
The "Will Parents Be Able To Tolerate It?" Factor: Eh... Probably not. "The Phantom Menace" is the kind of movie that gets worse with each subsequent viewing. Think the whole "
U.S. & World
" thing is annoying? Wait until you watch it for the eighth time and really begin to dissect how nonsensical the whole thing is. Plus, every time you watch is a reminder that this movie happened and that it cannot be undone. There's no going back in time and making this into the kind of movie you wish it had been. Horrible.
The Dead Parent Factor: Anakin Skywalker and his mom are slaves. When Liam Neeson asks where little Anakin's dad is, the mom says he never had a dad, and that hers was an immaculate conception. Sure, lady. Sure it was. Anyway, Anakin then has to go off with Liam Neeson, leaving his poor slave mommy behind. If this had been a Pixar film, that scene would have been wrenching. But since this is a George Lucas movie, it's about as moving as eating a bologna sandwich. Your kid will barely notice.
The Sexy Sex Sex Factor: None. If your kid decides to soldier on with this trilogy, you'll have to explain to him how Anakin apparently grew up three times faster than Natalie Portman. But that's not of your concern for this film.
The Scare Factor: Minimal. Darth Maul is more cool than scary, and Liam Neeson's death is a bummer only because you know the prequels will now be left with one less competent actor. None of this carries much emotional weight. What's of far greater concern to parents is how ANTIC this movie is. There are light saber duels and loud music and ships shooting lasers at each other and all that business. Your kid will almost certainly be a terror once it's over. It's like feeding your child sugar through his eyes.
The Violence Factor: All bloodless. Darth Maul's death is annoying because he was a cool villain and only lasted through one film.
The Racism Factor: HUGE. Watto is clearly an anti-Semitic stereotype. And Jar Jar Binks manages to be a horrible composite of at least eighty-seven different racist stock characters. Your child will notice none of this, but that's what makes it all even worse.
Age Range: 6 and up. No blood. No strong emotional components. It's perfect for kids. No wonder Lucas made a mint off of it. LUCAS!!!!!


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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 2 (UPI) —
Fiat SpA's $4.35 billion deal to buy the rest of Chrysler Group LLC will let the combined U.S.-Italian company become a "global automaker," Fiat's chief said.
The agreement with the United Auto Workers' healthcare trust for retired Chrysler union workers for its 41.5 percent of the once-bankrupt U.S. automaker ends the need for an initial public offering of Chrysler shares, the Detroit Free Press and Wall Street Journal said.
Fiat, which acquired control of Chrysler as part of a 2009 bailout deal brokered by the Obama administration, owns 58.5 percent of Chrysler.
The healthcare trust, known as a voluntary employee beneficiary association under federal tax law, was created by the UAW and each Detroit automaker in 2007 to help alleviate the crippling costs of retiree healthcare under contracts negotiated years earlier, before healthcare costs soared much higher than the general inflation rate, the Free Press said.
Once the deal is completed Jan. 20, Chrysler will no longer be an independent business.
"In the life of every major organization and its people, there are defining moments that go down in the history books. For Fiat and Chrysler, the agreement just reached with the VEBA is clearly one of those moments," Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne said in a statement Wednesday.
"The unified ownership structure will now allow us to fully execute our vision of creating a global automaker," he said.
U.S.-born Fiat Chairman John Elkann said he had "been looking forward to this day from the very moment that we were chosen to assist in the rebuilding of a vibrant Chrysler back in 2009."
Robert Naftaly, chairman of the committee governing the trust, said in a statement, "This agreement is in the best interests of the trust's UAW Chrysler retiree members and their families who rely on the trust to provide vital healthcare benefits."
The trust provides healthcare benefits to more than 117,000 UAW-represented Chrysler retirees, spouses and dependents.
It will increasingly need to covert its Chrysler shares into cash to make the medical payments, Center for Automotive Research analyst Kristin Dziczek told the Free Press.
"It wasn't in either party's interest to go through with an IPO," she said. "Since the UAW trust can't buy healthcare coverage with Chrysler shares, it was in their best interest to get as much cash as possible."
At the same time, Marchionne needs to consolidate the companies' engineering and manufacturing operations and needs Chrysler's cash to finance Fiat's costly European restructuring plan in Europe, where Fiat has suffered from a long slump in sales, the Journal said.
That plan calls for the export of more Alfa Romeo sports cars and Maserati luxury models from Italy and production of a Jeep subcompact in Italy, the Free Press said.
Marchionne hopes to create the world's No. 7 automaker, with combined sales of 6 million vehicles, the Journal said.
Under the deal's terms, Fiat will pay the trust $3.65 billion for its Chrysler stake, which it got as part of Chrysler's government-led bankruptcy in 2009. Fiat will use $1.75 billion of its own money and $1.9 billion of Chrysler's cash to make the payment.
Chrysler will also pay $700 million to the trust in four installments.
Once the agreement is complete, Fiat will have spent $3.7 billion of its own money and a total of $6.3 billion to buy Chrysler.


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Toll road traffic far less than expected
Despite the enticement of the country's fastest speed limit, the Texas 130 toll road extension has drawn about half the number of drivers expected in its initial months of operation, a performance low enough that the private company that built it is facing a downgraded credit rating, according to Moody's Investor Service.
The Texas 130 toll road extension generated almost $2.6 million in toll revenue in the first six weeks that the road was opened, according to figures released Friday by the state.
At least 202,861 vehicles traveled on some portion of the road, between Interstate 10 in Seguin and Mustang Ridge south of Austin, in that same time period.
Moody's announced March 15 it's investigating a possible downgrade of the credit rating of the SH 130 Concession Co., which spent $1.4 billion to build the toll road extension and will operate and maintain it for the duration of a 50-year lease with the state.
The report also indicates the company could struggle to make future debt payments should traffic revenues not increase. Part of that debt is a $430 million federal loan.
The SH 130 Concession Co. is made up of Spanish-based Cintra and San Antonio-based Zachry American Infrastructure.
Although the operating history of the toll road is limited, the shortfall was so significant that Moody's said it warrants a review.
It's unclear whether a downgraded credit rating could increase the cost of borrowing for the firm.
The San Antonio Express-News obtained the Texas 130 revenue and traffic count information through an open records request, originally submitted to the Texas Department of Transportation on Dec. 31.
Release of the information was delayed after the concession company argued with the attorney general's office that the information should be exempt from disclosure because it constitutes trade secrets, the release of which could cause competitive harm.
The attorney general ruled against the company March 20. TxDOT did not release the information until Friday.
The Texas 130 extension, which enjoys an 85-mph speed limit, connects to an original section of the toll road that runs from Georgetown to Mustang Ridge. The state built that part of the road, known as segments 1 through 4. It also maintains these northern segments and collects all of the toll revenue.
But when the state came up short on money to finish the road, from Mustang Ridge to Interstate 10 in Seguin, the private sector stepped in and built the extension, known as segments 5 and 6.
As a part of an agreement with TxDOT, the concession company, besides paying $1.4 billion in construction costs and other incentives for the project, also shares a percentage of the revenues with the state.
The SH 130 Concession Co. received $2.2 million in toll revenue between Nov. 11 and Dec. 31.
The toll road opened to traffic in late October but drivers weren't charged for the initial two weeks of operation. TxDOT took in $401,794.
In the same period of time, segments 3 and 4 of the original, state-operated toll road produced about $4.6 million, according to information previously released by TxDOT.
Those segments, a roughly 20-mile stretch, opened in 2007 and 2008, respectively. They run parallel to Austin. The Texas 130 extension cuts through a largely rural area.
According to TxDOT figures, 202,861 vehicles used segment 5 between its opening in October and the end of the year; 132,720 vehicles used segment 6, which is the half of the road that connects to Seguin.
Because the same vehicle could drive on both segments or just one, TxDOT can't say definitively how many vehicles total used the entire extension.
Generally, the Moody's report said southbound traffic seems stronger, which may make sense because those trips might draw drivers coming from the Austin area.
Drivers headed north have to go several miles from the main corridor of Interstate 35, the report said, to access Texas 130.
Chris Lippincott, spokesman for the SH 130 Concession Co., said he could not comment on the revenue and traffic numbers released by TxDOT, adding the numbers had yet to be audited, nor on any traffic and revenue projections.
"The development of traffic and revenue projections is sensitive any time that any business is developing a toll facility," Lippincott said.
In March, shortly after the Moody's report was released, the Texas Transportation Commission voted to reduce toll fares for an entire year for trucks using the entirety of Texas 130, from Georgetown to Seguin, and on State Highway 45 SE, as a way to generate more traffic on the road, envisioned as an alternative to Interstate 35.
Lippencott said he couldn't say if traffic numbers are increasing on the Texas 130 extension but added that more drivers will be drawn to the road as public awareness increases, connectivity to the road improves and financial incentives, like the truck discount, are adopted.
"Until we have traffic jams, we have room for more cars," he said. "We have yet to have a traffic jam."


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A $12 million mixed use development at the southern end of Palafox Street.
The Community Redevelopment Agency focus on this inner-city neighborhood included a three-prong strategy of affordable housing opportunities, improved sidewalks, and a new park to encourage renewed interest in the neighborhood.


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The objective of this conference is to stimulate and enhance international dialogue and co-operative efforts of relevant law enforcement agencies of the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation and participating States on methods and good practices to increase their capacities to identify and counter emerging transnational threats
The Roundtable is specifically geared towards the Mediterranean region and will help showcase the important role that regional approaches and effective co-operation mechanisms can play in addressing cross-border challenges, to include those related to migration flows.
This training will primarily focus on introducing practical measures to reduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of ICTs by States, specifically in the Mediterranean region, following high threshold cyber-attacks, for instance against critical infrastructure.
This training course, organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the Transnational Threats Department in close co-operation with the Spanish National Police (Policia Nacional) is part of a multi-year initiative aimed to strengthen co-operation mechanisms between border security and management agencies of the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation (PfC) and participating States (pS). It will focus on risks at the borders and ways to be used to tackle contemporary challenges, ranging from transnational crime and terrorism to irregular migration flows both at land and maritime borders.
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the Greek Government, will organize a sub-regional training for the promotion of practical measures for reducing international tensions in the wake of major cyber-attacks, in particular, OSCE cyber/ICT Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs).


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Jerry Yester & Judy Henske "Snowblind" Farewell Aldebaran LP (Straight)
Ed Askew "Little Eyes" Little Eyes CD (De Stijl)
Exiles from Clowntown "Fast One" b/w Something ... 7" (Great Dividing)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz "Flowerages" From A Summer to Another Summer (An Egypt to Another Egypt) 2LP (Geographic)
Stan Hubbs "Seems Like It's A Rich Man's World" Crystal LP (Companion)
UV Race "Nazicistic" Homo LP (In The Red)
Pumice "Hey Crap Crab" Puny (*forthcoming on Soft Abuse)
Pigeons "Red Friend" TBA (*forthcoming on Soft Abuse)
Primitive Motion "Amplify This Thought" By Arc or Chord (*forthcoming on Soft Abuse)
Moebius & Plank "Feedback '66" Rastakraut Pasta LP (Bureau B)
The Pin Group "Hurricane Fighter Plane" S/T CD (Siltbreeze)
Kitchen's Floor "Lander" Loneliness Is A Dirty Mattress LP (Bedroom Suck)
Real Numbers "Tear It In Two" b/w Pinckney St. 7" (Florida's Dying)
Family Fodder "A 'version'" b/w Debbie Harry 7" (Fresh)
Lighted "Moss Smuggler" Lighted/Mole Hole Tour 2011 CS (Lighten Up Sounds)
Russian Tsarlag "No Chance Left" Open Casket LP (Hot Releases)
Poli Styrene Jass Band "Drano In Your Veins" b/w Circus Highlights 7" (Violet Times)
For the second year in a row, Chris Berry from Soft Abuse Records made the trek down from Minneapolis to join us in the studio. Last time around, he was toting mostly rare 7" singles from his collection. This time, however, the box was much larger and included a variety of DIY singles, along with plenty of obscure full-length gems in various formats. In addition to this, he previewed a few tracks from some of the forthcoming Soft Abuse releases due out in the coming months, including new stuff from FFF favorite Pumice, as well as Pigeons and Primitive Motion. Check out the Soft Abuse website for more information.


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have a price on (one's) head
To have an amount of money being offered as a reward for one's capture. I'm sorry, but we can't travel with your brother any longer. He has a price on his head, and it's too dangerous for the rest of us! I'll never be able to live peacefully in this town as long as I have a price on my head.


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The Houston Dynamo have acquired midfielder Lovel Palmer from Jamaican club Harbour View, it was announced today. Per team and league policy, terms of the transaction and of Palmer's contract were not disclosed. Upon receipt of his international transfer certificate and approval of a P-1 visa, Palmer will occupy an international roster slot.
Palmer, 25, comes to Houston from Jamaican power Harbour View, where he captained the team into a tie for first place with three games remaining in the 2009-10 season. Palmer has played with Harbour View since he was a teenager, including the National Premier League championship team of 2007, CONCACAF Champions' Cup series against D.C. United in 2005 and 2008, and the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round against Pumas. He has been the club's captain since August 2005, when he was just 21 years old.
For Jamaica, Palmer has made 12 career appearances since 2005, most recently appearing and setting up his country's only goal in a 2-1 road loss to world power Argentina on February 10.
He has already spent two separate one-week trial periods with the Dynamo, first in Orlando at the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic Feb. 22-27, where he scored a long-range goal against rival FC Dallas. Palmer re-joined the Dynamo for preseason games March 7 against the Austin Aztex and March 11 against the Chicago Fire. He is expected to join the Dynamo prior to their March 27 MLS opener against FC Dallas.


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Friday, October 28, 2011
Wendy's Chili
Sean just loves Wendy's chili. The only problem with this is there are no Wendy's close to Beaty's Creek so I make his Wendy's Chili at home. I have been using this recipe for years, just love Todd Wilbur's copycat recipes. I think they are so close to the original that they can fool anyone. It is cold on Beaty's Creek today but we are in Oklahoma for goodness sakes. If you are not familiar with Oklahoma weather you are missing out. We often say "If you don't like the weather, just wait a little bit."
2 pounds ground beef(I use turkey)
1 29-ounce can tomato sauce
1 29 ounce can kidney beans(with liquid)
1 29 ounce can pinto beans(with liquid)
1 cup onions-diced
1/2 cup green chili-diced(I use canned green chili)
1/4 cup celery-diced
3 medium tomatoes-chopped
2 t Cumin
3 T chili powder
1 1/2 t black pepper
2 t salt
2 cups water
Brown meat. Using fork, crumble the cooked meat into pea size pieces. In a large pot, combine the meat plus all of the remaining ingredients, and bring to a simmer over low heat. Cook stirring every 15 minutes, for 2-3 hours
We eat this with shredded cheese and crackers. I love iceberg lettuce wedges as a side too! That's "what's cookin" on Beaty's Creek tonight.
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All the programs in the Open Source Corporate Management Information System came to exist because a commercial software program was not available or exceeded the Defense Information System Agency's budget.
One example is the DISA-built Acquisition Workforce application. The app tallies the number of qualified project managers, contracting officer representatives and other pertinent personnel in each office and across the entire agency. "The acquisition vendors told us this could not be built. The acquisition community told us it could not be built," said Richard Nelson, chief of DISA's personnel systems support branch at the Manpower, Personnel and Security Directorate.
DISA makes 50 applications available for others to use and improve
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For another application, the DISA Balanced Scorecard, DISA had originally contacted a vendor to build the software. The contractor said the project would take a year and $750,000 to develop. Instead, two members of Nelson's team built a prototype of the software in six weeks, Nelson said.
In another case, commercial software was available but couldn't do everything DISA needed it to do. The agency already had built several pieces of its learning management system when DISA found the money for a commercial application. For about $1 million, the agency picked one of the five commercial products that the Office of Personnel Management recommended. However, the commercial product didn't do many of the tasks that DISA's own software did, so the agency went back to developing its own system.
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A couple of days ago a colleague of mine gave me a "brand new" malicious content delivered by a single HTML page. The page was sent to an email box as part of a biggest attack. I found that vector particularly fun and so I'd like to share some of the steps who took me through a personal investigation path made not for professional usage but just for fun.
At first sight the HTML page looks like the following image.
- base dns: XXXXXXX.divamind.org
.?????? (6 characters)
Enjoy your new IoC
At first sight the HTML page looks like the following image.
|Figure1: Attack Vector. A simple HTML page
A white backgrounded HTML page with a single line test on it saying: "print this document please". But what document ? Honestly I am in front of one of the ugliest "fake email" I ever seen. But let's move on and se what it really carries on. Opening the HTML content with a simple editor we might see a suspicious obfuscated Javascript. We are facing a first obfuscation stage.
|Figure2: Obfuscated First Stage
Since Javascript is an interpreted language (such as .NET or .Java) is not hard to understand its behavior, indeed after some rounds of "substitutions" and "concatenations" it easy to get the following clear text result showing the end of the first stage.
|Figure3: Clear Text First Stage
That script is going to create an additional "script tag" on the current document by injecting an external script from: "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/14082/FileSaver.js". The injected script will be called with the following code signature: "saveAs(blob, 'image.js');" with 2 arguments:
- blob. The raw content of "big_encoded_data" (please refer to Figure3)
- image.js. The saving name
In order to better understand what that function saveAs(blob, image.js) does we need to analyze the external FileServer.js. The entry point of the external script is the function "saveAs(arg1, arg2)" which has been defined as follows:
|Figure4: FileServer.js Original Entry
saveAs(blob, name) is a simple wrapper function headed to FileServer constructor which is defined as follows:
|Figure5: FileServer.js constructor
The script saves the "blob" content to the temporary folder giving to it a specific name (image.js in our case). As you might notice from the script content: "Apple do not allow window.open, see http://bit.ly/1kZffRI " if the victims opens the file with Safari/Mail the attack vector will have no effect since Safari/Mail does not allow you to trigger the script on "window.open" event. This is why I did't see any file when I opened the infected HTML content. Back to the original script (Figure3) we see the aveAs function called on page.load so the resulting image.js is going to be saved in the temporary local folder, in case of email clients, it will be triggered as soon as saved! So lets move on our next stage: the big_encoded_data variable (Figure3) which is going to be saved as image.js file. The big_encoded_data owns a first obfuscation stage made by encoding the downloader in base64. Once decoded from base64 and beautified the results looks like the following image
|Figure6: Stage 2 base64 decoded obfuscated downloader
The downloader is still obfuscated by a high number of simple returning array-strings variables. It took almost 45 minutes to decode the entire second stage downloader. The resulting downloader is shown in the following image.
|Figure7: Second Stage Downloader
A first check on fileSystem API and on the Element Type is super interesting (at least to me). We are analyzing an attack based on a specific file system, Windows native. The deobfuscated downloader grabs a file from "http://mit.fileserver4390.org/file/nost.bgt" and saves it to a temporary directory. By using ActiveXObject (Windows native) it saves the file and it runs it through command line c["run"]("cmd.exe /c " + f + g, "0"); where f takes the temporary folder f = b["GetSpecialFolder"]("2"); and g takes the temporary name g = b["GetTempName"]();.
This is the end of the second stage downloader.
The downloaded file is a PE Executable packed as well. Fortunately the used packer is the PiMP Stub by Nullsoft: a quite famous installer used by several software house.
|Figure8: NullSoft Installer
The PiMP installer takes .dlls and runs them as the resulting software. The used resources are compressed in its own body by a well known algorithm: .7zip. Kation.DLL is the only DLL included in the dropped file and so it is the run DLL by PiMP installer. Kation wraps out ADVAPI32.DLL and KERNEL32.DLL as you might see from Figure9. ADVAPI32 is a core Microsoft library which includes the Microsoft encryption libraries such as: EncryptFileA, EncryptFileW and so on and so forth. It's not hard to guess a new Ransomware infection from that API calls.
|Figure9: Usage of Encryption Libraries
From a static analysis prospective it becomes clear that some of the used strings are dynamically allocated. For example in sub_10001170 (frame 0XBC) several UFT-16 strings within decryption loop are involved showing out the control flow passing to Etymology.Vs (Figure11).
|Figure10: Setting the running pointer
|Figure11: Decoding Functions
The real behavior is hidden into the Etymology.Vs encrypted file included in the PiMP solution as well. Running the infected sample it disclosures its real behavior: shown in Figure12.
|Figure12: Ransom Request
Here we go, we have just discovered a brand new Crypt0L0cker ! it asks for bitcoin (Figure13), of course. Looking at network communications, a Domain Name Generator Algorithm (DNGA), [wow, it sounds new from CryptoL0Cker !] fires up as soon as the dropped file is executed. It looks for valid registered subdomains belonging with divamind.org. Until a valid Command and Control answers to the CryptoLocker client it hides itself and performs simple DNS query as follows:
28 imadyxaro.divamind.org
29 irel.divamind.org
30 awwtodufir.divamind.org
31 ogisirigu.divamind.org
32 yzijyvy.divamind.org
33 uqekfr.divamind.org
34 ydoc.divamind.org
35 yzukyfyku.divamind.org
36 upenigy.divamind.org
37 qhera.divamind.org
38 ijywiqezy.divamind.org
39 efuca.divamind.org
40 ygbm.divamind.org
41 ejrdip.divamind.org
42 usen.divamind.org
43 ahydenuj.divamind.org
44 ghxsykegaja.divamind.org
45 ekohob.divamind.org
46 ifyvas.divamind.org
47 iqimub.divamind.org
48 usegi.divamind.org
49 yjeqicoht.divamind.org
50 rtibola.divamind.org
51 ucnpive.divamind.org
52 aminevkjude.divamind.org
53 pwiregaty.divamind.org
54 irol.divamind.org
55 abswuhupnt.divamind.org
56 erelo.divamind.org
57 ulefuw.divamind.org
58 ogax.divamind.org
59 ezelilijxn.divamind.org
60 ulymobutol.divamind.org
61 obehilebac.divamind.org
62 yfycodolul.divamind.org
63 iwesvxynd.divamind.org
64 kcoma.divamind.org
65 ydqpibc.divamind.org
66 ykotifehut.divamind.org
67 ewuzivy.divamind.org
68 imocyfyt.divamind.org
69 fjep.divamind.org
70 ibeb.divamind.org
71 isafexuh.divamind.org
72 izemireli.divamind.org
73 kgorihukyho.divamind.org
74 udupose.divamind.org
75 iqyk.divamind.org
The process to contact the Command and Control in order to exchange key and to notify the attacker could be very time consuming, in some of my runs it took until 2 hours depending on the available Command and Control at the time being. It would be very nice to have extra time to reverse the DNGA but unfortunately my weekend time is ending up.
|Figure13: Ransom Request Web Page
Development language is French, and many piece of code reminds me the "gaming world". The main Command and Control domain is registered in Moscow (RU) and the registrant is "privacy protected".
Results for Target: divamind.org
|Created Date :
|Updated Date :
|WHOIS Server:
Results for Target: divamind.org
|Created Date :
|Updated Date :
|WHOIS Server:
The ransom page (available on the following link) is registered by EPAG Domain Sercives GmbH (Bonn, Germany) and is written in Franc language:
Ok Let's have some brand new IoC:
Malicious hashes:
Malicious urls:http://mit.fileserver4390.org/file/nost.bg
- base dns: XXXXXXX.divamind.org
.?????? (6 characters)
Enjoy your new IoC